Jaishankar and Marco Rubio spoke over the telephone, the first such high-level conversation since U.S. President Donald Trump announced what he called “reciprocal tariffs” on dozens of countries, slapping 26% rates on all Indian imports, last week. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amidst turbulence across global markets including in India over the tariffs announced by the … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday (April 7, 2025) that foreign funds obtained through the prior permission route would be valid only for four years, unlike the earlier policy where the spending window remained open and valid till the entire fund was utilised. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Ministry of Home … Read more
The Supreme Courts of India and Nepal on Monday (April 7, 2025) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for judicial cooperation, an occasion which Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna termed as the lighting of a new torch in the relationship between the two countries’ judiciaries. Chief Justice Khanna, who spoke in the presence of … Read more
India is working on a “military space doctrine” that is likely to be brought out in two to three months, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Monday (April 7, 2025). | Photo Credit: – India is working on a “military space doctrine” that is likely to be brought out in two to … Read more
Riaz Hamidullah is the High Commissioner of Bangladesh in New Delhi. Days after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok, Dhaka has sent its new High Commissioner to India. Riaz Hamidullah, a 1995 batch officer of the Bangladesh Foreign Service, … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to the border outpost ‘Vinay’ with BSF soldiers, in Kathua on April 7, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (April 7, 2025) said that two models of an electronic surveillance system capable of detecting infiltrators and tunnels are being tested along … Read more
Palestinians are the indigenous people of Palestine, and even Mahatma Gandhi had supported the right of Palestinian people to their land, said the newly appointed Ambassador of Palestine, Abdullah Mohammad A. Abu Shawesh. | Photo Credit: PTI Palestinians are the indigenous people of Palestine, and even Mahatma Gandhi had supported the right of Palestinian people … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini After a six year battle mounted by pilots for relaxed duty hours and enhanced rest, Delhi High Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) disposed of the matter after an undertaking by the DGCA that the implementation timeline for the new norms will kick off from July 1. … Read more
Enforcement Directorate. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹25.16 crore in connection with in the case of Sunder Marketing Associates and others, pertaining to alleged illegal mining of stone and associated minor minerals in Haryana. The attached properties include seized cash, agricultural land parcels, residential plots, residential house, flat, … Read more
Enforcement Directorate. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹1.22 crore of Jasmeet Hakimzada, an international drug trafficker operating from Gulf countries, who is also wanted by the United States and is closely linked with the proscribed terror outfit Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF). The accused has been designated as … Read more