As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was enjoying the pomp and circumstance of a White House state visit last year his spy chiefs were plotting to assassinate a leading dissident on American soil, according to U.S. and Indian security officials.
Japan’s governing party has lost all three seats in the nation’s parliamentary by-elections, which were held on Sunday for the first time since Japan was rocked by the alleged mass-scale government corruption scandal.
India’s economic growth among all of the South Asian countries has been unparalleled. Not only are all economic indicators predicting the natural upward progression in India’s economic trajectory, the resilient nature of India’s economy is also growing all the while global economic powerhouses face recession.
The Indian Coast Guard carried out an intelligence-based anti-narcotics operation and seized narcotics worth Rs 600 crore from a Pakistani boat named ’Al-Raza’ and apprehended 14 crew members who belonged to Balochistan.
Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, has surged in prominence and now profoundly influences the nation’s political landscape. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, renowned for his charismatic leadership and adeptness in mobilizing supporters, has played a pivotal role in elevating this ideology to the forefront of Indian politics.
The Indian Defence Ministry’s Goa Shipyard Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Damen Shipyards for collaborating in the field of e-Tugs, in the presence of the Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Liesje Schreinemacher.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a bilateral meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and both sides reviewed progress in bilateral cooperation and discussed important issues of mutual interest.
In a startling turn of events, the Progressive National Congress (PNC) has clinched a commanding super majority in the Maldives’ parliamentary elections, causing ripples of astonishment throughout the Indian Ocean archipelago. With over 72 seats secured so far, PNC’s triumph has been marred by widespread accusations of vote buying and undue influence wielded through monetary inducements.
Avani Dias, South Asia Correspondent of Australian Broadcasting Corporation(ABC)’s contention that she was not allowed to cover elections and was compelled to leave the country is not correct, misleading and mischievous, sources told ET.
Amid allegations of massive rigging and to stop results notifications of all 21 national and provincial assembly seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday announced to hold nationwide rallies on April 26 to protest the results of Sunday’s by-elections.
Sixteen would-be migrants have died and another 28 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday.
The paradisiacal veneer of the Maldives’ sun-drenched atolls belies a storm gathering on the horizon – a tempest unleashed by the reckless policies of President Muizzu’s regime that jeopardize the very sovereignty and economic autonomy of the island nation. In an uneven bargain driven by hubris and shortsightedness, Muizzu has shackled the Maldives to an ever-tightening noose of Chinese debt entanglements.
While President Joe Biden struggles for electoral survival, his friend Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can safely expect resounding approval for a third straight term at India’s general elections starting next Friday, April 19.
Chinese businesses are hoarding dollars because they expect their own currency to weaken, and that in turn is exacerbating a slide in the yuan that has been driven by wobbly stock markets and feeble growth in the world’s second largest economy.
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