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As India Launches UNSC Bid, Its 14-Year Run at the ICJ Quietly Ends

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India formally launched its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC) this week, but...

15.07.2026 10

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In Affidavit, Adani Says Lawyers Floated $10 Billion US Investment During DOJ Talks

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has on Wednesday (July 15) disclosed in a sworn affidavit that his lawyers...

15.07.2026 20

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With BrahMos Deal, India Deepens Defence Ties as Indonesia Preserves Its Strategic Balance

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India and Indonesia on Tuesday (July 7) elevated defence cooperation by agreeing to cooperate on the BrahMos...

08.07.2026 10

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DOJ Defends Dropping Adani Case With Indian Orders That Never Examined Bribery Allegations

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Forced by a federal judge to explain its abrupt decision to abandon the criminal prosecution of billionaire Gautam...

05.07.2026 20

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Adani Case Dismissed as US DOJ Wrongly Claims India Found 'No Actionable Misconduct'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Forced by a federal judge to explain its abrupt decision to abandon the criminal prosecution of billionaire Gautam...

04.07.2026 20

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Former CJI Among Experts Whose Opinions Were Submitted by Adani Defence to US DOJ

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A former chief justice of India and a former chairperson of India’s Central Electricity Authority were among a...

25.06.2026 90

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Bangladesh Prime Minister's Adviser Turns Back After Hours-Long Hold-Up at Delhi Airport

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs Zahed ur Rahman returned to Dhaka on Monday...

15.06.2026 20

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Meta Says NSO Continued Pegasus Operations Despite WhatsApp Injunction, Seeks Contempt Ruling

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Less than eight months after securing a landmark injunction against Israeli spyware maker NSO Group, WhatsApp and...

10.06.2026 20

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Meta Says NSO Continued Pegasus Operations Despite WhatsApp Injunction, Seeks Contempt Ruling

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Less than eight months after securing a landmark injunction against Israeli spyware maker NSO Group, WhatsApp and...

10.06.2026 30

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Despite Public Silence, India and Nepal Discuss Boundary Dispute, Agree to Continue Talks Through Existing Mechanism

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India and Nepal discussed their long-standing boundary dispute during talks in New Delhi on Saturday (June 6), with...

06.06.2026 30

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Iran-UAE Deadlock Precludes Joint Statement at BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi ended on Friday (May 5) without adopting a common declaration,...

16.05.2026 40

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US-Iran Talks in Islamabad: What We Know and What We Don't After Marathon Day in Pakistan

New Delhi: More than 21 hours of direct face-to-face negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad ended in the early hours of Sunday...

12.04.2026 50

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Interview: Iranian Kurdish Leader Says Kurds Seek Political Guarantees Before Joining War

New Delhi: A senior leader of one of Iran’s main armed Kurdish opposition groups said his organisation already has forces positioned inside Iranian...

14.03.2026 40

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Interview: Nepal’s New Ruling Party Seeks Dialogue With India on Border Disputes, Development Ties

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which swept the country’s March 5 general election with a near...

13.03.2026 50

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Modi, Carney Tout ‘Renewed’ Strategic Partnership Amid Silence on Nijjar Case

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney on Monday (March 2) advanced what both sides...

02.03.2026 30

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Missteps and Misreadings: Former Canadian Foreign Minister Looks Back at the India Breakdown

Listen to this article: Montreal: Seated in the refined, bustling atmosphere of Monarque, a premier brasserie in Old Montreal, Stéphane Dion cuts a...

01.03.2026 40

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's India Visit Signals Strategic Reset After Diplomatic Rupture

Listen to this article: Ottawa: On a winter evening in Canada’s capital, with snow piled along sidewalks, India’s high commissioner moved briskly...

24.02.2026 50

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After 18 Months of Strain, Dhaka and Delhi Eye a Cautious Reset, But Youth Anger Looms

Listen to this article: Dhaka: The breath that was collectively being held by New Delhi and Dhaka seems to have been released after Tarique Rahman’s...

