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Devirupa Mitra

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Diplomatic Editor, The Wire (@thewire.in) thewire.in ✒️Reporting on Indian diplomacy, South Asia, Indian Ocean and anything related 📮:devirupa@thewire.in

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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Written by a former Sri Lankan Human Rights Commissioner, this piece traces how Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising raised sweeping hopes, but left behind legal uncertainty, political confusion and embedded violence. Very comprehensive. thewire.in/south-asia/u...
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Unrealistic Expectations, Broken Promises: The Aftermath of the 2024 Uprising in Bangladesh
Like in Sri Lanka, in Bangladesh too the law has been used to militarise the state, which contributes to entrenching within society a masculine, hierarchical, militarised, violent and control-based et...
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Daniel Block @danblock.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
To see how American journalists can survive Trump's autocratic onslaught, I collected advice from people with extensive, first-hand expertise: reporters in India. My latest for @politico.com: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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This Small Magazine Knows How to Survive a Trump-Like Strongman
The Caravan and other Indian outlets have some lessons for the U.S. media.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Growth in Indian students in the US has slowed sharply. New Open Doors data shows enrolment up only 9.5% in 2024–25, after jumps of 23.3% in 2023–24 and 35% in 2022–23.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
India and Canada make simultaneous announcements of appointments of high commissioners today - about 10 months since both countries expelled each other's top envoys.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
India is preparing for its first ministerial-level contact with the Taliban since the 2021 takeover. A visit by Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi is on the cards — but hinges on a UN waiver. 1/2
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
While the Brazilian readout (L) of the phone call between Indian Prime Minister Modi and President Lula mentioned discussions on "unilateral tariffs" and the need to "face the challenges", the Indian readout (R) makes no explicit reference to this.
screenshot is machine translation of the Brazilian presidential press release in Portuguese (https://www.gov.br/planalto/pt-br/acompanhe-o-planalto/noticias/2025/08/telefonema-do-presidente-lula-para-o-primeiro-ministro-modi)https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2153944
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Not sure about this. Oversimplifying, but India’s top FP priority seems to be getting its language on terrorism in. Everything else after that. And diplomatic capital is zero-sum. That’s why India often goes along with BRICS lines seen as anti-West or anti-Israel. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/b...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
India's MEA spox on NATO chief's warning to India, 🇨🇳 and 🇧🇷 on doing business with Russia: "...securing energy needs..an overriding priority for us...guided by what is on offer in the markets, and by prevailing global circumstances...would particularly caution against any double standards..".
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Trump has repeatedly claimed he used trade to stop India-Pakistan fighting. Now, for the first time, his administration has put that claim in a court filing before a US federal court.
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'Trade Offer Averted India-Pakistan War': Trump Administration Tells US Court
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended Trump's tariff diplomacy and cited the recent India-Pakistan flare-up to claim that Trump’s offer of trade access was instrumental in halting the conflict...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
India welcomes the signing of treaty between UK and Mauritius for handing over sovereignty of Chagos islands, describes it as the "culmination of the process of decolonization of Mauritius in the spirit of international law and rules-based order".
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
"Interestingly, even as French state media tried to undermine its own Rafale fighters used by the Indian Air Force, .... " Senior editor of an Indian newspaper puzzled why a country's media would report anything to show their country in a bad light EVEN if it was true.
hindustantimes.com
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Cant remember US ever using this kind of language in recent times, even during Pulwama. US Secretary of state Rubio "encouraged India to work with Pakistan to de-escalate tensions and maintain peace and security in South Asia."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/04/2025
Breaking News: The S&P 500 plunged more than 3% as global markets reeled from President Trump’s tariffs. Follow live updates.
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Trump Tariffs Live Updates: Global Markets Reel From Shock of Tariffs
Stocks tumbled in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Allies and adversaries alike were weighing their responses.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Canadian Security Intelligence Service deputy director Vanessa Lloyd: “We have also seen that the government of India has the intent and capability to interfere in Canadian communities and democratic processes to assert its geopolitical influence".
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CSIS official warns China ‘highly likely’ to use AI tools to meddle in election
A senior intelligence official says China, India, Russia and Pakistan could attempt to meddle in the current federal election campaign.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Trump admin official on Pannun case at a WH bg briefing: "I can tell you that President Trump, you've seen this in recent days, with respect to the persons we've brought home, he prioritizes nothing more than the safety of every American, & that is the continued position of this administration".
