The Ministry of External Affairs said that India and the United States of America are in the process of advancing discussions on a multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement. Briefing the media in New Delhi today, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US...
India and Bhutan on Friday discussed boundary-related field matters while expressing satisfaction at the work completed by respective field survey teams and other stakeholders on the issue. The two sides also discussed the potential for technological and capacity-building collaboration relating to survey and boundary-related work, as per the priorities of...
Israel has begun the “most destructive” refugee camp demolition operation in the West Bank since 1967, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said on Friday. “Today, the Israeli Security Forces began the demolition of more than 16 buildings in...
A man from a small group of protesters chanting pro-Khalistan slogans outside Chatham House attempted to breach the security perimeter as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar left the think tank in London, drawing condemnation from India over the provocative activities of this “small group of separatists and extremists”. The group...
Bank Indonesia (BI) announced on Tuesday that Indonesian and Australian financial institutions have extended their bilateral currency swap arrangement (BCSA). Governor Perry Warjiyo of BI and Governor Michele Bullock of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) signed the renewed arrangement, which will span five years, beginning on March 4, 2025. “The...
A high-level debate on the United Nations peacekeeping missions will take place in the UN Security Council in March, Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen, Denmark’s permanent representative to the UN and the president of the Security Council for March 2025, said on Monday. “We have added one signature event to the...
India strongly rejected comments made by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk in his global update at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.   Speaking at the UN, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Mr Arindam Bagchi, called the remarks unfounded and baseless, saying they did not reflect the...
U.S. President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, said a White House official, deepening the fissure that has opened between the two one-time allies. “President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to...
A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth’s celestial neighbour ahead of astronaut missions.   Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot,...
Russia’s Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said. Carrying a total of 2,599 kg of supplies, the Progress MS-30 delivered 1,179 kg of equipment, clothing, food supplies, and medical and hygiene...