FGN32: CHINA-PUTIN-INDIA
*Putin chides Trump for using colonial era tactics to pressure leaders of India, China
Beijing: Russian President Vladimir Putin has reprimanded his US counterpart Donald Trump for attempting to exert colonial-era pressure tactics on leaders of “powerful economies” like India and China, saying that is not the way to deal with the “partners”.
FGN35: US-COURT-TRUMP-INDIA
*Imposed tariffs against India for purchasing Russian energy products: Trump admn tells Supreme Court
New York/Washington: The Trump administration has told the US Supreme Court that it imposed tariffs against India for purchasing Russian energy products "to deal with a preexisting national emergency regarding Russia's war in Ukraine” and as a "crucial aspect" of the President's push for peace in the country.*
FGN46: US-TRUMP-MODI-BOLTON
*Trump's personal rapport with Modi 'gone now', says former US NSA Bolton
New York/Washington: President Donald Trump had a very good personal relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but “that's gone now”, US' former National Security Adviser John Bolton has said, cautioning that close ties with the American leader "won't protect" world leaders from the "worst".*
FGN40: US-KWATRA-LD LAWMAKERS
*Indian envoy highlights growing hydrocarbon trade with US in discussions with American lawmakers
New York: Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra has discussed India's energy trade imperatives, including Delhi's growing hydrocarbon purchases from the US as well as bilateral trade with Washington, with leading American lawmakers.*
FGN38: CHINA-INDIAN-ENVOY-TESLA
*Indian envoy visits Tesla's China factory amid buzz over exports to India
Beijing: India's Consul General in Shanghai Pratik Mathur visited Tesla's factory in the city on Thursday amid growing speculation over the export of its China-made luxury electric vehicle models to India.*
FGN16: US-LAWMAKER-INDIA
*US lawmaker says Trump’s tariffs threaten ‘vital relationship’ with India
New York: A key US lawmaker Rep. Gregory Meeks said President Donald Trump’s arbitrary tariffs against India “threaten” the “vital relationship” between the two countries.*
FGN29: PAK-CHINA-SHARIF
*Pakistan, China agree to work closely on CPEC 2.0 as PM Sharif meets Chinese Premier
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing and the two sides reaffirmed their resolve to further strengthen their iron-clad, all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.*
FGN23: NASA-KSHATRIYA
*20-year NASA veteran Indian-American named US space agency's associate administrator
New York/Washington: A decorated Indian-American Amit Kshatriya has been named as NASA's new 'exploration-focussed' associate administrator, the US space agency announced here.*
FGN22: LANKA-MASS GRAVES
*Sri Lanka rights body says mass grave likely result of extrajudicial killings
Colombo: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) said there exists a reasonable likelihood that the burials at the Chemmani mass grave in the north were unlawful and a result of extrajudicial killings.*
FGN27: PAK-IMRAN-NEPHEW-BAIL
*Imran Khan's nephew Shershah Khan gets bail in May 9 riots case
Lahore: Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's another nephew, Shershah Khan, was granted bail by an Anti-Terrorism Court on Thursday in a case related to an attack on a senior military officer's house in Lahore during the May 9 riots.**