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Though the reporter did not clarify, many saw his question as a reference to President Trump's recent endorsement of racist remarks made by American podcaster Michael Savage, who referred to India, China and some other countries as "hell-holes".

The Indian diplomat said India has every right to defend itself from such cross-border terrorism.

The United States and other nations depend heavily on China for these minerals. But in recent years, especially under President Donald Trump's administration, Washington has pushed to diversify its sourcing to reduce reliance on Beijing.

The accused doctor, Chirag Patel, a consultant neurosurgeon at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales, claimed to have prescribed opioid painkillers to a woman named only as 'Patient A' because she "blackmailed" him with threats of exposing their relationship

Edited by Sanstuti Nath New Delhi has strongly rejected the "unwarranted references" to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh made in a joint statement

The two sides are close to the deal, yet lingering vagaries remain. As the majority of the talks have taken place through the Pakistani and Qatari mediators, it is reportedly not clear whether the Americans and the Iranians have been working on the same version of the memorandum.

The concerns gain significance because India is already struggling to preserve its foreign reserves due to a weakening currency and rising oil prices due to the US-Iran war.

Lowe's remarks soon sparked a controversy, with social media users calling him "racist" and reminding him about Britain's colonial past.

The new interceptor system is named after a Persian mythology hero who is described in folklore as having fired an arrow to draw the border between Iran and Central Asia.

Iran has claimed that it has deployed a new air defence system to take down a United States MQ-9 Reaper drone near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.