Going 'beyond advocacy': India talking to both Kyiv, Moscow, says Jaishankar

India is going "beyond advocacy" on the Russia-Uk-raine conflict, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Sunday, indicating for the first time that New Delhi is involved in conveying messages between Moscow and Kyiv on agreements for maritime safety in the Black Sea and grain export.

The ECI's constitutional mandate is under strain

The Election Commission of India's conduct raises serious questions about legality. accountability and constitutional propriety

Colby's mid-term report card, what it means for India

EIbridge A. Colby, the United States Under Secretary of War for Policy, has delivered a mid-term assessment of the Donald Trump administration's defence strategy a month before the mid-term elections in the United States. His recent update on the 2026 National Defense Strategy shows how Washington is converting the administration's priorities into policy.

Does a visa guarantee entry into India?

• The Delhi High Court holds that a valid visa does not give a foreign national an inherent or legally enforceable right to enter India, and that entry remains subject to immigration laws and the powers of competent authorities

• The court upholds the denial of entry to a Turkmenistan citizen despite her valid business visa, citing 'adverse inputs' concerning her and rejecting her claim that the decision was discriminatory because her husband was allowed to enter

• The judgment relies on the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, and earlier Supreme Court rulings to hold that the State has broad powers over the entry and presence of foreigners in India.

Govt. likely to release sixth Positive Indigenisation List in a few months

The Defence Ministry has reviewed the much-awaited sixth Positive Indigenisation List (PIL), which is now in the final stages of consideration and is likely to be promulgated within the next few months, a senior official said.

Next-Gen GST and India's next phase of growth

India's ambition to become a Viksit Bharat requires an economy in which enterprises of every size can grow, wherever they begin.

Over the past 12 years, our government has worked to create those conditions. The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2017 established a common national framework for indirect taxation.

Mismatch in data on rabies deaths poses major challenge

In 2025, India recorded 55 deaths by malaria, 131 deaths by dengue, and 27 deaths by kala-azar (black fever), according to data from the Union Health Ministry. However, there is no sin-gle comparable and comprehensive national measure of its annual human rabies mortality, even as the country looks to elimi-nate dog-mediated human rabies by the year 2030.

Jaishankar meets chief of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, discusses maritime security

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday held talks with Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, on advancing the India-U.S. security partner-ship and strengthening maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. U.S. Am-bassador to India Sergio Gor was also present at the meeting.

Tuvalu: Barely above water

When leaders visit the coral atolls that form the Pacific nation of Tuvalu on October 5, they will find a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change. The pre-COP gathering, hosted by Fiji ahead of the annual UN climate conference in Turkey, has been billed as the Pacific's chance to show the world first-hand the damage wrought by climate change in the vast ocean region.