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Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Filmmaker B. Subhash has revealed behind-the-scenes details from the making of the iconic film “Disco Dancer.” During his appearance on the reality show ‘India’s Best Dancer Season 5,’ he reflected on how the Mithun Chakraborty-starrer went on to become a cult classic with global appeal. Subhash, along with Remo D’Souza and Jaaved Jaaferi, recounted intriguing stories about how the film’s iconic character Jimmy went beyond borders to become a global sensation acros…

Washington, June 19 (IANS) A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Donald Trump in France, a powerful US senator said the United States should be strengthening, not weakening, its partnership with India, arguing that punitive tariffs had sent the wrong signal to a key strategic partner.”Well, I’ve not gotten a readout of the meeting. I hope it will improve relations,” Senator Mark Warner told IANS in response to a question on the meeting between PM Modi and President Trump.The …

New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is pitched as a transformative initiative to build big infrastructure projects with the aim of driving economic growth in Pakistan, but the ground reality is that it is sinking deeper into Beijing’s debt trap and the targeted economic development is nowhere in sight as the country’s poverty and unemployment levels have been on the rise in recent years, an article said. “The most fundamental concern surrounding CPEC is not …

New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi said on Sunday that any decision on revising the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG in the domestic market would depend on the availability and stability of crude oil supplies in the global market.Speaking to reporters in Kerala’s Thrissur district, Gopi said the Centre was keeping a close track of developments in global energy markets before taking any call on fuel prices. “Let us see the supply of crude…

Islamabad/Kabul, June 13 (IANS) Pakistan spent decades pursuing a doctrine of strategic depth, using proxy fighters to maintain influence in Afghanistan and ease pressure along its Western frontier.The situation has since shifted dramatically, with relations with the Afghan Taliban deteriorating into open hostilities marked by frequent border clashes, including cross-border air strikes earlier this year and some of the most serious confrontations in recent years, a report has said.According to a…

Seoul, June 13 (IANS) North Korea on Saturday blasted a recent joint statement adopted by South Korea and the European Union (EU) that condemned Pyongyang’s military cooperation with Russia, saying it will continue to treat Seoul as “a hostile state.”In a press statement issued on the state-run Korean Central News Agency, the North Korean foreign ministry said South Korea is “an invariable enemy state obsessed with hostility and confrontation.”South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and EU leaders …

Moscow, June 12 (IANS) The visiting Indian National Defence College (NDC) delegation called on Ambassador of India to Russia on Friday during their ongoing ‘Foreign Country Study Tour’.“Ambassador Vinay Kumar interacted with the delegation of the National Defence College, India who are in Russia on a Foreign Country Study Tour,” the Embassy of India in Russia wrote on X.“During the visit, the delegation had discussions on areas of interest with the officials from the Russian Ministry of De…

New York, June 12 (IANS)France star Kylian Mbappe has underlined the importance of collective success over personal achievements, saying he would gladly go through an entire FIFA World Cup without scoring if it meant lifting the trophy with his country.Speaking to French television channel M6, the 27-year-old reflected on his previous World Cup experiences, winning the title in Russia in 2018 and finishing runner-up after France’s penalty shootout defeat to Argentina in the 2022 final.”I know ho…

Dushanbe, June 12 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh on Friday reaffirmed India’s commitment to its partnership with Central Asia and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Singh highlighted India’s priorities in the grouping while attending the SCO Conference on ‘Central Asia – The Core of SCO: A Space of Peace and Joint Development’ in Tajikistan’s Dushanbe. “Participated in the SCO Conference on “Central Asia – The Core of SCO: A Space of Peace and Joint…

Helsinki, June 12 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday strongly defended India’s decision to buy Russian oil, stressing that New Delhi’s choices were based on cost and availability considerations and criticised European nations over their arms exports. Speaking during the panel discussion at Kultaranta Talks with his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen and the UAE’s Assistant Foreign Minister Lana Nusseibeh on ‘Emerging Powers and the New Geopolitical Competition’ in the F…