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PM Modi bully friend, India and U.S. volition get to commercialized deal: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is simply a bully person and expressed assurance that the United States and India would scope a commercialized agreement. “We volition get to a woody due to the fact that I similar your premier curate a lot. He is simply a bully person of mine. We get on great, and we are gonna marque a deal,” Mr. Trump told reporters astatine the Oval Office connected Thursday (June 4, 2026). Responding to a question connected the commercialized woody being negotiated betwixt the 2 countries, Mr. Trump said India had taken vantage of US policies for years and charged “tremendous tariffs”.
Nicobar larboard has nary ‘strategic goals’, Finance Ministry assemblage said successful 2024
The Public Investment Board (PIB), a Finance Ministry assemblage that appraises ample nationalist investments, had connected August 2024 termed the proposed International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) at Galathea Bay successful Great Nicobar Island arsenic lacking successful “strategic objectives”. At the August meeting, it had advised the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) to see a strategical lawsuit into its proposal. A small implicit a twelvemonth later, the aforesaid task was formally notified arsenic a “strategic project” by the Ministry of Defence, according to records of a March 2026 gathering viewed by The Hindu.
Putin calls India reliable partner, hits retired astatine Western interference
Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) hailed Moscow’s strategical concern with New Delhi and asserted that Western attempts to unit India into scaling backmost its practice with Russia are futile and damaging to planetary stability. In an enactment with heads of starring planetary quality agencies, including PTI, Mr. Putin lauded India’s economical maturation and its autarkic overseas argumentation and said Russia is determined to grow its economical engagement with the country. “India is among the world’s large economies and is presently demonstrating an awesome complaint of economical growth,” Mr. Putin remarked, expressing assurance that bilateral commercialized betwixt the 2 nations is connected way to deed a $100 cardinal milestone successful the coming years.
DMK to boycott June 8 INDIA bloc gathering implicit Congress ‘betrayal’
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced it volition boycott the upcoming meeting of the INDIA bloc parties, scheduled to beryllium held astatine the Constitution Club successful New Delhi connected June 8, 2026. In a strongly-worded statement, the DMK noted that the determination was taken to honour the sentiments of its cadres, who stay profoundly wounded by the “betrayal” committed by the Congress following the caller Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Kharge and Praveen Chakravarty among Congress Rajya Sabha nominees
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is among the 7 Rajya Sabha candidates crossed 5 States that the enactment announced connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections connected June 18. Mr. Kharge is 1 of the 3 candidates from Karnataka. The party’s media and publicity helping caput Pawan Khera and Mansoor Ali Khan are the different two. The enactment has fielded All India Professionals’ Congress main Praveen Chakravarty from Tamil Nadu. Mr. Chakravarty was 1 of the aboriginal advocates of a tie-up with the movie star-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.
Karnataka furniture portfolios allocated, but disgruntlement remains
Portfolios were allocated for the newly-sworn successful Ministers of D.K. Shivakumar-led Karnataka Cabinet late connected Thursday (June 5, 2026), aft hours of uncertainty, intense negotiations and disgruntlement among immoderate of the Ministers. Mr. Shivakumar has kept Finance and fto spell of the most-contested and coveted Bengaluru Development portfolio, which helium held arsenic the Deputy Chief Minister. It has been handed to Krishna Byre Gowda. Senior Minister and eight-time legislator Ramalinga Reddy, who had sought the portfolio, has been fixed Major and Medium Irrigation portfolio. Unhappy, helium had earlier successful the time threatened to quit.
When El Niño becomes an economical crisis
India often meets the accomplishment of extreme vigor and erratic rain with a acquainted shrug: the upwind is harsh, the monsoon is uncertain, and beingness indispensable spell on. But that effect misses the larger point. If El Niño returns arsenic forecast, India volition not look simply a upwind disturbance; it volition look a improvement situation successful which vigor stress, h2o scarcity, harvest losses, and nutrient ostentation exposure the fragility of the informal economy.
Flourish Stay proprietor sent to 4-day constabulary custody; MCD finds 12 adjacent B&Bs violating their permits
A time aft a large fire left 21 radical dormant astatine the Flourish Stay B&B in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, the building’s owner, Lavkesh Bajaj, was remanded to 4 days of constabulary custody by a territory tribunal connected Thursday, connected charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, among others. Mr. Bajaj’s manager, Rakesh, and his accountant, Jay Mishra — successful whose sanction the B&B licence was issued — are inactive absconding, the Delhi constabulary said. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has identified 12 different furniture and meal (B&B) lodgings successful the country which were operating successful usurpation of their permits from the Delhi Tourism Department, offering accommodation acold successful excess of the permitted six rooms. The Delhi authorities says it volition seal each unauthorised constructions and buildings operating without occurrence information instrumentality arsenic portion of a month-long crackdown.
Kuki organisation successful Manipur opposes SIR of electoral rolls
An apex Kuki organisation has opposed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in conflict-scarred Manipur, alleging that it has excluded thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the community. The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) said it expected the authorities to resoluteness the contented of immoderate 59,000 Kuki-Zo IDPs, and assistance them instrumentality location to enactment successful the SIR exercise.
Trump announces $700 cardinal backing for ember plants, vigor infrastructure
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced helium was utilizing Cold War-era legislation to pat $700 cardinal successful backing for a slew of ember plants and mines and an export terminal. Mr. Trump said the funds would beryllium utilized to support much than a twelve ember plants successful 10 states and 42 mines open, arsenic good arsenic to physique 2 caller ember plants and an export terminal. The Republican said the funds would beryllium tapped utilizing the Defence Production Act, which was enacted successful 1950 and gives the U.S. president exigency powerfulness implicit home industries.
U.S. imposes sanctions connected Cuban President, Treasury website shows
The U.S. connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and immoderate affiliated radical and entities, the U.S. Treasury Department’s website showed. The Cuban authorities did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected the sanctions, which besides targeted 4 different people and 5 entities, including the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba. Diaz-Canel, 60, has served arsenic President of the Caribbean state since taking implicit from Raul Castro, the member of Cuba’s erstwhile person Fidel Castro, successful 2018.
WFI suspends 5 wrestlers implicit fake commencement certificates; referee committee subordinate showcaused
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) suspended 5 wrestlers, including U20 Asian Championship trails victor Deepanshu, for 4 years aft their commencement certificates were recovered to beryllium fake during a verification workout successful its crackdown connected property fraud successful the sport. Deepanshu, who had won the men’s freestyle 65kg lawsuit connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026), has been replaced by Pawan Balaji Dhayagude successful the squad for the championship, starting June 27 successful Pattaya, Thailand.
P.V. Sindhu exits Indonesia Open aft nonaccomplishment to World No. 1 An Se Young
Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu suffered a 2nd successive decision to satellite No. 1 An Se Young successful arsenic galore weeks to bow retired of the Indonesia Open successful Jakarta connected Thursday (June 4, 2026). Sindhu, who had also lost to the South Korean successful the quarterfinals of past week’s Singapore Open, showed spark but lone successful patches to spell down 17-21, 14-21 successful the circular of 16 clash. The decision extended Sindhu’s losing streak against the reigning Olympic champion to 10 matches.
