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US REJECTS, DESTROYS INDIAN MANGOES

In a setback for India’s agricultural exports, at least 15 mango shipments from India have been rejected by US authorities at key entry points, including airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta, due to documentation irregularities. Exporters were given the choice of either destroying the mangoes or bearing the high cost of re-exporting them to India. Given the perishable nature of mangoes and the prohibitive expense of return shipping, all affected exporters opted to dispose of the fruit within the United States, according to a media report.

Conflict with Pakistan was always conventional, no nuclear signaling: Vikram Misri to parliamentary panel

NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary committee on that the conflict between India and Pakistan was always in the conventional domain, and there was no nuclear signalling by the neighbouring country, sources said.

Trump says he doesn’t want Apple building products in India: ‘I had a little problem with Tim Cook’

WASHINGTON - President Trump said he told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he doesn’t want tech giant building its products in India. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said. “I don’t want you building in India.” The comments at a business event Qatar come as Trump said India had agreed to effectively drop all tariffs on U.S. goods as part of a potential trade deal. Trump had previously suggested that a ceasefire deal between India and Pakistan following a bout of recent violence between the two was predicated on a trade truce

India will not tolerate nuclear blackmail: India Prime Minister in address to nation

NEW DELHI - India will not tolerate nuclear blackmail, talks or trade cannot go along with terror, water cannot flow with blood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his televised address to the nation on Monday evening, making it clear that Pakistan dismantling its terrorist infrastructure is the only path to peace. His address came against the backdrop of pressure from the Opposition over whether US Donald Trump announcing the ceasefire between India and Pakistan on Sunday meant India had caved in to pressure for international -- read American -- mediation.

In India ‘political iftars’ a legacy of Indian Secularism, or symptom of political rot

It was the month of Ramadan in 1974, and the northern city of Lucknow, a hub of India’s Shia community, was on the boil.

India's $23 billion plan to rival China factories to lapse after it disappoints

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has decided to let lapse a $23 billion program to incentivize domestic manufacturing, just four years after it launched the effort to woo firms away from China, according to four government officials.

Meritocrat of lofty decency, steely resolve: Maker of post-modern India Manmohan Singh dead

Long, long ago, there was a country called India and for some time it was fortunate to have a wise ruler named Dr Manmohan Singh. For 10 years he ran the affairs of the country with prudence, humility and grace. And, the world marvelled how could a country of one billion people be governed by such a soft-spoken man, a Prime Minister who defied all the traits associated with a strong leadership model. How could an educated, learned and erudite man like him cope with the demands of a cantankerous democracy, yet would not allow his soul to be darkened by the dark players all around him? When he became Prime Minister a second time in 2009, the western world saw his elevation as the triumph of meritocracy. Very true. 

Manmohan Singh, India Prime Mnister Who Spurred Economic Boom, Dies at 92

NEW DELHI - The country’s first Sikh prime minister, he introduced free-market reforms that turned India into an economic powerhouse and sought reconciliation with Pakistan. Manmohan Singh, a soft-spoken and cerebral former Indian prime minister who was credited with far-reaching changes that propelled his country’s emergence as an economic powerhouse able to compete with China, died on Thursday in New Delhi. He was 92.

Shyam Benegal No More

CALCUTTA - Shyam Benegal, one of India’s greatest filmmakers who was a prominent name in global cinema and a pioneer of the parallel film movement of the ’70s and ‘80s, passed away on Monday evening. He was 90. Benegal had been suffering from kidney problems that required dialysis a couple of times a week.

Bangladesh seeks extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from India. India has received the ‘Note Verbale’

DHAKA, Bangladesh —  has sent a formal letter to India to extradite ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August amid the student-led protests that ended her 15 years in power, the country’s foreign affairs adviser said. The move likely to further complicate the already frosty Dhaka-New Delhi relationship.

IN A STARTLING ACT, INDIA REMOVES HISTORIC PAKISTAN SURRENDER PHOTO FROM ARMY CHIEF OFFICE. VETERANS DISMAYED

NEW DELHI - The iconic picture of India’s greatest military victory — a painting of the Pakistani army signing the Instrument of Surrender in Dhaka on December 16, 1971 — has been removed from the India Army Chief’s Sena Bhavan. Military veterans have castigated the Narendra Modi government and the military top brass for removing the painting from the wall of the army chief’s office and replacing it with another painting.

TRUMP THREATENS INDIA: 'We charge them the same amount'

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to adopt a tit-for-tat approach against India’s high tariffs that have stymied US exports to one of the world’s largest consuming economies. Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida that his administration would hit back with high tariffs if India continued to slap high levies on American goods and services.

Legendary Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain Passes Away at 73 in San Francisco

SAN FRANSISCO - Renowned tabla maestro and composer Zakir Hussain passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at the age of 73 in San Francisco. Son of the iconic tabla maestro Ustad Allah Rakha, the 73-year-old legendary musician was admitted in ICU due to heart and lung-related ailments for the last two weeks.

Switzerland withdraws "Most Favored Nation" status from India

NEW DELHI - Switzerland has announced that it will suspend the most favoured nation (MFN) clause in its double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with India, starting from January 1, 2025. This will have far reaching consequences on the trade and commerce relations between India and Switzerland. This move will double the withholding tax rate on dividends paid to Indian tax comapnies to 10 per cent from 5 per cent. 

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