India, South Korea discuss avenues to strengthen cultural ties

IANS | August 25, 2026 8:03 PM

Seoul, Aug 25 (IANS) India's Ambassador to South Korea Gourangalal Das met Lee Jae-jeong, Chairperson of the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee and discussed avenues to further strengthen cultural ties and people-to-people exchanges between India and South Korea, the Indian Embassy said on Tuesday.

India and New Zealand discuss expanding military engagement

IANS | August 25, 2026 7:55 PM

Wellington, Aug 25 (IANS) India and New Zealand held the second edition of the Defence Strategic Dialogue in Wellington, discussing ways to expand military-to-military engagement through joint training exercises, cross-service personnel exchanges, and defence staff college partnerships across maritime, air, and land units.

India and Israel explore new avenues of collaboration

IANS | August 25, 2026 6:54 PM

Jerusalem, Aug 25 (IANS) Nayantara D Panda, Charge d’Affaires at the Indian Embassy in Israel, on Tuesday met Moshe Koninsky, Mayor of Karmiel Municipality and explored new avenues of collaboration in various areas.

China expanding influence operations across Indo-Pacific: Report

IANS | August 25, 2026 5:19 PM

Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) Highlighting the disinformation shared on social media platforms in Japan during the House of Representatives election earlier this year, a report has flagged that China continues to expand its influence operations across the Indo-Pacific region. February's elections in Japan witnessed a Chinese influence operation as posts shared on X circulated memes promoting narratives like "Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is a militarist" and "Japan cannot win in a Taiwan contingency," Osawa Jun, a Senior Fellow at Tokyo's Nakasone Peace Institute, wrote in 'The Diplomat'.