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India’s refusal to stage a handshake reflects sovereign policy, not immaturity. Respect in sport is shown through conduct on the field, not forced gestures towards a state that continues to enable cross-border terrorism.

While the criminal and his accomplice are both Muslims, a significant section of the mainstream media used the Hindu identifiers ‘Tantrik’ or ‘self-styled Tantrik’ for Kamruddin.

Through its counsels S V Thakkar and K P Raichura, the AEL alleged that between October 2020 and July 2021, accused Ravi Nair published defamatory content, particularly a series of tweets against the complainant on his X handle @t_d_h-nair, in addition to articles published on the anti-Adani website “Adani Watch”.

Under the India-US trade agreement, the Indian government has reduced import duty on US apples from 50% to 25%, coupled with a Minimum Import Price (MIP) of Rs 75 to 80 per kg. This move effectively prevents very cheap and apples from flooding Indian markets and harming the business of local growers, as the landed cost would be around Rs 100 per kg or more after duty.

International media ignored that Russian oil claims appear only in a US executive order, not India’s statement, that India already imports farm goods worth billions annually, and that negotiations remain open with no binding purchase commitments.

The US media pointed out that the Trump administration has only been able to reach two trade agreements in ten months.