Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin held talks in New Delhi ahead of the BRICS summit, discussing energy, defence, trade and the wars in Ukraine and West Asia as India and Russia moved to deepen a strategic partnership that has endured despite growing geopolitical pressure.
Hong Kong has sentenced three former leaders of the group that organised the city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigils to up to seven years in prison, in one of the most prominent cases brought under the national security law.
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Modi and Putin Deepen India-Russia Ties Ahead of BRICS Summit
Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin held talks in New Delhi ahead of the BRICS summit, discussing energy, defence, trade and the wars in Ukraine and West Asia as India and Russia moved to deepen a strategic partnership that has endured despite growing geopolitical pressure.
Red Fort Was Plan B? NIA Probe Points to Historic Jain Temple as Original Target
The NIA has named Umer Un Nabi as the alleged mastermind of the Delhi terror conspiracy. Its chargesheet also suggests the Red Fort may not have been his original target: investigators believe he first tried to stop near the historic Jain Lal Mandir but was forced away by traffic.
BRICS Leaders Descend on New Delhi Under Extraordinary Security
New Delhi is under heavy security as world leaders arrive for the BRICS summit. Tens of thousands of personnel, NSG commandos and anti-drone systems have been deployed across the capital as India prepares to host Putin, Xi and other leaders.
Xi Jinping Expected in India for First Visit Since Galwan Clash
Xi Jinping is expected in New Delhi for his first visit to India since the 2020 Galwan clash. Six years after relations collapsed, Modi and Xi are talking again. But behind the diplomatic thaw, the mistrust remains.
Philippines Tells China to ‘Have Some Shame’ as South China Sea Feud Erupts
China and the Philippines are at loggerheads again over the South China Sea. This time, India has reason to watch closely: Manila is now a strategic partner, a BrahMos customer and an increasingly important part of New Delhi’s Indo-Pacific defence network.
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Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, Al-Qaeda Is Still Here
Twenty-five years after 9/11, bin Laden is dead and al-Qaeda’s old command structure has been dismantled. The organisation adapted, spreading through affiliates from Somalia and the Sahel to Yemen Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Why India Needs a Social Media Platform of Its Own
From Guatemala’s CIA-run radio broadcasts to the Twitter Files and political upheavals across India’s neighbourhood, this is a story about information, influence, and a question India may soon have to answer: who controls the platforms on which a nation understands itself?
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David Headley helped map the targets of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks while already known to U.S. authorities. Years later, the unanswered question remains: how was he allowed to operate for so long, and why has he never faced an Indian court?
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