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Shooting your own foot Let us begin with a clip from an article in CBS titled “Russia’s Ruble is the strongest currency in the world this year”: “Commodity prices are currently sky-high, and even though there is a drop in the volume of Russian exports… the increase in commodity prices more than compensates for these […]

NEW DELHI: Tears rolled down the cheeks of Ajmeet Singh as Farid Mamundzay, the Afghan Ambassador to India, hugged him after giving him a photo of his father Sawinder Singh Kakkar on Monday. It was a poignant moment that overwhelmed the occasion as the Antim Ardas for Sawinder Singh Kakkar, the 55-year-old who was killed […]

NEW DELHI: India has given Rs 3,250-crore credit for the defence to Vietnam as the two nations forge a relationship to strengthen ties in the Asia-Pacific region that may also control China’s imminent threat, a year after the QUAD summit was held between other nations. The announcement on the line of credit was made by […]

BENGALURU: Former Indian captain Kapil Dev on Monday took a swipe at senior Indian batsmen such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul for their approach in the T20I format. India failed to qualify for the semi-finals in the last World T20, played in 2021, and crashed out in the group stage. The failure […]

BENGALURU: The former England captain Joe Root once again rose to the occasion on Sunday and scored an unbeaten 115 to guide his team to a five-wicket win against New Zealand at Lord’s. Chasing 277, the visitors were in a pickle at 69-4 but Root, as he has often done, towed the team out of […]

BENGALURU: India and South Africa are set to lock horns in the five-match T20I series which is starting on June 9. The series is being organised keeping in mind the World T20 which will take place later this year in October-November. So, both the teams are looking at it to try different players, finetune their […]

  NEW DELHI: The first high-level visit from India to Afghanistan since the Taliban came back to power had set the rumour mills abuzz for a possible reopening of the Indian Embassy in Kabul. However, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday clarified that the visit is to oversee the delivery of humanitarian assistance to […]

NEW DELHI: Amid growing tension between India and China, owing to the latter’s military assertiveness, the countries on Tuesday held the latest round of border talks to discuss the continuing border standoff in Eastern Ladakh. Naveen Srivastava, additional secretary East Asia, Ministry of External Affairs and Hong Liang, director-general of the Boundary & Oceanic Department […]

NEW DELHI: A five-member contingent from Pakistan held the first session of the 118th round of the India-Pakistan Permanent Indus Commission talks on Monday, officials from Pakistan’s Mission in New Delhi confirmed to The New Indian. The delegation arrived in New Delhi via the Attari-Wagah border on Sunday for the two-day talks on Monday and […]

NEW DELHI: Amid geopolitical turmoil owing to the crisis in Ukraine, COVID-19 disruptions and growing Chinese assertiveness, India and Vietnam on Monday explored new opportunities to cooperate in economic development and national security. Saurabh Kumar, Secretary East, of the Ministry of External Affairs and Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu of Vietnam co-chaired the 12th […]