US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that the United States would help India if it came under attack, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as one of the "world's toughest negotiators", and said the two countries were "very close" to reaching a trade agreement, underscoring the growing strategic partnership between Washington and New Delhi.
The Malta-flagged LNG carrier DISHA, managed by a Shipping Corporation of India-led consortium, safely transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday with a cargo of 62,370 metric tonnes of LNG bound for Dahej in Gujarat, and is likely to reach India on June 18, according to an update issued by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways.
A major commotion broke out during a protest organised by the Cockroach Janata Party at Jaipur's Shaheed Smarak on Monday after two youths allegedly slapped party founder Abhijeet Dipke amid a large gathering of supporters.
India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar spoke to the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and lodged a strong diplomatic protest with the United States after the latter's Navy strike on an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman killed three Indian seafarers.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that India and Switzerland have reaffirmed their strong and enduring partnership, with both sides committed to further strengthening economic engagement, investment flows and strategic cooperation under the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA).
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday asserted that a false Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-sponsored complaint against party leader Parambans Singh Romana had led to his being denied entry into Canada.
