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Pakistan: India won’t take first step to normalize ties, says Shashi Tharoor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Veteran diplomat and former United Nations Undersecretary-General Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday that India will not take the first step to normalize bilateral relations with Pakistan. Speaking at the launch of a book, Whither India-Pakistan Relations Today?, an anthology edited by former ambassador Surendra Kumar, he said India no longer […]

Education: Foreign student arrivals to the US plunge 46% as visa woes mount

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the Trump administration’s controversial policies wreaking havoc within the US and without, the number of visitors to America arriving on student visas plunged sharply in July, falling year-on-year for a fourth straight month, the media reported on Tuesday. The declines were most pronounced from Asia, the largest international education […]

Roving Periscope: China smiles; ready to provide rare earths, fertilizers to India

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As India told the visiting Chinese Foreign Minister that differences must not become disputes, Beijing has agreed to address New Delhi’s requirements for rare earths, fertilizers, and tunnel-boring machines, the media reported on Tuesday. Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar, who led the Indian team to discuss various bilateral issues […]

Hamas accepts proposed deal for ceasefire with Israel and hostage release, Egyptian source says

Hamas has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire proposal with Israel that includes the return of half the hostages held in Gaza and Israel’s release of some Palestinian prisoners, an Egyptian official told Reuters on Monday. Senior Hamas official Basem Naim confirmed the group’s approval on Facebook. Hamas said other Palestinian factions informed mediators of their […]

Myanmar: After the bloody coup in 2021, military junta to hold phased elections from Dec 28

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Nearly five years after it toppled a democratically-elected government, China-supported Myanmar’s military junta, fighting a long civil war, on Monday announced the first phase of general elections to begin on December 28 which, however, critics have already derided as a sham, the media reported. The National League for Democracy, led […]
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