US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 25% tariff and additional penalties on Indian imports has once again brought the complexities of global trade relations to the fore.
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Any country having business dealings with Iran runs the “potential risk of sanctions”, the US has warned, noting that it is aware that Tehran and New Delhi have signed a deal concerning the Chabahar port.
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As the Centre and State Bank of India (SBI) flagged the social media fallout of the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict in the electoral bonds case, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said the court’s “shoulders are broad enough” to tackle such commentary. A
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In a befitting reply to Pakistan, India exercised its ‘Right of Reply’ in response to references to New Delhi stating that the nation that has institutionalized the systemic persecution of its minorities and has a truly abysmal human rights record has no right to comment on India.
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Canada ignored India’s request for sharing information about any concerns they may have, and instead made allegations in public against India over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s demand that India withdraw its troops stationed in the country by mid-March is the newest in the anti-India rhetoric in the island nation that has started over the last few years. The number of troops — 88 — is too few to be a threat, which is what their presence is being portrayed as.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre will launch a scheme worth Rs 24,000 crore for the welfare of tribals in the country on Wednesday when the entire nation will celebrate Bhagwan Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian forces had repelled a fierce offensive by Russian troops in the eastern Donetsk region. Zelensky said a military unit from Chop in western Ukraine had undertaken the action, but did not say where the clash had occurred.
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US President Joe Biden said he told Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman he held him responsible for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, shortly after exchanging a fist bump with the kingdom’s de facto ruler.
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Virtual private network service providers that are not ready to comply with the new guidelines have the only option to exit from India, Minister of State for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. ‘There is no opportunity for somebody to say we will not follow the rules and laws of India.
