The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will come into force on October 20 after both countries completed the domestic procedures required to ratify the pact, paving the way for a new trade and investment framework between the two countries. The latest step follows New Zealand Parliament’s approval of the legislation on September 16, with … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25 at the invitation of Donald Trump, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. “At the invitation of President of the United States of America Donald J. Trump, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit … Read more
US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York on Monday (local time), ahead of the 81st United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week. According to the White House’s daily guidance and press schedule for Monday, Trump will meet Mamdani at 4:10 pm (local time) at Gracie Mansion. The meeting … Read more
The Indian Embassy in Tokyo on Monday said that IAF Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh led a formation flight in the indigenously produced Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). The embassy also said that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Masahiro Morita boarded the two-seater Tejas during the Japan-India joint … Read more
Moscow [Russia], September 21 : Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which backs President Vladimir Putin, is leading the country’s State Duma elections with 57. 5 per cent of the vote, according to initial results, as the parliamentary polls were held against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine. According to CNN, final results are … Read more
North Korea launched a second unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Sunday, coming just hours after firing a short-range ballistic missile, South Korea’s military reported. According to details shared by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and reported by Yonhap News Agency, specific parameters regarding the second missile launch were not immediately available … Read more
Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to back the Congress candidate in the Nandigram assembly bypoll marks a striking turn in the relationship between the two parties, which have been political rivals in the state for decades. The move has also come at a turbulent time for Banerjee’s faction, with the Trinamool Congress’ … Read more
US President Donald Trump has hit out at the US Supreme Court over its decisions concerning tariffs and birthright citizenship, accusing the court of rulings that he said had cost the United States trillions of dollars and changed the way citizenship is granted. In a post on Truth Social on Saturday (local time), Trump said, … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 into law, expanding statutory sanctions, tariffs and prohibitions targeting Russia and extending existing sanctions on Iran, the White House said. The legislation, signed on Friday, gives the US President authority to impose tariffs of up … Read more
US President Donald Trump has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government for their efforts to tackle illegal opium production, even as India remains on the US list of major illicit drug producing or drug transit countries. Trump welcomed India’s efforts to control illicit opium poppy cultivation and strengthen supply chain integrity. ‘I … Read more