US trade chief calls India talks as 'best offers ever received'

IANS | December 10, 2025 6:33 AM

Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) The United States is pushing ahead with intensive trade negotiations with India, with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer telling lawmakers that New Delhi has made “the best we’ve ever received as a country” in ongoing discussions aimed at expanding market access for American farm products, including grain sorghum and soy.

India, Kenya discuss strengthening cooperation in healthcare sector

IANS | December 9, 2025 9:50 PM

Nairobi, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian High Commissioner to Kenya Adarsh Swaika called on Kenya's Cabinet Secretary of Health, Aden Duale, on Tuesday, and discussed further strengthening between the two nations in healthcare, including pharmaceuticals, pharma manufacturing, equipment, medical devices, and capacity building.

India scales up cyclone relief efforts in Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu

IANS | December 9, 2025 8:56 PM

New Delhi/Colombo, Dec 9 (IANS) As part of its humanitarian support to Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu following Cyclone Ditwah, India has been delivering life-saving assistance, essential relief supplies, and critical early-recovery capabilities across the island nation, including in areas that were badly impacted and had been rendered inaccessible, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.

US-India ties face ‘political standstill’, expert warns

IANS | December 9, 2025 6:34 AM

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) India and the United States risk undermining more than two decades of strategic progress unless they urgently resolve growing political strains over tariffs and Washington’s renewed engagement with Pakistan, policy expert Dhruva Jaishankar said in a written statement submitted to the House Foreign Affairs Committee ahead of a key hearing scheduled for Wednesday.

India and Egypt discuss strategic partnership, economic opportunities

IANS | December 8, 2025 8:17 PM

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India and Egypt on Monday discussed efforts to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries during a meeting between Neena Malhotra, Secretary (South) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and visiting Assyut Governorate Governor Hisham Aboulnasr in New Delhi.