Quad members works on bolstering disaster-response capabilities across Indo-Pacific

IANS | December 8, 2025 2:43 PM

Hawaii, Dec 8 (IANS) Underscoring the Quad's commitment to reliable and effective life saving support for the people of the region, officials from India, Australia, Japan, and United States discussed strengthening the grouping's disaster-response capabilities across the Indo-Pacific during the recently-held 4th Annual Quad Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) Strategic Meeting and Tabletop Exercise in Hawaii's Honolulu.

Top US official begins India visit, set to hold Foreign Office Consultations with FS Misri

IANS | December 8, 2025 2:14 PM

Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker has arrived in India for an official visit, during which she is scheduled to meet senior Indian officials to discuss regional security, economic cooperation, and shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific, including through the Foreign Office Consultations with Foreign Secretary (FS) Vikram Misri.

EAM Jaishankar holds talks with EU’s Maros Sefcovic, hopes for productive engagements in India

IANS | December 8, 2025 12:53 PM

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar met Maros Sefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, in New Delhi on Monday, expressing hope that the visiting delegation’s engagements in India would be productive.

NDAA names India key partner in US nuclear, Indo-Pacific plans

IANS | December 8, 2025 6:44 AM

Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) The latest US defence authorisation bill assigns India a key role in Washington’s Indo-Pacific and nuclear strategies, directing sustained consultations on India’s nuclear liability rules and placing New Delhi among a select group of partners shaping a new defence industrial architecture in the Indo-Pacific region to meet the China challenge.

'New horizons in India-China ties': Indian envoy inaugurates new Chancery premises of Shanghai Consulate

IANS | December 7, 2025 9:50 PM

Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) India's Ambassador to China, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, and Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, on Sunday inaugurated the new Chancery of the Consulate General of India in Shanghai at the Dawning Centre in Changning district, marking the first relocation of its office premises in over 32 years.

Op Sagar Bandhu: Over 2000 patients receive treatment in India's field hospital in Sri Lanka's Mahiyanganaya

IANS | December 7, 2025 9:27 PM

Colombo, Dec 7 (IANS) Amid India's relentless relief and rescue efforts under the ongoing Operation Sagar Bandhu, the field hospital set up by it in Sri Lanka's Mahiyanganaya near Kandy has provided medical care to over 2200 patients affected by Cyclone Ditwah.

India, Nepal strengthening economic ties with new projects

IANS | December 7, 2025 8:38 PM

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) India and Nepal are strengthening their economic partnership with increasing cooperation in the field of trade, tourism, infrastructural connectivity, and energy, according to Nepalese media reports.

Peril of European Tactics: How fear of Indian modernization exposed fragility of British Raj (From the Archives)

Santosh Kumar Verma | December 7, 2025 7:56 PM

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The dawn of the 19th century in Hindustan was marked by the deafening sound of European cannon, yet the greatest anxiety felt in the distant councils of the British Empire was not the size of the native armies but the ominous possibility of their intellectual growth.

Putin reaffirms India as key energy partner despite sanctions heat

IANS | December 7, 2025 6:45 PM

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin used his December visit to New Delhi to reassure India that energy cooperation remains one of Moscow’s top priorities, a report has said.

Pakistan-UAE ties marred by mistrust due to Islamabad's erratic diplomatic conduct, strategic miscalculations: Report

IANS | December 7, 2025 6:13 PM

Islamabad, Dec 7 (IANS) The ties between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates have been increasingly marred by deep-rooted inconsistencies and mistrust, majorly due to Islamabad's erratic diplomatic behaviour and strategic miscalculations, as per a report.

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Quad members works on bolstering disaster-response capabilities across Indo-Pacific

Top US official begins India visit, set to hold Foreign Office Consultations with FS Misri

EAM Jaishankar holds talks with EU’s Maros Sefcovic, hopes for productive engagements in India

NDAA names India key partner in US nuclear, Indo-Pacific plans

'New horizons in India-China ties': Indian envoy inaugurates new Chancery premises of Shanghai Consulate

Op Sagar Bandhu: Over 2000 patients receive treatment in India's field hospital in Sri Lanka's Mahiyanganaya

India, Nepal strengthening economic ties with new projects

Peril of European Tactics: How fear of Indian modernization exposed fragility of British Raj (From the Archives)

Putin reaffirms India as key energy partner despite sanctions heat

Pakistan-UAE ties marred by mistrust due to Islamabad's erratic diplomatic conduct, strategic miscalculations: Report

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