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*PUBLICATION ALERT* My paper titled "Creating a Resilient Indo-Pacific Region: Analyzing India and South Korea’s Defense Cooperation" is published in @jtms2016 (Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies) Do give a read and add to your citation list. …alofterritorialandmaritimestudies.net/_files/ugd/367…

Samsung plans to invest $1.5 billion in Vietnam to build its first semiconductor testing plant, due to global need of memory chips driven by surging AI demand. It plans to reinvest profits from the project, up ‌to $2.5 ⁠billion, for a second factory. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Breaking: US Trade Representative Greer says he may meet India's Piyush Goyal soon to secure the India-US trade deal

１泊３日のインド出張から先ほど、帰国しました。 今回の出張の目的は、日米豪印外相会合への出席でした。 日米豪印は、価値を共有し、地域の課題を解決する意思と能力を持つ同志国の枠組みです。 今回の会合は、その４か国の外相で、「自由で開かれたインド太平洋（FOIP）」の実現に向けて実践的な協力を力強く進めていくことを確認する機会となりました。 私からは、FOIPの進化、特に各国の自律性・強靱性を強化していくことの重要性を説明し、その上で、４大臣の間で、地域・国際情勢に係る戦略的な認識のすり合わせを行うことができました。 また、現下の喫緊の課題も踏まえ、「エネルギー安全保障イニシアティブ」や「重要鉱物イニシアティブ枠組み」を立ち上げることで一致しました。 これらは、日米豪印が単なる議論の場ではなく、具体的な協力を進める枠組みであることを示しています。 さらに、インドのジャイシャンカル外相、米国のルビオ国務長官、豪州のウォン外相との間で、個別でも会談を行い、二国間連携や国際情勢について、率直な議論を行うことができました。 厳しい国際情勢の中、同盟国・同志国連携の更なる発展に向け、引き続き、全力を尽くしてまいります。

Japan is sending a Lieutenant Colonel as liaison officer at Nato StratCom CoE. To learn, socialize and exchange best practices, I imagine. Another indication that the NATO-IP4 marriage is walking on its own legs without the formal blessing of Uncle Same, the original matchmaker.

An Indian researcher based in Japan has named a newly discovered large structure of galaxies after Manipur’s Loktak Lake, seeking to “immortalise” the northeastern state’s identity in the cosmos. trib.al/E7IYeZw

High Commissioner @DineshKPatnaik says: “I am disappointed by the allegations made in the Globe and Mail article today. India has maintained excellent cooperation, especially over the past year, with law enforcement and security agencies in Canada. The visit of the NSAs and the regular meetings between the security agencies are testimony to this cooperation. We have strong faith in Canada’s institutions and completely reject these misleading allegations. The report, based on an off-the-record discussion, has been taken out of context, uses selective quotations, and does not reflect our current assessment of the integrity of institutions.” @globeandmail @rcmpgrcpolice @Safety_Canada @CanadaTrade @CanadaFP @GAC_Corporate @MSidhuLiberal @AnitaAnandMP @gary_srp

#NisargaAdhikary, 19, claims he hacked #CBSE marking portal, warned board earlier A teen cybersecurity researcher's blog post alleging serious flaws in CBSE's On-Screen Marking portal has triggered concern online after entrepreneur Deedy Das amplified the issue on X. The researcher says he alerted CERT-In months ago, but several vulnerabilities allegedly remained active in a system handling sensitive board exam evaluation data. Read More: intdy.in/8a4b5l

Scoop: 2 Indian MPs and US Embassy officials to attend Tibetan exiled leader’s oath-taking in Dharamsala tomm. Reporting: wionews.com/world/indian-m…

Breaking: India looks to import Uranium from Australia. EAM Jaishankar tells Australian FM Wong that "we have energy trade, looking to expand that into Uranium supplies. Our own nuclear sector has undergone reforms, which will grow"

Happy to receive Senator Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. We discussed the growing India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in areas such as defence, trade, technology and ensuring supply chain resilience. India and Australia will continue to work for a free, open, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. @SenatorWong

India continues to be the chair of Quad says MEA AS Americas @NagNaidu08

#WATCH | Delhi | DG for Press and Public Diplomacy at Japanese Foreign Ministry, Kitamura Toshihiro says, "India is very indispensable partner for Japan within this Quad framework...We would like to collaborate with India in order to ensure an open Pacific. India can play a central role in doing so. Prime Minister Modi visited Japan last August, and at that time, we have issued a joint vision for the next 10 years...We are trying to mobilize resources in order to fortify the bilateral relationship between two countries. One of the pillar is the security cooperation between Japan and India. We are ready to work with Indian government so that India can work together in realizing free and open Pacific once again"

#WATCH | Delhi: During an interaction with the media, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says, "My meeting with External Affairs Minister Dr Jaishankar, I'm told, is our 28th in-person meeting together. So we have spent a lot of time together, which reflects the importance of the partnership between our countries as well as our personal friendship. This is my second visit to India in the past six months. I spoke this morning about the Quad and the outcomes we have announced earlier. We (India-Australia) are comprehensive strategic partners. We have a relationship that is anchored in strategic trust. We have a great deal of strategic alignment. And our economic ties continue to deepen. India is the world's fastest-growing major economy. It's an essential economic partner for Australia. As we seek to diversify supply chains and grow our economy and our productivity, this relationship only grows. We do live in a very uncertain world. I think we've had a discussion today at the Quad about the circumstances we face in our region...My Prime Minister has today announced that Prime Minister Modi will visit Australia in the very near future. We look forward to that visit. Just as I look forward to the honour of meeting with Prime Minister Modi later this afternoon. Australia and India share a vision of a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific. We want to work together for our region and for our people."

Breaking: India says Quad is not moving towards a collective defence alliance after questions about joint surveillance of the Indian Ocean

EAM @DrSJaishankar and Secretary of State @SecRubio signed the 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths today. It marks an important milestone in advancing the shared vision of PM @narendramodi and President @POTUS on trusted and resilient supply chains. The Framework promotes India-US collaboration across the entire mining value chain reinforcing critical minerals as a shared strategic priority.

My friend @chaeh0926 wrote to @navalnewscom about the first Korean nuclear-powered submarine(SSN) plan that Seoul announced today. navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

India is also part of the Trilateral Technology Dialogue with the US and South Korea.

#WATCH | Delhi: On the controversy where a Class 12 CBSE student, Vedant’s Physics CBSE answer sheet was allegedly switched with another candidate's, the student's brother, Siddhant Srivastava, says, “The problem was that his answer sheet was exchanged with someone else's, and the marks we received were based on someone else's answer sheet. We emailed the complaint to CBSE. We also made a video, gave an interview to a news channel, and tweeted it. When this matter received a lot of public attention, CBSE reached out to us and sent us the correct answer key… After Vedant's case was revealed, more students came forward… We want a formal portal established for other students as well, where they can report such problems directly to CBSE and not face [harassment] and trolling as we did—to report their genuine issues.”

Quad Joint statement out:

South Korea officially announced today that it will build the first nuclear-powered submarine(SSN) in Korea by mid-2030s, with LEU(low-enriched uranium). The president Lee and Defense Minister Ahn joined the announcement together. They said “no nukes”. n.news.naver.com/article/421/00…