West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her visit to London on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/All India Trinamool Congress via ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited British businesses to invest in the state in areas such as automation, engineering and artificial intelligence. Reminiscing the United Kingdom’s centuries-old relationship with India … Read more
Analysts say Washington has long seen New Delhi as a counter to China’s rising influence in Asia and elsewhere, and, hence, overlooked human rights issues in India. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Minorities in India face deteriorating treatment, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025), and it recommended targeted … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope and holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country, even as it faces almost certain litigation. He wants to require voters to show proof that they are U.S. citizens before they … Read more
In Venezuela, which first faced U.S. energy sanctions in 2019, intermediaries have disguised the country of origin of cargoes bound for China, transferring oil at sea and switching off vessel transponders. Such an approach could complicate enforcement. File | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. plan to slap tariffs on countries buying sanctioned Venezuelan oil marks … Read more
Ekrem Imamoglu | Photo Credit: AP (This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) Ekrem Imamoglu is the most popular opposition politician in Turkey. He first captured national attention when he won the mayoral elections in Istanbul, … Read more
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S. on Tuesday (March 25, 2025), including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed “to enforce basic and necessary election … Read more
At a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard would not say whether she was accessing the information on her personal phone or government-issued phone, citing an ongoing investigation by the National Security Council. | Photo Credit: AP The revelation that U.S. President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the … Read more
A house burnt after a wildfire devastated the area in Sancheong, South Korea on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea said Wednesday that 18 people have been killed in one of the country’s worst wildfires, with multiple blazes still raging and thousands of firefighters trying to bring them under control. “18 people … Read more
A house burnt after a wildfire devastated the area in Sancheong, South Korea on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea said Wednesday that 18 people have been killed in one of the country’s worst wildfires, with multiple blazes still raging and thousands of firefighters trying to bring them under control. “18 people … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP Passengers headed to China aboard a recent United Airlines flight faced an unexpected travel headache after a pilot’s forgotten passport prompted their return to the United States. Flight UA198 from Los Angeles to Shanghai was out over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday afternoon when it made a u-turn … Read more