Prime Minister Modi is set to embark on his first foreign trip since Operation Sindhu, visiting Cyprus, Canada, and Croatia. The tour includes participation in the G7 summit in Canada, where Modi received a special invitation. This visit is expected to reset India-Canada ties, which have been tense in recent years. The Croatia leg is…
NEW DELHI: Foreign portfolio investors injected Rs 3,346.94 crore into Indian equity markets during the week, driven by optimistic sentiment following the Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI) interest rate reduction, as reported by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) data.The RBI’s rate reduction bolstered investor confidence, resulting in substantial FPI inflows during the initial three trading…
Congress has once again raised questions over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on US president Donald Trump’s frequent claims that he played a key role in stopping the war between India and Pakistan.Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, on Saturday, posted on X that in the 34 days between May 10 and June 13, 2025, Trump…
Brijesh Patel, 50, a textile trader from Surat, has been saving for over a decade to send his son to a US university. He even sold his wife’s jewellery and took loans from relatives to make the long-awaited dream possible. But amid the ongoing visa uncertainties under the Trump administration, Patel said his son was…
Indian students accounted for 27% of all foreign students in the US in 2024, marking an 11.8% increase from the previous year, according to the latest annual report by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). The report, released last week, showed that 4,22,335 Indian students were actively enroled…
Maharashtra and Karnataka emerged as the top magnets for foreign investment in India, together accounting for more than half of the country’s total FDI.Overall, India’s total FDI, comprising equity inflows, reinvested earnings, and other capital, rose by 14% to $81.04 billion in 2024–25, marking the highest inflow in the past three years. In the previous…
NEW DELHI: After becoming the first country to establish foreign university campuses in India with the entry of University of Wollongong and Deakin University, Australia is now extending its footprint into school education, as Western Australia’s WACE has become the first foreign govt-backed school board to begin operations in India, receiving equivalence from the Association…
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has contradicted the Defence Minister’s statement that the Simla Agreement is a ‘dead document’. The Foreign Ministry clarified that no formal decision has been made and all treaties remain intact. This contradiction comes after India’s announcement to put the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance. The Simla Agreement, signed in 1971, established the…
Harvard University filed an urgent legal challenge on Thursday against a sweeping proclamation by President Donald Trump that bars foreign students from entering the United States to study at the Ivy League school. Calling the move “illegal,” Harvard asked a federal judge to immediately block the proclamation, which it says undermines both the university’s mission…
Trump blocks foreign students from entering Harvard over security concerns In a sweeping proclamation issued Wednesday evening, Trump barred the entry of foreign students under Harvard-hosted student and exchange visitor visas, citing national security concerns. The order, effective immediately, suspends new admissions under the F, M, and J visa categories, halting the arrival of students…