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The Wire @thewire.in · 11/02/2025
As US Targets Sanctions Waiver, India Reiterates Its Commitment to Iran's Chabahar Port Devirupa Mitra✍️
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As US Targets Sanctions Waiver, India Reiterates Its Commitment to Iran's Chabahar Port
India has spent millions of dollars on developing the Chabahar port.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
US President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" national security memo includes direction to Secretary of State to "modify or rescind" sanctions waiver on Chabahar port, India's strategic project in Iran. Both signed a 10-year-old long agreement in 2024 for its operations. thewire.in/diplomacy/tr...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
US Prosecutors plan to seek Extradition Treaty Waiver for expanded charges against Nikhil Gupta (who allegedly hired a hitman in US on behalf of a former Indian intel officer). The Rule of Specialty restricts the prosecution of extradited individuals to the offences for which they were extradited.
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US Prosecutors Plan to Seek Extradition Treaty Waiver For Expanded Charges Against Nikhil Gupta
The Rule of Specialty restricts the prosecution of extradited individuals to the offences for which they were extradited.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A possible reason for the timing of announcement and effective concession by India that Vikas Yadav was involved in the attempted Pannun assassination, even though it is being framed by New Delhi as a rouge operation: thewire.in/diplomacy/pl...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
One sees American exceptionalism all the time as a foreign policy watcher. Yet, seeing serious Western journalists writing in-depth analyses on the pros and cons of Trump's remarks about conquering another country—or parts of it—and how it could be accomplished, is particularly educational.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Pakistan media, citing sources, reported today that Indonesian President will be travelling to Islamabad on Jan 26. Meanwhile, India has yet to announce that Prabowo Subianto is the chief guest for Republic day (Jan 26), though everyone knows this since Nov. Wonder what's the reason for the delay. 🤔
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Good News for Pakistan | Indonesian President to visit Pakistan on Jan 26 | Samaa TV
YouTube video by SAMAA TV
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🚨JUST IN🚨 In probably the highest level of meeting till now, India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri meets with Acting Afghan minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai today, Indian foreign ministry announces.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🔴JUST IN 🔴 US National Security Advisor JAKE SULLIVAN announces in delhi that the biden administration will steps to remove the last few lingering restrictions, which include removing entities from export control lists, to implement CIVIL NUCLEAR cooperation with India
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
After two weeks, India condemns the airstrikes by Pakistan in Afghanistan's Paktika province, which UN stated took the lives of over dozen women and children. 🇵🇰 claimed to have hit TTP facilities.
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The Wire @thewire.in · 06/01/2025
Officials say that verifying the identity of Myanmar nationals has been challenging, as there is no government authority in the neighbouring country to issue valid citizenship documents. Read the full story by Karishma Hasnat here: thewire.in/government/c...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
India on massive hydroelectric dam by China on Brahmaputra river: "The Chinese side has been urged to ensure that the interests of downstream states of the Brahmaputra are not harmed by activities in upstream areas. We will continue to monitor and take necessary measures to protect our interests."
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
On its verified Facebook page, India's state broadcaster posts the screenshot of a parody handle of Indian PM to claim that Modi spoke with President-elect Trump after New Orleans terror attack www.facebook.com/DDNews/posts...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Had to delete an earlier post, as just learnt that Indian media's reporting that Yemen's president al-Raymi had approved the death sentence of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya is totally wrong. It's head of the Houthi leadership in Sanaa, Mahdi al Mashat, so Iran actually does have leverage in this case.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
"Unresolved issues, including delays in declaring a polls roadmap and resolving politically motivated cases, are creating a distance between the BNP and the interim government."
