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November 17, 2025 10:24 PM

India emerging as a model for the world, says PM Modi at Ramnath Goenka Lecture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India is not just an emerging market but an “emerging model” for the world, asserting that the country is moving toward a vibrant and stable economic future despite global uncertainties. Delivering the...

November 17, 2025 4:12 PM

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina: From political dominance to death sentence

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina, sentenced to death in absentia on Monday for her deadly crackdown on student protesters last year, has been a dominant figure in the South Asian nation for half a century, a career rooted in bloodshed. Thrust into promi...

November 17, 2025 11:55 AM

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 en...

November 16, 2025 6:09 PM

Britain to make refugee status temporary under asylum overhaul

Britain said it would make refugee status temporary and the wait for permanent settlement would be quadrupled to 20 years under the country's most sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times. The Labour government has been hardenin...

November 16, 2025 10:22 AM

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. No U.S. official will attend. Not even Vice-Presi...

November 16, 2025 10:23 AM

Syria, Saudi Arabia reluctant to make peace with Israel as Trump pushes to expand Abraham Accords

On 10 November, Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa strides into the Oval Office. He becomes the first Syrian leader ever to do so since the country's independence in 1946. Al-Sharaa, the 43-year-old former Al-Qaeda commander who toppled Bashar al-Ass...

November 16, 2025 6:12 PM

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-Marsan Air Base. The IAF contingent arrived in Fran...

November 15, 2025 2:08 PM

Bihar verdict: NDA registers landslide win; BJP emerges as the single largest party with 89 seats

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered a sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly polls 2025, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party and its ally, the Janata Dal (United), finishing a close second. ...

November 15, 2025 1:17 AM

“Victory of good governance has been achieved”: PM Modi, Amit Shah hail NDA’s massive lead in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the NDA’s performance in the Bihar Assembly election as a “victory of good governance and development”, saying the massive mandate reflected voters’ confidence in the alliance’s track record and...

November 14, 2025 4:01 PM

150 Years of Birsa Munda: India Marks Tribal Pride Day

India observes Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, or Tribal Pride Day, each year on November 15 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, the tribal freedom fighter born in 1874. To mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, the government has designat...

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