Bangladesh: Is the International Crimes Tribunal a weapon of revenge, now?

Dr Sreoshi Sinha & Abu Obaidha Arin | December 6, 2025 6:38 PM

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) August 5, 2024, will be remembered as a historic turning point in Bangladesh’s political journey. The fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government marked the end of an era—an era deeply intertwined with the legacy of the 1971 Liberation War, the pursuit of transitional justice, and an increasingly authoritarian political framework.

India and US underscore growing convergence on counterterrorism, emerging challenges

IANS | December 6, 2025 6:30 PM

New Delhi/Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) India and the United States reviewed a wide range of traditional and emerging threats and challenges such as terrorist recruitment, abuse of technology for terrorist purposes, and financing of terrorism during the 21st Meeting of the India-USA Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism (CT) and the 7th Designations Dialogue held in New Delhi earlier this week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated on Saturday.

Any country can't have veto in how India develops relations with others: EAM Jaishankar

IANS | December 6, 2025 4:30 PM

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s just-concluded trip to India for a bilateral summit underscored New Delhi’s commitment to strategic autonomy and its freedom of choice in foreign policy, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said on Saturday. His remarks came in the backdrop of US pressure on India to scale back purchases of Russian oil and defence equipment.

India tells Silicon Valley it will unveil voice-based LLM before Delhi AI summit

IANS | December 6, 2025 1:07 PM

Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) India plans to unveil a new voice-enabled Large Language Model ahead of next year's global Artificial Intelligence (AI) summit in New Delhi, a top government official, Abhishek Singh, has told the Silicon Valley community this week, outlining an expansive road map to accelerate the country's AI capabilities.