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A top US think tank has launched a programme entitled “India: 2020” to identify policy priorities in the India-US strategic partnership and provide recommendations that can be translated into reality by …
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Amid escalating violence in Libya, India’s mission in Tripoli has advised all its nationals in the North African country to leave the strife-torn country using all available means. “In view …
Read MoreAhead of the fifth India-US Strategic Dialogue, US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for renewed dialogue with a new government in New Delhi and underlined the need to seize new opportunities and possibilities to deepen the indispensable partnership between the world’s largest democracies. “Now is the time to renew that dialogue with a new government, with a new set of opportunities, new possibilities. This is a potentially transformative moment in our partnership with India, and we’re determined to deliver on the strategic and historic opportunities that we can create together.”
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The government’s reform agenda has got a nod of approval from foreign investors as they poured in more than 25 billion USD in the Indian market since January, with a …
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India is looking to double the size of its medical tourism industry to $6 billion, with the tourism ministry unveiling new guidelines to attract a larger share of global medical …
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In an important reform initiative by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the Cabinet has approved to increase FDI cap in insurance to 49 per cent from the current 26 percent. …
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India’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the outsourcing giant, crossed the Rs 5 lakh crore mark in market capitalization on July 24, to become India’s most and the world’s second most …
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Amid the festering violence and mounting casualties in Gaza, India has voted in support of a UN Human Rights Council resolution to probe Israel’s offensive in the region. In the 47-member council, 29 countries voted in support of the resolution while 17 nations abstained. Israel’s long term ally, the US, was the only nation to vote against the resolution. “We remain hopeful that a sustainable ceasefire will be reached between the two sides, linked to the resumption of the peace process, for a comprehensive resolution of the Palestinian issue,” said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Asoke Mukerji.
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Building upon the first meeting between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New Delhi two months ago, the foreign secretaries of the two countries …
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Giving a new impetus to increasing Japanese investments into India, Nomura, the Tokyo-based lender, has ranked India number one with regard to investment potential in comparison to key emerging markets. …
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