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Bangladesh sends note verbale asking India to send back deposed PM Hasina
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6 hours, 44 minutes ago

Bangladesh sends note verbale asking India to send back deposed PM Hasina

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government said on Monday that it has sent a diplomatic note to India to send back deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka. "We have sent a note verbale to the Indian government saying that Bangladesh wants her back here for the judicial process," Foreign Affairs Adviser or de facto foreign minister Touhid Hossain told reporters at …

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As South Korea draws visitors chasing beauty, dodgy practices pose risks
17 hours, 32 minutes ago

As South Korea draws visitors chasing beauty, dodgy practices pose risks

Al Jazeera  

Thousands flock to East Asian country for cosmetic surgeries each year, often relying on unregulated forums for advice. “I don’t think I’ll ever go back to Korea to do surgery because of this.” South Korea has the highest rate of plastic surgery procedures per capita in the world, according to Expert Market Research, with a market worth $1.7bn in 2023. …

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Bangladesh sends diplomatic note to India seeking Sheikh Hasina's extradition
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17 hours, 32 minutes ago

Bangladesh sends diplomatic note to India seeking Sheikh Hasina's extradition

New Indian Express  

DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim government said on Monday that it has sent a diplomatic note to India to send back deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka. Bangladesh-based International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several former Cabinet ministers, advisers, and military and civil officials for "crimes against humanity and genocide". "We have sent a note verbale to …

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'What the hell was that?' Trump pauses speech to investigate 'strange sound' on stage
22 hours, 59 minutes ago

'What the hell was that?' Trump pauses speech to investigate 'strange sound' on stage

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump paused a speech to MAGA followers after claiming to hear a "strange sound" on stage. "We had an open border," the president-elect opined. "They're gang members, they're drug dealers, they're drug addicts, people that were sick, people that were healthy and strong." "Every foreign gang member will be expelled, and I will immediately designate the cartels as …

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H-1B visa overhaul 2025: Key changes and benefits for tech professionals
2 days ago

H-1B visa overhaul 2025: Key changes and benefits for tech professionals

India Today  

In encouraging news for Indian techies, the outgoing Joe Biden administration in the United States has announced reforms to the popular H-1B visa programme. Skilled Indian workers, who make up a significant chunk of the H-1B visa applicants every year, are expected to benefit from the visa overhaul. Here are the benefits of the new H-1B rules Flexibility The new …

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'Diplomatic clown car': Trump buried over 'outrageously bad appointments' of ambassadors
2 days, 3 hours ago

'Diplomatic clown car': Trump buried over 'outrageously bad appointments' of ambassadors

Raw Story  

Many of the people President-elect Donald Trump has appointed to represent the United States overseas are severely lacking in diplomatic experience, and several foreign policy experts are blasting the incoming president over his choice of diplomats. The Guardian reported that several of Trump's picks for U.S. ambassadors — like former NFL player Herschel Walker to the Bahamas and former Fox …

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India's Forex Reserves Drop By $1.9 Billion, Hit Near 6-Month Low
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2 days, 10 hours ago

India's Forex Reserves Drop By $1.9 Billion, Hit Near 6-Month Low

ABP News  

India's foreign exchange reserves decreased by $1.9 billion to $653 billion in the week ending December 13, marking a six-month low, according to the latest data from the Reserve Bank of India. India's foreign exchange reserves had reached a record high of $705 billion in the week ending September 27. However, reserves have declined by $52 billion in the current …

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Syrian authorities appoint HTS figures as foreign, defence ministers
2 days, 17 hours ago

Syrian authorities appoint HTS figures as foreign, defence ministers

Al Jazeera  

Asaad Hassan al-Shibani named foreign minister and Murhaf Abu Qasra defence minister. Syria’s new rulers have appointed a foreign and defence minister, the official Syrian news agency SANA reports, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Assad was ousted. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar, reporting from Damascus, said Abu Qasra and al-Shibani were “very much close” to …

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Sri Lanka president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to visit China
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2 days, 17 hours ago

Sri Lanka president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to visit China

New Indian Express  

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday, days after completing a long-delayed foreign debt restructuring. China accounted for more than half of Sri Lanka's bilateral debt at the time of the 2022 economic crash, when Colombo ran out of foreign exchange to pay …

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Sri Lanka president to visit key lender China
2 days, 17 hours ago

Sri Lanka president to visit key lender China

New Indian Express  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday, days after completing a long-delayed foreign debt restructure. China accounted for more than half of Sri Lanka's bilateral debt at the time of the 2022 economic crash, when Colombo ran out of foreign exchange to pay for …

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British stroke victim has been left with an Italian accent - 58-year-old from London laments about rare condition: 'I've lost my identity'
3 days, 4 hours ago

British stroke victim has been left with an Italian accent - 58-year-old from London laments about rare condition: 'I've lost my identity'

Daily Mail  

A British woman who developed an Italian accent — despite never visiting the country — has told how she feels she has 'lost identity'. Althia Bryden, 58, fears her new distinctive accent is stuck after suffering a stroke in May that left her unable to feel the upper right side of her body. Althia Bryden, 58, fears her new distinctive …

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DTAA | Foreign Company Providing Software To Its Agents In India Doesn't Mean It Has 'Permanent Establishment' In India: Delhi HC
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3 days, 8 hours ago

DTAA | Foreign Company Providing Software To Its Agents In India Doesn't Mean It Has 'Permanent Establishment' In India: Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has held that 'software' being an intangible property, cannot alone constitute 'Permanent Establishment' of a foreign entity in India. In the case at hand, the issue before the Court was whether the Voyager software provided by Western Union Financial Services Inc. to its agents in India would constitute PE, for the purposes of taxation in India. …

