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Former diplomat Vikas Swarup (Photo/ANI)

"Short-term, motivated by financial gain": Former diplomat Vikas Swarup on reset in US-Pak relations

Aug 13, 2025

Former diplomat Vikas Swarup has described the United States' current relationship with Pakistan as a short-term, tactical arrangement driven largely by financial interests, while stressing that US-India ties remain strategic in nature.

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Former diplomat Vikas Swarup (Photo/ANI)

Getting into bed with Pakistan 'strategic mistake' for US, says former diplomat Vikas Swarup

Aug 13, 2025

Former diplomat Vikas Swarup on Wednesday warned that the US is making a "strategic mistake" by strengthening ties with Pakistan, a country closely aligned with China, a strategic competitor of the US.
EAM S Jaishankar (Photo: Ministry of External Affairs/YouTube

Jaishankar highlights tourism, trade, technology in India's foreign engagement at FAITH conclave 2025

Aug 13, 2025
Former High Commissioner to Canada and noted author Vikas Swarup (Photo/ANI)

US tariffs pressure tactics to get India to sign on dotted line in trade talks, we have not caved in: Vikas Swarup

Aug 13, 2025

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Chile Embassy hosts literary evening to celebrate Abhay K's 'The Alphabets of Latin America'

Aug 13, 2025

Ambassador Angulo highlighted the deep-rooted literary connections between India and Latin America, emphasising the role of literature in...
Third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable meetingwas held in New Delhi (Image: X/@DrSJaishankar)

India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable held in Delhi; Jaishankar lays stress on synergy between government and industry

Aug 13, 2025

The third round of the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) was held here on Wednesday, with the leaders of...
Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan in 2023 (File Photo/Reuters)

Pakistan forms joint committee to expedite Afghan PoR card repatriation

Aug 13, 2025

Pakistan has formed a joint committee of police and intelligence agencies to identify and repatriate Afghan nationals holding...
Brazil awards UAE Ambassador country's highest order (Photo/WAM)

Brazil awards UAE Ambassador country's highest order

Aug 13, 2025
EAM Jaishankar with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Photo/ X@mfa_russia)

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to Meet EAM S. Jaishankar in Moscow on August 21

Aug 13, 2025
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Dozens of New Xinjiang-Europe cargo routes raise forced labour concerns

Aug 13, 2025
Taliban forces block roads near the airport as a woman in a burqa walks by in Kabul, Afghanistan (File Photo/Reuters)

UN warns Afghan women face "increasingly untenable" situation and risk removal from public life

Aug 13, 2025
A 2017 file photo of Vladimir Putin with Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg (File Photo/Reuters)

Trump and Putin to meet at Alaska military base for high-stakes summit on August 15

Aug 13, 2025
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UN urges Pakistan to boost disaster preparedness amid monsoon risks

Aug 13, 2025
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UK Deputy PM demands China explain redacted 'Super-Embassy' plans amid security, human rights concerns

Aug 13, 2025
Karachi-Makran passenger coaches halted at Uthal (Photo/@TBPEnglish)

Karachi-Makran passenger coaches halted at Uthal; thousands stranded as Baloch fighters launch coordinated attacks in Balochistan

Aug 13, 2025
Cameroon President Paul Biya welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace in Yaounde, Cameroon (File Photo/Reuters)

Macron acknowledges France's role in "repressive" war against Cameroon independence

Aug 13, 2025
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US: India's Consulate General in Chicago condemns desecration of BAPS temple, calls it "reprehensible"

Aug 13, 2025
Mountain villages in Pakistan struggle as melting glaciers increase flood risks (File Photo/Reuters)

Shisper glacier flood devastates PoGB, blocks Karakoram highway and isolates communities

Aug 13, 2025
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces crisis as military action fuels civilian unrest (Image: X/@PashtunNJirga)

55,000 displaced and 400,000 trapped under curfew in Bajaur amid military operation, says ANP lawmaker

Aug 13, 2025