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New order A year ago on August 5, Ebrahim Raisi, the President-elect of Iran took the formal oath of office and replaced his moderate predecessor Hassan Rouhani. His election for the top position in Iran is a shot in the arms of the conservative clerics since Raisi is known as the diehard radical, close to […]

DEHRADUN: Armed forces of India and the United States of America will hold their regular Yudhabhyas series of war exercises in the Auli of Chamoli district at the India-China border in Uttarakhand. This would be the 18th of the Yudhabhyas wargames between India and the US to help enhance interoperability between the two sides. The field combat exercise […]

The US Ambassador to Georgia has been trying hard to drag Georgia into the Ukrainian crisis to take the West’s side. This has been under two assumptions: 1. Georgia does not enjoy a good relationship with Russia post 2008 Georgian War; and 2. The EU had promised Georgia candidate status in the Union. One naturally […]

NEW DELHI: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West praised India for helping the people of Afghanistan with humanitarian assistance while stating that the US will continue to partner with India in Afghanistan. West held talks on security and political stability in Afghanistan with JP Singh, joint secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs and […]

  NEW DELHI: In what could be a defining statement vis-à-vis India’s position in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rightly stated that while the country wants to be friends with the West, it needs Russia’s assistance to defend its borders. India has steadfastly resisted the West’s attempt to limit its bilateral relations with […]

  WASHINGTON DC: United States President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an additional USD 1.3 billion in security and economic package for Ukraine as its military struggles to fight off a renewed Russian assault. As per the White House, the US to provide USD 800 million in security assistance and USD 500 million in economic […]

WASHINGTON DC: The United States accused China of undermining the sovereignty of its neighbours during discussions between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh & External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin & Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the fourth 2+2 ministerial dialogue on Monday. India-US Defence Cooperation is being further […]

Many of us have analysed the ongoing battles in Ukraine as a proxy war by the US against Russia. As proxy contests go, however, that may be outstripped by the trial of strength between the world’s major agencies in the power games that are likely to play out in Pakistan in the next few weeks. […]

WASHINGTON: For the first time since 2008, the White House will host the wedding reception of a member of a sitting President’s family. Naomi Biden, the eldest granddaughter of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, a lawyer by profession, on Monday, announced her plans to organise her wedding reception at the historic executive […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin today as Russia stepped up its attack on the eastern European nation. The two leaders reviewed the situation in Ukraine, especially in Kharkiv city where many Indian students are stuck, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement. During their […]