India-US partnership has weathered several transitions and challenges: MEA

IANS | August 1, 2025 5:07 PM

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) India and the United States share a comprehensive global strategic partnership anchored in shared interests, democratic values, and robust people-to-people ties with the partnership having weathered several transitions and challenges, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.

Afghanistan ranked world's most food-insecure nation: FAO

IANS | August 1, 2025 4:17 PM

Kabul, August 1 (IANS) Afghanistan remains the most food-insecure country across the world, with 75 per cent people facing livelihood instability and more than 12 million urgently requiring food aid as drought and poverty deepens in the nation, a UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report detailed on Friday.

EU positions India as strategic ally in building resilient, rules-based connectivity: Report

IANS | August 1, 2025 4:10 PM

New Delhi, August 1 (IANS) Despite many fundamental differences on normative principles, India sees the European Union (EU) as a like-minded partner in countering infrastructure and technology strategies that threaten its sovereign and security interests, particularly the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a report has detailed.

1,703 Indians deported from US since January 2025: MEA

IANS | August 1, 2025 3:55 PM

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A total of 1,703 Indian nationals have been deported from the United States between January 20 and July 22, 2025, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said in response to a Lok Sabha query on Friday.

El Salvador's National Assembly extends Presidential term to six years

IANS | August 1, 2025 2:17 PM

San Salvador, August 1 (IANS) El Salvador's National Assembly on Thursday approved changes in the country's constitution, that will allow President Nayib Bukele, who is in his second term in office, to run for re-election indefinitely. Bukele's party, which holds a supermajority in the legislature, voted to end presidential term limits and extend a president's term in office from five to six years, according to a National Assembly statement released on X.