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Indian cities need $2.4 trillion for climate infrastructure by 2050, World Bank says

Posted on July 22, 2025July 29, 2025 by Nikunj Ohri

FILE PHOTO: Commuters ride motorbikes through flooded streets following torrential rains, in Ahmedabad, India, June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India needs to invest more than $2.4 trillion by…

India helping Maldives stabilise its “stressful financial” situation: Foreign Secretary Misri

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Tuesday stated that India has been lending a “helping hand” to the Maldives to stabilise its “stressful financial” situation, highlighting New…

US retail giant Costco to set up global capability centre in India, to employ 1000 people, sources say

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Reuters

By Rishika Sadam and Sai Ishwarbharath B HYDERABAD/BENGALURU (Reuters) -U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale Corp will open its first technology centre in India in Hyderabad, two people familiar with the plans told Reuters. The Global Capability Centre, handling technology and research operations and working alongside global teams,…

Highest priority of India is to provide energy security for its people: Foreign Secy Vikram Misri

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Tuesday stated that energy security for the people of the country is the “highest priority” for New Delhi, while underscoring India’s…

US to withdraw from UNESCO again, alleges anti-Israel bias, misalignment with national interests

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

Washington DC [US], July 22 (ANI): The US on Tuesday announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, or UNESCO, citing misalignment with national interests. “Today, the United…

Paank condemns killing, abduction of Baloch children, urges accountability for rising state violence in Balochistan

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

Balochistan [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): Paak has strongly condemned the extrajudicial killing of 12-year-old Qamber Aslam by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Kolwah, Ashal Dandar, Balochistan, on the morning of July 18….

Baloch families brave rain, harassment in Islamabad as protest for missing persons, BYC leaders enters sixth day

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): The demonstration by relatives of missing Baloch individuals and families of detained leaders from the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) marked its sixth consecutive day on Monday, as…

Traders detained as tax protest shuts down Pak-China border

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

Hunza [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): Several traders were detained on Monday after protests broke out at the Pakistan-China border against tax policies, prompting the closure of the Sost Dry Port on the…

“We are deeply saddened”: US State Dept on Bangladesh Air Force jet crash in Uttara

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

Washington [US], July 22 (ANI): The US State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) has expressed condolences over the tragic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft in…

Embassy continuously on job, trying to get Ranjit Singh released from kidnappers: Jitendra Singh on Indian national abducted in Niger

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Desi Talks Chicago

New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh on Monday announced that the Indian Embassy in Niger has been continuously on the job in retrieving Ranjit Singh,…