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Jaishankar meets UK counterpart Liz Truss, stresses on infra tie-ups & defence cooperation

UK foreign minister, who is on a two-day visit to India, also held meetings with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.

Jaishankar meets WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala, speaks about need for reformed multilateralism

External Affairs Minister also exchanged views on climate action challenges, Indo-Pacific & Afghanistan with Frans Timmermans, executive VP of the European Union Green Deal.

FATF keeps Pakistan in grey list, adds Turkey, says Afghanistan ‘a concern’

The Financial Action Task Force says Pakistan has to ‘demonstrate’ it has taken action and effectively prosecuted UN-designated terrorists such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Peace & tranquillity in border areas an essential condition, Foreign Secy Shringla tells China

At a seminar on ‘Leveraging China’s Economy’, Harsh V. Shringla says India hopes the Chinese will work with it to bring ‘satisfactory resolution’ to current issues.

UK foreign minister Elizabeth Truss to visit India from 22 to 24 October

Truss is scheduled to hold talks with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to deepen strategic ties in key sectors such as defence, trade and health, the MEA said in a statement.

Solar energy alliance co-founded by India to mobilise $1 trillion, put special focus on Africa

ISA, co-founded by PM Modi and former French president Francois Hollande in 2015, has announced a partnership with US-based charity Bloomberg Philanthropies this week.

India ready to send aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan but how to route it is the question

Indian delegation at Moscow talks held separate meet with Taliban, but no final decision on how the aid will be delivered and through which channels.

India a ‘huge friend’ of Israelis, Naftali Bennett tells Jaishankar during first meet

Jaishankar, who is on a visit to Israel, conveyed PM Modi's greetings to the Israeli leader and invited him to make his first official visit to India since taking the office in June.

China may push Bhutan for ‘definitive response’ on border dispute: Ex-envoy Nambiar on MoU

Former Indian envoy to China Vijay K. Nambiar was speaking at a webinar hosted by Institute of Chinese Studies on linkages between Tawang region in Arunachal Pradesh, and Bhutan.

India-Israel-US-UAE grouping ‘not against China’, can’t rule out trade deal, Israeli envoy says

Rony Yedidia-Clein, Deputy Chief of Mission at Israel Embassy in India, says new grouping is more of a joint international forum for economic cooperation.

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BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.