New York/Washington: President Donald Trump has nominated his longtime aide Sergio Gor, who is currently the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, as the next US Ambassador to India. In a social media post on Friday, Trump said Gor, 38, is a “great friend, who has been at my side for many years”….
Moscow: In a pointed diplomatic signal amid escalating US Pressure, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, reinforcing India’s strategic ties with Moscow even as Washington presses ahead with tariffs and warnings over New Delhi’s energy trade with Russia. The high-level meeting, part of efforts to finalise President…
London: Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul passed away in London on Thursday evening, family sources said. He was 94. Lord Paul, founder of UK-based Caparo Group of industries, had been taken ill and hospitalised recently, where he passed away surrounded by members of his family. The House of Lords peer was born in Jalandhar…
Moscow: India and Russia on Thursday vowed to expand their bilateral trade in a “balanced and sustainable manner” with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar underlining the need to “swiftly” address non-tariff barriers and regulatory impediments. The resolve by the two countries to enhance two-way trade, including by increasing Indian exports to Russia, came amid growing…
New York: US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on India to bring an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said. Trump has imposed tariffs totalling 50 per cent on India, including 25 per cent for Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil that will come into effect from…
Washington: President Donald Trump said Monday he’s begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while affirming that the U.S. would back European security guarantees aimed at preventing Moscow from reinvading its neighbor once the current conflict ends. Details of the…
Islamabad: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in Islamabad this week to attend the Pakistan-China strategic dialogue and hold meetings with the civil and military leadership to discuss bilateral ties as well as key regional and international developments, a media report said on Monday. The top Chinese diplomat will undertake a two-day visit beginning…
New York/Washington: The US keeps “an eye” on what’s happening between India and Pakistan “every single day” as ceasefires can fall apart very quickly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. “…the only way to have a ceasefire is for both sides to agree to stop firing at one another. And the Russians just haven’t agreed…
New York/Seattle: The Indian tricolour was hoisted at Seattle’s iconic 605-feet-tall Space Needle on India’s 79th Independence Day, the first time that a foreign nation’s flag was raised at the popular American destination. Consul General of India in Seattle, Prakash Gupta, along with Mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell and other select dignitaries from the Seattle…
Alaska: President Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin didn’t reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after meeting on Friday — despite Putin saying they had come to “an understanding” — as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed while heaping praise on each other. In brief remarks as…