20.02.2026 40

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Interview | Intelligence Agencies Across South Asia Must Stop Dictating Foreign Policy: BNP Leader

Listen to this article: Dhaka: Intelligence agencies must step back from dictating foreign policy across South Asia, leaving those decisions to...

15.02.2026 50

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BNP Set For Victory In Bangladesh's Landmark General Election

13.02.2026 30

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Bangladesh: On Eve of Polls, a Guarded Jamaat Supremo Hopes For ‘Harmony’ With Neighbours

12.02.2026 30

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Polls Open in Bangladesh For First General Election After Sheikh Hasina's Fall

12.02.2026 30

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Bangladesh 2026 Election Explained: Who’s Competing, What’s at Stake, and Why It Matters

11.02.2026 20

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Campaign Ends For Bangladesh Elections, a High-Stakes Battle Ahead

10.02.2026 30

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At Awami League's Fortress of Gopalganj, a Contest Between Memory and Forgetting

10.02.2026 40

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Epstein Messages Reveal Anil Ambani Using Sex Offender’s Access to Pitch Modi’s Agenda With Trump

01.02.2026 40

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Under Trump's Trade Cloud, India and EU Close FTA Talks, Sign Defence Pact

28.01.2026 30

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Blocked By Modi Govt for 14 Months, US SEC Wants Federal Court to Serve Summons on Adani Via Email

23.01.2026 50

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Gaza, Kashmir and the UN: Why Trump’s Board of Peace Poses a Dilemma for India

22.01.2026 40

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Trump Invites India to Join Controversial Gaza ‘Board of Peace’, No Decision Yet

20.01.2026 40

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India Among Top Countries at Risk of Mass Atrocities, US Holocaust Museum Warns

11.01.2026 50

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India Missed Priority Trade Deal Window as Modi Did Not Call Trump, Lutnick Says

10.01.2026 30

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Myanmar Election Will Escalate War, Says Karen National Union, Key Ethnic Armed Group

28.12.2025 30

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Putin Vows ‘Uninterrupted’ Fuel Supplies as India, Russia Seek to Project Resilient Ties

06.12.2025 20

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With US Absent, G20 Adopts Declaration That Skirts Global Conflicts

23.11.2025 30

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Bangladesh Court Sentences Hasina to Death, Govt Seeks Her Return; India Stays Circumspect

18.11.2025 30

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Women Journalist’s Exclusion ‘Not Intentional’ Claims Muttaqi in Second Press Conference

13.10.2025 30

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'Kashmir, India' Reference in India-Afghan Statement Triggers Pakistani Protest

13.10.2025 40

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Taliban Foreign Minister's Delhi Press Meet Excludes Women Journalists

11.10.2025 40

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Ex-RAW Officer Promised Clearance for Gun-Laden Aircraft from India if Pannun Plot Succeeded: US Prosecutors

26.09.2025 40

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‘Partners Must Be on Same Page’: US Envoy-Designate Urges Europe to Back Pressure on India’s Russian Oil Imports

13.09.2025 40

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India Calls Qatar Strike Violation of Sovereignty, Marking First Condemnation of Israeli Action

11.09.2025 50

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'Strategic Autonomy, Partners Not Rivals': Modi, Xi Meet Amid Tariff Tensions

01.09.2025 40

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US Court Rejects Nikhil Gupta’s Push for More Records on Prague Arrest Ahead of Trial

28.08.2025 40

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India Planning Taliban FM Visit, to Seek UN Waiver Once Dates Fixed

28.08.2025 30

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Trump Names Sergio Gor as US Ambassador to India, Clubs Post With Special Envoy to South, Central Asia

24.08.2025 50

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India-China Border Talks Aim for ‘Early Harvest’ as Modi Confirms China Visit

20.08.2025 40

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Explainer: The Trump–Putin Summit and its Immediate Consequences For New Delhi

17.08.2025 40

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In Parliament, Jaishankar Celebrated UNSC's Acceptance of TRF as a Terrorist Entity. But Did it?

31.07.2025 30

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At Rio Summit, BRICS Hits Out at Tariffs, Iran Attacks and Gaza, but Stops Short of Naming US

07.07.2025 40

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