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Modi's Bratislava stop wasn't a courtesy call — it was a strategic reset. The first Indian PM to visit Slovakia in over three decades, Modi secured a Comprehensive Partnership, 11 MoUs, Slovakia's…
The White House posted 'Year of the patriot' on June 15, 2026, a day after Flag Day, signalling a patriotic theme for the year as…
The Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly 20% of the world’s traded oil flows — is set to fully reopen by Friday after a…
A newly signed US-Iran memorandum of understanding could reopen the Strait of Hormuz to full commercial traffic within 30 days,…
Slovakia handed Prime Minister Modi its highest state honour — the Order of the White Double Cross (1st Class) — during his…
India's Prime Minister landed in Bratislava for the first-ever official visit by an Indian PM to Slovakia — and the agenda went…
Despite a headline-grabbing US-Iran MOU, senior American officials are emphatic: Iran has received exactly $0. No frozen assets…
The US and Iran have signed an MOU reopening the Strait of Hormuz and launching nuclear talks — what the Trump administration is…
Slovakia's top industrialists — spanning defence, railways, IT, and healthcare — have signalled a concrete push into India after…
