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With his soaring ambition to make the country’s coastline an engine of growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pitched for Rs 1 lakh crore (around $15 billion) investments for development of ports.
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The Islamic State (IS) is planning to launch terror attacks in India with the help of local militant groups based in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif, the ‘amir’ of IS fighters in Bangladesh, said that with the help of of Wilayat Khurasan (branch of the militant Islamist group active in Afghanistan and Pakistan), and ‘Bengal’, IS could easily carry out strike across India with the help of local mujahideens.
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In the final days of the Obama presidency, India and the US look set to take their defence ties onto a higher trajectory, with the defence ministers of the two countries agreeing in principle to conclude a crucial Logistics Support Agreement (LSA) in the coming months.
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Amid China’s increasing forays in the Indian Ocean, India and the Maldives, the island nation known for its picturesque beaches, have bolstered their strategic ties by signing a defence cooperation pact and five other agreements.
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Reaching out to the Indian Sikh community, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to make a full apology in the House of Commons for the Komagata Maru incident, where the Canadian government of the day had turned away more than 300 Indians seeking a better life in Canada.
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Amid the political volatility in the Indian Ocean island nation, Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s visit to India will aim at rejuvenating bilateral ties and expanding cooperation between the two countries, particularly in trade, investment, maritime security and counter-terrorism.
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Cricket, Bollywood, Politics and Family – these four passions that resonate across India will frame the maiden visit of Britain’s royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton, kindling the start of their long friendship with this incredibly diverse country.
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Rejecting the clichéd India-Pakistan hyphenation in Washington’s geopolitical calculus, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has underlined that the US has a much bigger global agenda with India than with Pakistan, and declared his country’s support for the fruition of the ‘Make in India’ campaign.
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Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit’s comments on the suspension of the peace process with India has accentuated confusion, with Pakistan’s foreign ministry clarifying that the two sides are working out the modalities for reviving engagement.
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It’s déjà vu all over again with Pakistan calling off the peace process with India. Pakistan’s envoy to India Abdul Basit has said that the dialogue with India is suspended …
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