India and Ethiopia convened their first Joint Defence Cooperation (JDC) meeting in New Delhi, co-chaired by senior officials from both nations. They reviewed existing defence ties and explored expanded collaboration in training, joint exercises, medical support, and defence industry engagement under a newly formed institutional framework. Read More…
During a meeting in New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh discussed enhancing India–Brazil defence ties and proposed supplying Akash surface-to-air missiles to Brazil. The dialogue also covered cooperation in aerospace, joint exercises, defence exports, and technology sharing to deepen bilateral strategic engagement. Read More…
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised him New Delhi will stop buying Russian oil, months after Trump slapped punitive tariffs over the purchases. “He’s assured me there will be no oil purchased from Russia,” Trump told reporters. “You know, you can’t do it immediately. It’s a little…
The European Union (EU) and India conducted a first-of-its-kind counter-terrorism training from October 13 -15 aimed at protecting critical infrastructure and soft targets against emerging threats from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or drones as they are commonly known. The European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU’s diplomatic service, said in a statement, “The three-day exercise…
The Ministry of Defence has inked a ₹659.47 crore contract to procure advanced Night Sight (Image Intensifier) systems and accessories for the Indian Army’s 7.62×51 mm SIG 716 assault rifles. With over 51% indigenous content, these night sights can engage targets up to 500 metres under starlight. Read More…
In the run-up to the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged BJP workers to encourage people in their areas to vote in groups to protect the state from falling into what he described as the “misrule” of the RJD-Congress alliance. Speaking during a virtual interaction with party workers under the BJP…
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for explaining how technological progress drives sustained growth. Mokyr emphasized the flow of useful knowledge, while Aghion and Howitt’s “creative destruction” model showed how innovation replaces outdated products, reshaping economies through continuous renewal and competition. Read More…
A new $100,000 fee for H1-B visa applicants, introduced by President Trump, may curb foreign tech hiring in the US. India, which accounts for 71% of H1-B approvals, has produced global CEOs like Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, and Arvind Krishna—whose careers began with this visa. TCS plans local hiring. Read More…
New Delhi: India’s merchandise trade deficit is expected to have widened to USD 28.0 billion in September 2025, up from USD 26.5 billion in August, according to a report by Union Bank of India. The increase in the trade gap is driven primarily by a sharp rise in gold imports, which nearly doubled month-on-month despite…