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November 20, 2025

Global adaptation finance falling short, India pushes for $1.3 trillion roadmap at CoP30

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday urged the international community to substantially increase climate adaptation finance, warning that the global gap is widening despite mounting ...

November 20, 2025

India, Israel sign Terms of Reference to begin Free Trade Agreement negotiations

India and Israel have formally signed the Terms of Reference (ToR) to initiate negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), marking a major step toward deepening bilateral economic cooperation. The ToR was signed in Tel Aviv by India’s Minister of Commerc...

November 20, 2025

US President Donald Trump’s son visits the Taj Mahal

Donald Trump Jr., American businessman and son of US President Donald Trump, visited the Taj Mahal on Thursday. The historic monument in Agra, known globally as one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, was the first stop on his India visit. Trump Jr. wa...

November 20, 2025

IMF flags deep corruption risks, urges urgent reforms to lift Pakistan’s economic growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its long-awaited Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA), has highlighted persistent corruption challenges in Pakistan, driven by systemic weak...

November 19, 2025

Minister of State for Defence Meets Indian Community in UAE

The Minister of State for Defence, Sanjay Seth, interacted with members of the Indian community during a programme coordinated by the Indian People’s Forum (IPF) in the UAE. The session saw strong participation from Jharkhand NRIs, reflecting the state’s a...

November 19, 2025

Cityscape Global Opens in Riyadh with $43 Billion in Deals Announced

Cityscape Global 2025 opened in Riyadh this week with $43 billion in real estate agreements announced during the first two days, underscoring Saudi Arabia's accelerating urban transformation and growing investor confidence in the Kingdom's real estate sector. ...

November 19, 2025

India Expands Visa-on-Arrival Facility for UAE Nationals to Three More Airports

India has expanded its Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) facility for UAE nationals to include Cochin, Calicut and Ahmedabad international airports, adding to the existing centres in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,...

November 19, 2025

Minister of State for Defence Meets Indian Community in UAE

The Minister of State for Defence, Sanjay Seth, interacted with members of the Indian community during a programme coordinated by the Indian People’s Forum (IPF) in the UAE. The session saw strong participation from Jharkhand NRIs, reflecting the state’s a...

November 19, 2025

Cityscape Global Opens in Riyadh with $43 Billion in Deals Announced

Cityscape Global 2025 opened in Riyadh this week with $43 billion in real estate agreements announced during the first two days, underscoring Saudi Arabia's accelerating urban transformation and growing investor confidence in the Kingdom's real estate sector. ...

November 16, 2025

IAF participates in ‘Garuda 25’ bilateral exercise with French Air and Space Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in the 8th edition of the bilateral air exercise Garuda 25 with the French Air and Space Force (FASF), being held from November 16 to 27, 2025, at Mont-de-M...

November 13, 2025

France marks 10th anniversary of deadly Paris attacks

France marks the 10th anniversary on Thursday of attacks in Paris in which Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in a rampage through cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall, and many survivors are still traumatized. The attacks ...

November 11, 2025

France’s Sarkozy back home after court frees him pending appeal

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday, after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for conspiring to raise funds from Libya. Sarkozy was sent to prison on October 21 afte...

November 20, 2025

Trump signs bill to release Epstein files

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the bill to release the files from the Justice Department investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The material could shed more light ...

November 19, 2025

Elon Musk attends Trump’s dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk joined a dinner with U.S President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday, the second joint public appearance since a bitter public feud earlier this year. Musk's attendance could be a sign of reconcili...

November 17, 2025

Saudi crown prince visits US with defence, AI and nuclear on the agenda

A visit by Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler to the White House for talks on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump aims to deepen decades-old cooperation on oil and security while broadening ties in commerce, technology and potentially even nuclear energy. It ...

November 16, 2025

Trump snubs South Africa, boycotts G20 summit: Principled outrage or payback for feud with Ramaphosa?

In a move that's sent shockwaves through global diplomacy, U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a full American boycott of the G-20 Summit at Johannesburg in South Africa on 22nd and 23rd November....

November 11, 2025

Ethiopia to host COP32 climate summit in 2027

Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would host the United Nations' COP32 climate summit in 2027, fending off a rival bid from Nigeria to land an influential role that will allow it to shape the agenda and outcomes of the event. The more immediate choice of host for n...

November 6, 2025

Can Africa ride critical minerals wave to economic boom?

As global powers scramble for critical minerals, African countries are pushing for new investment to process more of their own raw materials and meet their people's demands for economic growth and jobs, analysts say. To capitalise on the burgeoning demand, th...

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Global adaptation finance falling short, India pushes for $1.3 trillion roadmap at CoP30

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday urged the international community to substant...

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India, Israel sign Terms of Reference to begin Free Trade Agreement negotiations

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Turkey set to host COP31 climate summit, Australia to lead government talks

Turkey will host next year's UN climate summit while Australia will lead the conference's negotiations among governments, under a compromise...

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India, Germany explore deeper collaboration on traditional me...

India and Germany have discussed expanding cooperation in traditional ...

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J. P. Nadda opens National One Health Mission Assembly, calls...

Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda delivered the inaugural address at t...

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India Takes a Genomic Leap: CSIR-IGIB and Serum Institute Par...

India is stepping into a new era of genomic innovation, and at the hea...

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Global adaptation finance falling short, India pushes for $1....

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday urged the inter...

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India, Israel sign Terms of Reference to begin Free Trade Agr...

India and Israel have formally signed the Terms of Reference (ToR) to ...

2 hours ago | PM GatiShakti

102nd National Planning Group meeting reviews infrastructure ...

The 102nd meeting of the Network Planning Group (NPG) was held on Thur...

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November 19, 2025 | IFFI

Goa set to host 56th International Film Festival of India fro...

Goa is preparing to host the 56th edition of the International Film Fe...

November 19, 2025 | Dubai Airshow

Dubai Airshow 2025 lights up the night with spectacular drone...

On the second day of the Dubai Airshow 2025, thousands of attendees we...

November 18, 2025 | Cloudflare

Cloudflare restores services after outage impacts thousands o...

Cloudflare has fully restored its services after an outage on Tuesday ...

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8 hours ago | Meta

Spanish court orders Meta to pay $550 mln to digital media co...

A Spanish court has ordered that the multinational tech company Meta...

November 19, 2025 | 3I/ATLAS

NASA set to release new images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS

NASA is set on Wednesday to release new images of an interstel...

November 19, 2025 | polar magnetic

Century-old Kodaikanal Observatory data offers new insights i...

Astronomers have tapped into more than a century’s worth of solar ob...

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