Mauritius keen to import more rice from India

IANS | November 3, 2025 6:24 PM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Mauritius is keen to strike long-term deals with India for the import of around 33,000 tonnes of rice to keep its subsidised food programme running and to replace supplies from Pakistan, Mauritius State Trading Corporation Chairman Takesh Luckho said.

EAM Jaishankar, counterpart from Bahrain review progress in bilateral ties

IANS | November 3, 2025 4:55 PM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his Bahrain counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani co-chaired the 5th India-Bahrain High Joint Commission meeting in New Delhi on Monday. The two leaders reviewed the progress in bilateral ties, focusing on trade, security, defence, health, culture, people to people ties and also discussed opportunities in space, fintech and cyber sectors.

India, Bahrain share centuries-old friendship, committed to peace, prosperity: EAM Jaishankar

IANS | November 3, 2025 2:05 PM

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Highlighting the enduring partnership between India and Bahrain, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday addressed the 5th India–Bahrain High Joint Commission meeting in New Delhi alongside Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, stating that the two nations are bound by a centuries-old friendship rooted in trade linkages and strong people-to-people ties.

Pakistan's endless bailout cycle: Selling national assets to stay afloat (IANS Analysis)

IANS | November 2, 2025 9:11 PM

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has become one of the busiest travelers in global finance. One week he’s in Washington, lobbying the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for yet another tranche of emergency funding; the next, he’s in Riyadh or Abu Dhabi pitching the sale of Pakistan’s national assets from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to airports and energy infrastructure.

China-Pakistan's 'iron brotherhood' may now be re-forged in fires of pragmatism: Report

IANS | November 2, 2025 8:00 PM

Islamabad, Nov 2 (IANS) The bond between China and Pakistan has been described in the warm and familial terms of an 'iron brotherhood'. However, the changing global politics demand ties based on the solid ground of mutual delivery and strategic clarity and not through poetic words. The Pakistan-China bond described as 'iron brotherhood' may now be re-forged in the fires of pragmatism, a report has stated.