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Gap widening between BNP, interim govt
Unresolved issues, including delays in declaring a polls roadmap and resolving politically motivated cases, are creating a distance between the BNP and the interim government.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
What a heartfelt tribute by the Malaysian prime minister for Manmohan Singh
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Manmohan Singh's interview to Karan Thapar in 1999
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‘We Need a Politics Which Is Inclusive, Rather Than Exclusive’: What Manmohan Singh Said in 1999
'We need a deep change in the mindsets of our people, in their thinking, at all levels. And more so in the mindsets of those who constitute our leaders,' the former prime minister had told Karan Thapa...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
History is already kinder to you sir. Probably will never see a better Prime Minister who was also a decent human being in my lifetime.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
This is now an official comment from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Indian official sources confirmed that they have received the Note Verbale from #Bangladesh High commission "with an extradition request", but added that there was "no comment to offer on this matter". (even off the record comments do not mention that the extradition request is for sheikh hasina)
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
seriously don't understand the confusion among Indian media about the 'six point consensus'. That's how typically China does separate 'packaging'. anyway, just read the Indian press release - it also laid claim to both 'agreed' on several points.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
India has "strongly protested" against a social media post (since taken down) of Mahfuz Alam, a student leader and a member of the Bangladesh interim government. He said that Bangladesh could lay claim to Indian territories.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The Chinese ambassador to India posted "six points of consensus" reached by India and China after the India-China Special Representative Talks x.com/China_Amb_In...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"When Pakistani delegates suggested that they believed Indian intelligence Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) were orchestrating these attacks, the Chinese counterparts confirmed that they were also told the same but they added that they wanted to see the concrete evidence."
thenews.com.pk
Cracks in the great wall of friendship?
ISLAMABAD: The exemplary bond between Pakistan and China may be headed towards a shift, driven by three key factors. This came to light during a recent visit by a Pakistani delegation -- this...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#India #China Oct 21 - announcement of patrolling agreement Oct 23 - Modi-Xi Leaders' meeting Nov 19 - Foreign Ministers' meeting Nov 20 - Defence ministers' meeting Dec 5 - WMCC border senior officials meeting and now, Dec 18 - NSA-level Special Representative Talks
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Two key point of Sri Lanka President Anura Dissanayake in his media statement in India during first foreign visit: 1. Forcefully raised the issue of Indian fishermen poaching in SL waters 2. Assured Lankan territory won't be used against Indian interest (from simultaneous English translation 👇)
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Beyond disgusting. My generation in India were, perhaps, the last one who saw impact of polio, before it was eliminated, and we are still in a region where it is endemic. If approval for polio vaccine is removed, all countries will have no choice but to put severe travel restrictions on americans.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Trump invited Chinese President Xi & some leaders from 🇭🇺🇦🇷🇮🇹for inauguration, as per US media. When asked if Indian PM got invite at media briefing, MEA spox replied, "We don't have any updates to share...As and when we have something relevant or an update, we will surely bring it to your attention".
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Indian government has evacuated 74 Indian nationals from Syria via land border with Lebanon, Ministry of External Affairs announced right now. www.mea.gov.in/press-releas...
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri's statement to media after formal talks in Dhaka (first ever bilateral visit since Aug 5) - wants to work closely with #bangladesh interim govt - raised concern over safety of minorities, attacks on cultural, diplomatic properties
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Hearing that the Syrian embassy in New Delhi has also removed the old flag. They have not yet put up the new flag, as it is still being stitched.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
In first statement after fall of Bashar Al-assad government in #Syria, Indian foreign ministry calls for "peaceful and inclusive Syrian-led political process respecting the interests and aspirations of all sections of Syrian society"
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
#Syria Indian government sources stated the the Indian embassy continues to "remain operational in Damascus, Syria". "Embassy is in touch with all Indian nationals, and they are safe. Embassy remains available to assist Indian nationals in Syria," said the sources.
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William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Angry #SouthKorean citizens protesting after the National Assembly failed to impeach President Yoon tonight.
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Devirupa Mitra @devirupa.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
After BJP claimed, citing a French media article, that US State department of funding stories against Indian PM to destabilise India, US embassy in India reacts, "It’s disappointing that the ruling party in India would make these kinds of accusations".
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US Embassy Says 'Disappointing' That BJP Would Accuse State Department of 'Destabilising' India
The BJP had posted on X that “50% of OCCRP’s funding comes directly from the U.S. State Department”.
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William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Live from #SouthKorea: heavy police presence and the gate to the National Assembly’s compound is completely closed. Despite that, South Korean citizens are gradually gathering in nearby areas. Major protests are expected across the country and hundreds of thousands are set to attend.
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