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The conclusion of the India-UK trade deal came after negotiations were resumed in February after a nine-month pause. India and the United Kingdom have concluded an “ambitious and mutually beneficial” free trade agreement (FTA) that will deepen the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership and catalyse trade and investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday after a conversation with his British counterpart Keir Starmer. The deal was finalised three years after Modi and his former British counterpart Boris Johnson set a target of concluding the FTA by October 2022. Since then, the negotiations had been affected by differences on a range…

The image, which is now being heavily trolled by social media users, showed a muscled Trump with lightsaber in hand. A Star Wars-themed May 4 celebration post featuring US President Donald Trump on the White House’s official social media account quickly sparked a wave of memes, after it used an AI-generated image of Trump wielding a red lightsaber — the signature weapon of Star Wars villains. The image, which is now being heavily trolled by social media users, showed a muscled Trump standing heroically with bald eagles by his side, lightsaber in hand, with Star Wars fans questioning the logic…

Ravinder Raina clarified that the video was shot in January during severe snowfall in Kashmir and accused the Congress of “malicious intent”. Opposition leaders on Monday criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravinder Raina for posting a video with Army soldiers while the country is mourning the loss of 26 lives in the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. In the one-minute and 14-second-long video shared by Ravinder Raina on his social media handles, the former BJP chief of Jammu and Kashmir is seen running alongside uniformed soldiers in the snow. The Congress questioned the timing of…

The incident comes just two days after a Pakistani Ranger was apprehended by the force along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan. The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended a Pakistani national for intruding into Indian territory in Punjab’s Gurdaspur. The incident comes just two days after a Pakistani Ranger was apprehended by the force along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan. The ranger had been taken into custody by the Rajasthan frontier of the force. This was nearly a fortnight after a BSF jawan was caught by Pakistani Rangers amid rising tension between India and Pakistan in the wake of the…

While the extent of the breach has yet to be confirmed by Indian authorities, officials familiar with the matter said that they have come across the claims. A Pakistani hacker group calling itself the ‘Pakistan Cyber Force’ claims to have accessed sensitive information after breaching Indian defence institutions. The group claimed that it had hacked the Indian Military Engineering Services, the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, and other websites. The alleged breach comes amid rising tensions in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. While the extent of the breach has yet to be officially confirmed by…

The ministry has directed states to operationalise air raid warning sirens and train civilians to protect themselves in the event of a hostile attack. The ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Monday directed several states to conduct mock drills on May 7 to enhance civil defence preparedness. The ministry directed states to operationalise air raid warning sirens and train civilians to protect themselves in the event of a hostile attack. The states have also been directed to update and rehearse evacuation plans, crash blackout measures, and early camouflaging of vital plants and installations. The developments come amid rising tensions between…

Congress leader Ajay Rai said that govt purchased Rafale fighter jets but those are lying in hangars with “nimbu mirchi” (lemon and chillies) hanging on them. Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Sunday drew flak from the Bharatiya Janata Party for criticising the central government for what he said was “big talk and no action” against perpetrators of Pahalgam terror attack, saying that they purchased Rafale fighter jets but those are lying in hangars with “nimbu mirchi” (lemon and chillies) hanging on them. Displaying a toy plane with Rafale written on it and with lemon-chillies hanging on it, Ajay…

Defence minister Rajnath Singh reminded people of “working style” of PM Modi and said under his leadership, what people “desire” will happen. Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that as a defence minister it is his “responsibility to give a befitting reply to those who dare to attack” India, a comment that comes in the reverberations of the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. While addressing the Sanskriti Jagran Mahotsav, defence minister Rajnath Singh reminded people of “working style” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, I want to assure you that…

Police named Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih as suspects, linking them to Pakistani operatives via Harpreet Singh, now lodged in Amritsar Central Jail. Punjab’s Amritsar Police arrested two people on Saturday for allegedly sharing sensitive details and images of Army cantonment areas and air bases in the region, as part of a counter-espionage operation. The arrests come amid heightened India-Pakistan tensions following the recent Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. The Amritsar Rural Police identified the suspects as Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih, stating that the two had links to Pakistani intelligence operatives, which were traced through…

Air India said that the flight landed normally in Abu Dhabi and will soon return to Delhi. An Air India flight from Delhi to Tel Aviv was diverted to Abu Dhabi on Sunday after a missile attack near the Ben Gurion Airport in the Israeli city. The missile attack happened less than an hour before the Air India flight AI139 was to land at Tel Aviv. According to information on the flight tracking website Flightradar24.com, the flight was in Jordanian airspace when it was diverted to Abu Dhabi. Air India said that the flight landed normally in Abu Dhabi and…