India-Africa summit to bolster trade, security
India and Africa will focus on enhancing trade and security during the upcoming third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS), which begins on October 26 in New Delhi
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US unlikely to offer civil nuclear deal with Pakistan
After days of speculation about a civil nuclear deal between the US and Pakistan on the same lines as the one with India, the US has indicated that such an arrangement is “unlikely to come to fruition” during Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Washington next week.
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India & Morocco: Bonding with Bollywood, Business and IT
In Marrakech, Bollywood stars are like demi-gods and Hindi films have a captive audience cutting across the age-divide. The Bollywood show at the Marrakesh International Film Festival gets rapturous crowds every year.
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Purge in Maldives: What’s behind Defence Minister’s sacking?
In the second incident of the kind in nine months, Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen has sacked his Defence Minister, former army chief, Maj-Gen Moosa Ali Jaleel (retd), but without naming any immediate replacement this time.
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Advantage India: Iran accords priority status to Delhi for trade
It’s payback time for Tehran for New Delhi’s solidarity. Signaling an upsurge in its ties with New Delhi, Iran has accorded priority status to India for trade, according to India’s apex export body. Acknowledging India’s support to Iran during difficult times, when the US and the 28-nation EU bloc had imposed sanctions on it, India was among the three countries that continued to engage with Iran in trade.
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India calls UNSC ineffective, powerless
In one of its strongest critique of the UN Security Council (UNSC), till date, India lashed out at the UNSC calling it ineffective, powerless for its lack of accountability and transparency in mandating peacekeeping operations, while also blaming it for the rising casualties among the peacekeepers.
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India increases capacity building projects in Palestine
Reiterating India’s political and economic support for Palestine, India has increased capacity building projects in Palestine. It has announced capacity building projects in West Bank and Gaza.
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India, Maldives enhance defence, security cooperation
India and the Maldives have decided to reinvigorate mutual ties with the latter reiterating its ‘India First’ policy and India’s commitment to ‘neighbourhood first’. At a time when China is asserting itself in the Indian Ocean region, India and the Maldives have decided to enhance cooperation in defence and security.
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India, Jordan target bilateral trade of USD 5 billion by 2020
India and Jordan have decided to increase their bilateral trade to USD 5 billion by 2020. This is an attempt to upscale their bilateral trade. The bilateral trade between India and Jordan stands at USD 2.2 billion as of 2014-15.
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Pakistan rules out talks with India without Kashmir
In an already existing hostile atmosphere in South Asia, Pakistan’s civil and military leadership has added to the hostility in South Asia by deciding not to have any talks with India unless the Kashmir issue is put on the agenda.
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