Trump picks Dr Nesheiwat as Surgeon General, Bessent as Treasury Secretary and Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary

Making a slew of announcements for top administrative positions on Friday, November 22, Trump appointed Alex Wong as Principal Deputy National Security Advisor and Dr Sebastian Gorka as Senior Director for Counterterrorism.

ISRO, Australian Space Agency sign IA for cooperation in human space flight

ISRO has embarked on the Human Spaceflight programme with an objective of demonstrating capability to carry out Low Earth Orbit in an Indian Crew Module with up to three crew members onboard, for up to three days and to safely recover the module.

Adani Green scraps USD 600 million bond sale after promoter charged in alleged bribery case in US

Hours before the US prosecutors charged Gautam Adani and associates with participating in a scheme to pay over USD 250 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts, the firm sold a 20-year green bond in the US-investment-grade market.

India calls out Canada’s “smear campaign” after media report on Nijjar killing

Referring to the report quoting an unnamed official, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said such “ludicrous statements” should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve.

Modi and Albanese unveil Renewable Energy Partnership at India-Australia summit in Rio

The two leaders held the 2nd India-Australia Annual Summit on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro during which they reiterated their commitment to further advance the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in myriad areas like defence & security, trade & investment, education, skills, sports, space, mobility & people-to-people ties.

India and Italy chart path for deeper ties with new five-year action plan on defence, energy, and connectivity

The two countries will pursue collaborations, programmes and initiatives in areas of trade, investment, science and technology, new and emerging technologies, clean energy, space, defence, connectivity and people-to-people linkages under the joint action plan, it said.

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