H-1B visa cap reached in five days
The US Authorities announced that the cap for the much-coveted H-1B visa (skilled worker visa) for 2016 has been filled within the first five days for the third consecutive year, …
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Govn increases compensation for farmers
Amidst reports of distraught farmers committing suicide due to enhanced debt burden in wake of untimely rains in Northern and Central India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced higher compensation- …
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India to double troops at Sino-Indian Border
Owing to the continuous Chinese incursion along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India has decided to double the number of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to strengthen patrolling along the …
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India, US back inclusive Afghanistan
Following US President Barack Obama’s visit to India earlier this year, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Dan Feldman, visited New Delhi recently to continue high-level US-India consultations on Afghanistan.
Mr Feldman, who was in Delhi on 7th April, met India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, and S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary of India, amongst other Indian government officials.
The agenda of the meeting was to discuss the best way to support a stable, sustainable, inclusive, sovereign and democratic political order in Afghanistan. They also spoke about the outcomes of Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah’s visit to Washington in March 2015.
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Revised trade deal gets nod in Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi Cabinet has approved a revised trade deal, under which India and Bangladesh shall be able to use each other’s water and road routes to transport goods to a …
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Banks should pass on interest rate cuts: Rajan
In the first bimonthly monetary policy review for the current financial year, 2015-2016, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan severely criticized banks for not passing on benefits of …
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Modi’s France visit to bolster strategic ties, focus on smart cities: Rakesh Sood
India and France are set to galvanise their multifarious relations during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden trip to Paris. The two countries have a robust strategic partnership over the years, and are looking to push the envelope in a host of areas.
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Muslim leaders connect with Modi, pledge support against terror
Concerned over increasing radicalization in India, the top Muslim leadership from all across the nation met India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express their “apprehensions” regarding “the emerging threat of …
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Pakistan, Sri Lanka sign nuclear pact
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have signed six agreements including a civil nuclear deal, two months after Colombo signed an atomic deal with New Delhi during Sri Lanka’s President Mithripala Sirisena’s …
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The framework for a deal between the P5+1 (US, UK, Russia, France, China and Germany) and Iran vis-à-vis Iran nuclear programme could be one of the few truly transformative moments …
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