Nearly twelve years after he took a swipe at Narendra Modi, then his bitter rival, and said a leader has to embrace both ‘topi’ and ’tilak’ to run the country, a video showing JDU president Nitish Kumar refusing to weara ‘topi’ is viral

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar at a press briefing, said that India is “perplexed” at Washington’s logic about New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil.

Indians abroad are facing a storm – a surge in racial hostility that is fuelled by envy, stereotypes and far-right paranoia. They are admired and resented, successful and scapegoated, celebrated in official speeches but vilified in everyday life.