On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile installations; Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed, and by 2 March the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had formally closed the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic, laying mines and warning off shipping.
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta-owned copper mining company CopperTech Metals Inc, which is domiciled in the United States, has announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Scott Bessent said Washington is working with European and Gulf allies to target Iranian financial networks, freeze assets and disrupt funding channels linked to Tehran.
Recently, the New York State University in the US initiated a programme called ‘NYU in real life’, to promote a student-led culture change of spending less time online and more in living life in person, and creating together a ‘collective effervescence’.
India and the United States (US) are in the final stages of concluding a much-anticipated interim trade agreement, with the deal expected to be signed within the next few weeks or months, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Friday.
Australia is a Naval ally of US and UK. It is also a nuclear partner with the USA in the Indo-Pacific. India thus is most vulnerable to any Chinese adventurism in the case of an attack on Taiwan. It may be rendered just a helpless bystander. The other three QUAD members are fully alive to the looming Chinese threat, even at a distance.
US President Donald Trump claimed that he utilised tariffs as a tool to resolve several international conflicts, including the tensions between India and Pakistan.
At the end of August, Donald Trump declared in the White House that he is not a dictator. He clarified why he isn’t, adding that he hates dictators.
A few years back, when the phenomenon of social media had just about infiltrated the hallowed precincts of the cantonments and barracks of the Indian Armed Forces, came tumbling an image of militaristic traditions, restraints and sobriety.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday met with Sergio Gor, the newly confirmed US Ambassador to India, in New Delhi.
