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August 22, 2025 1:12 PM

Key Bill to shield citizens from ‘online gaming menace’ passed

On August 21, the Parliament passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, marking a landmark move to shield citizens from the menace of online money games while promoting and regulating other kinds of online games. According to...

August 22, 2025 4:08 PM

Netanyahu says Israel to resume Gaza negotiations to end war and free hostages

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly two-year-old war but on terms acceptable to Israel. It was Netanyahu's first r...

August 22, 2025 4:09 PM

Putin’s demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told ...

August 22, 2025 4:09 PM

Thai court clears ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra in royal insult case, lawyer says

A court in Thailand dismissed a royal insult case on Friday against influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, clearing the first hurdle in a series of high-stakes court rulings involving the powerful Shinawatra political dynasty. The court ...

August 21, 2025 8:58 PM

EAM Jaishankar calls on Russian President Putin

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow during his three-day visit to Russia. The Minister co-chaired the 26th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Econom...

August 21, 2025 4:54 PM

Tibet marks anniversary with songs, dances, reminders of Communist rule

Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a parade in its capital Lhasa with thousands cheering, holding little red flags, amid placards telling all to heed the Communist Party's leadership. The fes...

August 21, 2025 2:37 PM

Thailand’s Shinawatra dynasty faces triple court test that could upend politics

Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for the country's stuttering econom...

August 21, 2025 2:37 PM

Talk of boots on the ground in Ukraine sparks unease in Germany

Allied talk of sending European peacekeeping forces to protect Ukraine as part of a possible peace deal with Russia has sparked a backlash in Germany, a country still scarred by its militaristic Nazi past, even if the prospect remains remote. Chance...

August 20, 2025 10:51 PM

India-Russia trade in goods has increased five-fold in four years, need to address trade imbalance: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that bilateral trade in goods between India and Russia has grown more than five-fold, rising from USD 13 billion in 2021 to USD 68 billion in 2024-25, while cautioning that the trade imbalance must be ...

August 20, 2025 5:12 PM

Transformation of India’s defence and internal security posture

Over the years, India’s defence and internal security posture has undergone a profound transformation. The shift has been marked by greater clarity of purpose, stronger deterrence, and a sustained drive for self-reliance. Under Prime Minister Nare...

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