US ups stakes, holds first summit with Africa
Against the backdrop of the rise of Asian powers, most prominently China, in Africa, the United States is hosting its first summit with the resurgent continent, which is expected to …
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Prayers at Pashupatinath: Connecting spiritually with Nepal
Blessings, prayer and healing. After charming Nepal with his stirring speech in parliament, it was time for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer prayers at Pashupatinath temple, one of …
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Modi casts spell in Kathmandu, pushes right buttons
“Heart-touching”, “warm”, “magnetic”, “Hit”, and “super-duper” – these are just a few superlatives being used to describe the stirring speech given by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his captivated …
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Nepal media sings praises, Modi visit unites Nepal like never before
KATHMANDU: Nepal has shown a rare unity in welcoming the historic visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with political elite and a notoriously argumentative media speaking in one voice …
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Transforming Ties: Modi a big HIT in Nepal, India unveils $1 billion credit
HIT Nepal with Highways, I-ways and Tansways. India has just found a winning formula to transform its relations with Nepal as Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled $1 billion line of credit for a host of development projects in the neighbouring country. In the first prime ministerial visit from India in the last 17 years, Modi launched a charm offensive on his maiden visit to the picturesque Himalayan state, which is intimately bound with India by deep-seated cultural and religious ties.
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Modi gets grand welcome in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Nepal rolled out the red carpet to welcome India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first Indian head of government to visit Nepal in the last 17 years. As a …
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Modi’s visit to Nepal: A fresh start, full of possibilities
In this wide-ranging conversation with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network, www.indiawrites.org, Mr Jayant Prasad, a former ambassador of India to Nepal, speaks about the importance of Prime Minister Modi’s August 3-4 visit to Nepal, the potential of hydropower cooperation which can transform Nepal into the richest country in South Asia, and his response to speculation about a developing India-China rivalry in the Himalayan state, a nascent democracy which is navigating its journey to national renewal.
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WTO deal: India places developed world in a spot
India has shown the industrialised countries they can longer have their way in multilateral trade negotiations at the expense of the developing world. The WTO General Council meeting that concluded in Geneva on July 31 failed to approve the protocol of amendment proposed by the 9th ministerial conference in Bali for enshrining the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) into the WTO Marrakesh Agreement.
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WTO deal collapses, India plays hardball
The efforts to reach a consensus on a Trade Facilitation Agreement failed at the World Trade Center as India stuck to its key demand that this agreement must be bundled …
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Mullah Omar’s Eid message: The main takeaways
The periodic statements and warnings issued by the reclusive Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Omar – usually around the time of Eid – always provide an insight into his thinking and …
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