The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has imposed tough conditions on Pakistan for disbursing instalments of the $7 billion loan that Islamabad negotiated with it under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Such IMF credit comes not so much with avuncular indulgence as with tough conditionalities meant to stabilize macro-economic variables. The IMF is also giving Pakistan…
The government has received investment proposals worth âš34,000 crore for the The Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPIDC), which has already seen investments of âš4,000 crore. BrahMos, a long-range missile made as a collaboration between India and Russia, was a message of the strength of the Indian Armed Forces, a message of deterrence to adversaries,…
Sanjay Raut, leader of Shiv Sena (UBT), on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the RSS headquarters in Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Sunday to âannounce his retirementâ. Raut also claimed that a âclosed doorâ meet happened to discuss PM Modi’s successor adding that the next PM will be from Maharashtra. This is not the…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. File Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart Pete Hegseth on Thursday (February 6, 2025) agreed to work on an ambitious agenda, including in the areas of operational, intelligence, logistics and industrial cooperation, to further boost the India-U.S. strategic partnership. Mr. Singh said Mr. Hegseth reviewed various aspects of the…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, in Washington. | Photo Credit: PTI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has met the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and shared perspectives on “key” strategic matters of mutual interest, a day after India and the U.S. signed two key agreements to further boost their…
