Iraq update: Indian nurses, the abducted are safe
The ordeal of the 46 Indian nurses trapped in in a building in Iraq’s violence-torn Tikrit town shows no sign of ending, but the redeeming news is that all of …
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Snooping row: India summons US diplomat, says it’s simply not on
The spying row, with connotations of mutual suspicion, looks set to stalk the India-US relations, with New Delhi making it clear to Washington that the reports of the US National Security Agency (NSA) snooping on India’s ruling party, BJP, are “highly objectionable.”
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Focus on military trust: Indian Army Chief heads to China
Cultural diplomacy dominated India’s Vice-President Hamid Ansari’s just-concluded visit to China. The focus this week will be on bolstering defence relations, a key priority in the bilateral relationship identified by …
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India to help Nepal rescue its citizens from Iraq
In the spirit of friendly relations between India and Nepal, the Indian government has agreed to a request made by Nepal to help evacuate its citizens from Iraq. “Since there …
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Development of Northeast and Modi’s policy with India’s neighbours
Now that all the jubilations after the landslide victory that led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to enjoy absolute majority in Lok Shabha is settling down, it is time for Prime …
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India decries Hafiz Saeed’s ‘malevolent and medieval ideas’
More than five years after the 26/11 terror attacks, Hafiz Seed, the mastermind of the Mumbai carnage, continues to roam free, spewing anti-India rhetoric and what New Delhi calls “malevolent …
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Chalo Paris: High on Rafale optimism, France offers India 1 billion euro
“Trust and partnership” –- the two words French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius love to use to describe the India-France relations have acquired a new resonance, with Paris pledging 1 billion euro for bolstering India’s urban development and sustainable development projects.
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India set to evacuate all Indians from Iraq
Taking a “proactive approach,” the Indian government is looking to evacuate all Indians from a rapidly disintegrating Iraq. The government has prepared a plan to deploy aircraft from the Indian …
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An Asian Century: India and China partners, not rivals
Partnership, not rivalry, is the way forward in India-China relations. In an overarching speech, India’s Vice-President Hamid Ansari has envisaged a cooperative relationship between the two Asian giants and underscored …
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Big League: India’s PM pitches for SAARC satellite
Pitching India’s SAARC diplomacy into a higher trajectory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Indian scientists to develop a SAARC satellite that will encompass the entire South Asia through a satellite based navigation system.
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