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Both US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have shied away from mentioning the words ‘trade deal’ in their respective tweets welcoming the agreement they reached over a …

IN the end US President Donald Trump got everything he wanted. When he imposed 50 per cent tariffs on India and described it as a “dead economy”, India vowed never …

Shafaqna India:  At least 31 people were killed and 101 were injured after an explosion ripped through an imambargah during Friday prayers in the federal capital, said a district administration …

Europe’s new courtship of India is not just another trade story; it is a signal of how power is being reorganised in a world of fractured globalisation. By anchoring India …

India is apparently back on the mosaic of trade and commerce with the US, as both cheered a deal with little statistics to boast. The agreement was reached between President …

 Shafaqna India:The book “The Sun of the West” (Khurshid‑e Maghrib in Persian) written by the late Allama Mohammad Reza Hakimi explores issues related to the Islamic belief in the occultation …

Cricket has remained one of the few arenas of sustained regional interaction in South Asia, even as formal institutions weakened. It survived wars, regime changes, border crises, and diplomatic freezes. …

An important observation about the presentation of the budget by India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is that the speech was just too long and unilluminating, making it come across as …

When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented India’s 2026–27 Budget, the headline themes were familiar: fiscal consolidation, steady infrastructure spending, and the promise of “incremental reform” amid global uncertainty. But buried …

President Donald Trump is unpredictable and recently managed to surprise himself for pulling off the historic India-EU trade deal, albeit unintentionally. While India’s pro-US lobby is arguing that the free trade agreement has …

Shafaqna India: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia walked out of Nabha Jail on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court granted him bail …

As a democratic society, it is expected that India’s authorities follow the rule of law. This includes the assumption that governance will not be arbitrary, especially when it comes to …

The Republic of India was founded seventy-six years ago, but the foundations of its inner life/ nature (‘svadharma’) were laid nearly 3,000 years earlier. The Indian Republic of today is …

An outbreak of the Nipah virus in India’s eastern state of West Bengal has heightened concerns in China and several Southeast Asian countries, prompting them to tighten health screening operations …

Imam Mahdi (A.J) is the twelfth and last of the chain of the Purified Imams (A.S) and the divine successors. The early years of his life were spent in the …

Shafaqna India: With the announcement of the Union Budget 2026–2027 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, the focus is once again on what becomes cheaper or more expensive for businesses …

A decade and a half ago, a report of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG), claiming a huge ‘presumptive’ loss in the sale of telecom spectrum and coal blocks, ignited …

The year 2025 marked a decisive reality check for Indian foreign policy. India’s major partners recalibrated their engagement in ways that challenged New Delhi’s narratives of strategic autonomy, diplomatic indispensability …

When the Election Commission of India (ECI) quietly altered the rules governing Form 7 in 2023, nobody seemed to notice. Form 7 allows a voter to challenge the inclusion of …

The era when global trade was commanded by a narrow axis of industrial powers and relying on Western markets is collapsing. On January 27, the European Union and India sealed …

Shafaqna India: As the death toll in the devastating warehouse fire at Anandapur on the southern fringes of Kolkata climbed to 25 by Friday morning, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) …

Who succeeds Ajit Pawar? That is the question dominating Maharashtra’s political chatter after the sudden death on Wednesday of the state’s deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar …

Since the fall of Hasina’s regime, New Delhi has been gripped by policy anxiety, which is becoming more pronounced as Bangladesh braces for new elections. The political order in Dhaka, …

India’s space programme has entered an uncomfortable phase where failure is no longer an exception but a recurring feature. The crash of PSLV-C62 in January 2026, which destroyed the EOS-N1 …

WHILE the Donald Trump-led Board of Peace is not without controversy, mainly because of the US president’s ambitions to create a body that could rival the UN, India faces a …

This week, Rajasthan is set to pass a segregation law modelled after one in Gujarat. It is unlikely that most Indians will know of its existence because it is unlikely …

Shafaqna India: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar was killed on Wednesday as the aircraft carrying him crashed while landing in Baramati in Pune district, officials …

Shafaqna India: The EU and India concluded negotiations today for a historic, ambitious and commercially significant free trade agreement (FTA), the largest such deal ever concluded by either side. It will …

This is written by AJ Prabal What explains the deafening silence of the media and the complete absence of public protests in response to a series of damning CAG (Comptroller …

Shafaqna India: It was a pleasant surprise this week to stumble upon a steady stream of vivid photographs and videos of Saraswati Puja being celebrated in Bangladesh. Shared by a Bangladeshi …