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"Saddened to hear about loss of life, flooded streets and homes": Shashi T
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, Tharoor also expressed grief over the loss of lives due to the disaster in Eastern India City.
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"Why Indian-American diaspora has been so silent": Shashi Tharoor raises c
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
He highlighted the surprising silence of the Indian-American diaspora on critical issues affecting India-US relations. During the meeting, a congresswoman shared that she hadn't received a single call from Indian-American voters urging policy changes, prompting Tharoor to urge the diaspor
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H-1B visa fee hike driven by Trump's domestic politics, says Shashi Tharoo
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Tharoor mentioned that the sudden hike in H-1B visa fees is about America's domestic politics and the President is trying to gain support of the anti-immigration base, as US legislative elections are set for November this year.
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"Extremely offensive": Shashi Tharoor takes swipe at Donald Trump, Peter N
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"The unfairness of this has definitely created a very strong backlash in India, and the accompanying insults, both by Trump's own language in his statements and tweets. Subsequently, the extremely offensive statements by his advisor (Peter) Navarro have gotten a backlash across the countr
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"Relationship between US, Pakistan independent of India": Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"There is a relationship between America and Pakistan, independent of India. However, given the recent context for us, it looks very bad in India," Tharoor told ANI.
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"Don't think we should overreact": Shashi Tharoor on Saudi-Pakistan defenc
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday stated that India should not overreact to the recent Saudi Arabia-Pakistan mutual defence agreement, describing it as a formalisation of a long-standing relationship between the two nations.
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"We never needed persuading...": Shashi Tharoor rejects Trump's claim of
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has repudiated US President Donald Trump's repeated assertion of brokering a "ceasefire" between India and Pakistan, saying India never needed persuading because, through Operation Sindoor, the country's target was terror infrastructure in Pakistan that was achi
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Trump's logic to impose tariffs "nothing to do with India particularly": S
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Tharoor acknowledged the mounting tensions with the US post-tariff imposition, but explained that it had "nothing to do with India" since Trump's focus remains to push for manufacturing in his country, instead of only relying on imports.
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India, US will eventually be back on an even keel despite short term setba
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"No, I would not say it is a point of no return. Because I do believe the longer term interest of both countries will eventually bring us back on even keel. It is certainly a very sharp setback in the short term. It is costing us. It is costing jobs in India, losses in India. For India it
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"Request everybody, don't take risk": Shashi Tharoor on rising cases of br
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Kerala has reported 69 Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) cases, and so far, 19 deaths have been confirmed this year. As on September 12, the state had reported 52 cases.
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Shashi Tharoor lauds China's "aggressive leadership" for installing more s
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor praised China's addition of 256 GW solar capacity in early 2025, calling it global clean energy leadership. He urged India to harness its vast solar potential, build a global power grid, achieve energy self-sufficiency, and even become an exporter by adopting large
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"Tourism is very important.. gives employment to people": Congress' Shashi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday highlighted the importance of tourism for India's economy, and said it provides jobs and increases government revenue.
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