UK and India need each other in volatile world: Indian envoy Doraiswami

IANS | August 15, 2025 5:36 PM

London, Aug 15 (IANS) India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Vikram Doraiswami on Friday said that the two nations need each other in the current volatile world while stressing that the recently concluded comprehensive economic trade agreement will have a significant impact on driving growth forward.

Kishtwar cloudburst tragedy: Russia offers condolences

IANS | August 15, 2025 3:36 PM

Moscow/New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Russia on Friday offered condolences over the tragedy caused by a massive cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's (J&K) Kishtwar district, which has resulted in the death of at least 56 people till now, including two CISF personnel.

Stage set for momentous Putin-Trump summit in Alaska

Baidya Bikash Basu | August 14, 2025 9:22 PM

Moscow: US President Donald Trump will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the US Joint Military Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday. Putin has met five US presidents, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Donald Trump. He is one of the successful statesmen in the world today. The West wanted Ukraine to be a Western bulwark on Russia's borders and the core element in this policy was NATO expansion eastwards. Russia made it unequivocally clear that this move was unacceptable to them.