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DTAA | Foreign Company Providing Software To Its Agents In India Doesn't Mean It Has 'Permanent Establishment' In India: Delhi HC
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3 days, 8 hours ago

DTAA | Foreign Company Providing Software To Its Agents In India Doesn't Mean It Has 'Permanent Establishment' In India: Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has held that 'software' being an intangible property, cannot alone constitute 'Permanent Establishment' of a foreign entity in India. In the case at hand, the issue before the Court was whether the Voyager software provided by Western Union Financial Services Inc. to its agents in India would constitute PE, for the purposes of taxation in India. …

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Markets decline in early trade amid unabated foreign fund outflows
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3 days, 12 hours ago

Markets decline in early trade amid unabated foreign fund outflows

The Hindu  

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday amid unabated foreign fund outflows and concerns over the US Federal Reserve signalling fewer rate cuts next year. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 214.08 points to 79,003.97 in early trade. “The FII buying witnessed in early December is getting reversed now with this week’s selling reaching ₹12,229 …

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India's forex reserves drop USD 1.98 billion to USD 652.86 billion
3 days, 17 hours ago

India's forex reserves drop USD 1.98 billion to USD 652.86 billion

India TV News  

India's forex reserves dropped by USD 1.988 billion to USD 652.869 billion for the week ended December 13, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped by USD 3.235 billion to USD 654.857 billion. For the week ended December 13, foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, decreased …

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Favorable cash-pooling policy good for FDI
3 days, 17 hours ago

Favorable cash-pooling policy good for FDI

China Daily  

The People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange are to optimize the pilot cash pooling program, integrating domestic and foreign currency management for multinational corporations in 10 provinces, municipalities and cities including Shanghai, Jiangsu province and Zhejiang province. As early as March 2021, the PBOC and SAFE initiated the first batch of pilot cash pooling programs, …

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US man gifted drone to Manipur ultras: Foreign agent or trouble-making evangelist?
3 days, 17 hours ago

US man gifted drone to Manipur ultras: Foreign agent or trouble-making evangelist?

India Today  

Daniel Stephen Courney, a 40-year-old controversial evangelist of US origin, emerged as a subject of public interest after a video of him distributing drones and bulletproof jackets among Kuki militants in Manipur surfaced online. Is he really interfering in the internal affairs of India and stoking communal disharmony on behalf of the US “deep state” as alleged by several people …

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Erdogan urges end of foreign support for Kurdish fighters in Syria
3 days, 17 hours ago

Erdogan urges end of foreign support for Kurdish fighters in Syria

Al Jazeera  

Turkish president compares Kurdish YPG fighters to ISIL and says neither group has a future in Syria. Turkiye expects foreign countries to withdraw support for Kurdish fighters in Syria after the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says, as Germany warns against an escalation in fighting with Kurdish forces. Security for Kurds ‘essential’ Later on Friday, German Foreign …

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Trump hard at work undercutting key cabinet nominee before confirmation hearing: Axios
4 days, 2 hours ago

Trump hard at work undercutting key cabinet nominee before confirmation hearing: Axios

Raw Story  

Following his expected approval by a full vote in the Senate after his confirmation hearings, Sen. Marco Rubio will step into his new role as secretary of state with less influence and diminished responsibilities compared to his predecessors. Under an Axios headline claiming, "Rubio's toughest diplomacy task may be in Trump's Washington," journalist Barak Ravid wrote, "Rubio has extensive foreign …

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Delhi High Court Quashes ED's Denial Of NOC To Times Of India Group For Overseas Investments
4 days, 8 hours ago

Delhi High Court Quashes ED's Denial Of NOC To Times Of India Group For Overseas Investments

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has quashed the Enforcement Directorate's decision to deny No Objection Certificates under Foreign Exchange Management Rules, 2022 to media conglomerates Bennet Coleman & Co. Ltd and its subsidiary the Times Internet Limited, the digital venture of the Times of India Group. For this purpose, the Times Group sought NOCs from the ED under Rule 10 of …

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Free Aung San Suu Kyi, demand three former UK foreign secretaries
4 days, 11 hours ago

Free Aung San Suu Kyi, demand three former UK foreign secretaries

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three former UK foreign secretaries have today called for the release …

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Turkish FM denies Trump claim of ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkiye in Syria
4 days, 17 hours ago

Turkish FM denies Trump claim of ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkiye in Syria

Al Jazeera  

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan tells Al Jazeera the only ‘takeover’ in Syria was ‘the will of the Syrian people’. Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has denied a claim by incoming United States President Donald Trump that the toppling of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was an “unfriendly takeover” by Turkiye. In an interview with Al Jazeera broadcast on Wednesday, the …

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Private Universities and Foreign Campuses to be set up in UP- know locations
4 days, 17 hours ago

Private Universities and Foreign Campuses to be set up in UP- know locations

India TV News  

The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly has taken a significant step towards reforms in the higher education sector. These bills facilitate the establishment of three new private universities, and campuses of foreign universities in the state. Name and locations of new universities The new universities include Vidya Vishwavidyalaya, Meerut; Vivek Vishwavidyalaya, Bijnor and Chandigarh Vishwavidyalaya, Unnao are new universities set to …

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Increased flexibility for foreign travelers in Zhejiang with latest visa-free transit policy
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4 days, 17 hours ago

Increased flexibility for foreign travelers in Zhejiang with latest visa-free transit policy

China Daily  

Foreign travelers at frontier inspection stations in Zhejiang province after the National Immigration Administration announced a significant relaxation of its visa-free transit policy. Wenzhou Longwan International Airport and Jinhua Yiwu International Airport are the latest addition to the list of Zhejiang ports that will allow visa-free transit with a 240-hour stay, bringing the province's total to six. According to the …

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