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....ollowing are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 24-10-2025<BR>PTI<BR>FGN13 US-INDIA White House claims India 'scaling back' Russian oil purchases at Trump's request Washington: The White House has claimed that India has begun "scaling back" its oil purchases from Russia at the "request" of US President Donald Trump. FGN11 UN-INDIA-GAZA Gaza peace deal 'landmar....
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....k' step towards stability in Middle East: India United Nations: The recently signed Gaza Peace Agreement is a “landmark” step towards stability in the Middle East, India has said, reiterating that a two-state solution remains “the only pragmatic path” to achieving durable peace between Israel and Palestine. FGN22 BIZ-GOYAL-TRADE India does not do trade deals in hurry or with gun to....
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.... our head: Goyal Berlin/New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India does not do trade agreements in hurry or with a "gun to our head". FGN23 CHINA-XI-TRUMP-MEET Xi to visit South Korea for APEC Summit; to meet Trump amid renewed trade tensions Beijing: China on Friday confirmed that President Xi Jinping will visit South Korea to attend the APEC Summit, dur....
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....ing which he is expected to hold crucial talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump to ease escalating trade tensions between the two countries. FGN9 US-H1B Trump admin says it will contest lawsuits challenging USD 100,000 H-1B visa fee Washington: The US government has said it will fight lawsuits aimed at blocking the USD 100,000 fee imposed on new H-1B visa petitions, asserting that "for....
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.... far too long" the system was "spammed with fraud" and must be overhauled to prioritise American workers. FGN18 US-INDIAN-ARREST Indian-American govt employee arrested for holding 'second, full-time job' New York: The US authorities have arrested an Indian-American government employee on charges of "grand larceny" for allegedly working a "second, full-time job" during the hours he was bein....
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....g paid to perform his official duties as a state employee. FGN19 CANADA-POST-DIWALI Canada Post issues Diwali stamp celebrating cultural diversity Ottawa: Canada Post has released a new Diwali-themed stamp to celebrate the country's multicultural fabric. FGN27 PAK-LD BLAST 3 policemen killed in twin blasts in northwest Pakistan Peshawar: Three policemen including a senior officer w....
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....ere killed and another injured on Friday in two back-to-back blasts in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. FGN20 UK-LD BOOKER Booker Prize charity launches new Children's Prize worth 50,000 pounds London: The charity behind one of the world’s most significant literary prizes on Friday announced a new 50,000-pounds Children’s Booker Prize for fiction, to be s....
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....elected by a combined panel of child and adult judges. FGN3 SAFRICA-VALLIAMMA-BUST Bust of teenage martyr Valliamma now proudly stands at Tolstoy Farum alongside Gandhi, Mandela Johannesburg: A bust of teenage martyr Valliamma Munuswami, who marched in South Africa alongside then lawyer Mohandas Gandhi before he became the Mahatma, was unveiled recently at Tolstoy Farm, south of Johannesbu....
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