From Dhaka to Delhi, experts back Trump's strong stance against USAID for its role in destabilising strong sovereign governments

IANS | February 20, 2025 4:48 PM

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Top analysts, politicians, diplomats and strategic affairs experts in India and its neighbourhood on Thursday backed US President Donald Trump's comments questioning the Biden administration's motive behind spending $21 million through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on voter turnout in India, $29M to "strengthening political landscape in Bangladesh" and $20M for "fiscal federalism" in Nepal.

EAM Jaishankar to attend G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jo'burg

IANS | February 19, 2025 2:02 PM

New Delhi/Johannesburg, Feb 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will be visiting Johannesburg, South Africa on February 20-21 to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) at the invitation of the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa Ronald Lamola, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Wednesday.

India, US don’t compete as much as they complement each other: Piyush Goyal

IANS | February 18, 2025 6:39 PM

Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Tuesday, said India and the United States do not compete as much as they complement each other, and discussions are underway with various stakeholders, both within and outside the government, to strengthen trade ties between the two nations.