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3 Major Takeaways From Latest Escalation

3 Major Takeaways From Latest Escalation

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4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 8, 2026 08:09 PM IST Almost two months after a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, Iran and Israel traded direct strikes at each other’s territories again, over Sunday night and Monday. For a while, return to full-scale war looked imminent, till Iran announced it was halting its campaign as long as Israel too kept the peace. US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that “Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!”. He said “final negotiations” for peace were proceeding, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.” What was different this time was that Iran launched attacks directly on Israel in retaliation for the latter’s actions in Lebanon. As multiple conflicts rage —Israeli action in Gaza, Israeli action in Lebanon, and the US-Israel-Iran tussle, with Iran’s retaliation covering much of West Asia — what do the events of the past day say about the future of the wars? Iran entrenches Lebanon position Iran has always said that any peace deal must include Lebanon too, but the …

An effort to seek attention of asylum seekers and pressurise India: BJP minister Bittu on India-Canada situation | Chandigarh News

An effort to seek attention of asylum seekers and pressurise India: BJP minister Bittu on India-Canada situation | Chandigarh News

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The strained relationship between India and Canada has persisted for over a year, with tensions intensifying after both nations withdrew diplomats and India faced accusations of involvement in criminal activities on Canadian soil. BJP minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, from Punjab, stressed the primacy of national interest in a conversation with The Indian Express. What is your take on the current situation between India and Canada? As a politician, I believe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trying to gain the attention of asylum seekers and hardliners by issuing various statements against India. The investigation into Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s case was ongoing, and India has been cooperating. I don’t see why Canada needed to make public statements on this matter. I believe that, in September, National Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh withdrew support from Trudeau’s Liberal Party, and since then, Trudeau seems to be trying to woo asylum seekers and hardliners, many of whom are pro-NDP. Though some may not be voters, they work for the parties and campaign for them, acting as a hidden …

US ‘Strongly Opposes’ China’s Renaming Of Areas In Indian State Of Arunachal Pradesh

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Last Updated: April 03, 2024, 14:12 IST The work at the Frontier Highway is expected to generate employment, and will check Chinese incursions into the Indian territory. (Representational Photo/ News18) Washington criticises Beijing’s attempt to rename places along the disputed China-India border. Tensions rise as both nations assert territorial claims The Biden administration has slammed Beijing’s list of 30 new names for places in India’s Arunachal Pradesh as yet another “unilateral attempt” by China to reassert its territorial claims. This follows New Delhi’s firm response to Beijing’s announcement of Chinese names for places in the Indian state which the neighbouring country claims as the southern part of Tibet. “The United States strongly opposes any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims by incursions or encroachments, military or civilian, across the Line of Actual Control,” a US State Department representative was quoted as saying by South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Tuesday. “The United States recognises Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory,” a State Department representative said in a press briefing. On Tuesday, India outrightly rejected as “senseless” …

India welcomes release of eight Indian Navy veterans detained in Qatar

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A glimpse of the exercise Zair-Al-Bahr conducted between the Indian Navy and the Qatar Emiri Navy in the Persian Gulf near Abu Dhabi. File. | Photo Credit: PTI India on February 12 welcomed the release of eight Indian nationals who were arrested in Qatar on August 30, 2022 and were given death sentence last October. In an early morning statement, the Ministry of External Affairs indicated that seven of the men have already returned.  “The Government of India welcomes the release of eight Indian nationals working for the Dahra Global company who were detained in Qatar. Seven out of the eight of them have returned to India. We appreciate the decision by the Amir of the State of Qatar to enable the release and home-coming of these nationals,” said the MEA announcing the release. The case of the eight Indian Navy veterans have kept India-Qatar relation on tenterhooks as the matter became an issue of diplomatic tug of war since they were arrested in August 2022 and the cause of the arrest was never publicised. India …