During Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's 3-day visit, the two sides also agreed to fast-track a $500-million line of credit to Vietnam which it can use to buy key equipment from India.
While New Delhi believes it has made its stance on two BJP spokespersons’ anti-Prophet remarks clear, its envoys will ‘deepen engagement’ with govts of Gulf nations in coming days.
Sri Lankan cabinet Tuesday approved proposal for the loan, which will be extended via EXIM Bank of India. India will also be supplying the country with 65,000 metric tonnes of urea.
Responding to criticism by Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said 'action has already been taken against these individuals (BJP leaders) by relevant bodies'.
India and the European Union need to enhance trade and investment partnership, says French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain who also suggests New Delhi to look beyond the UK
Angered by anti-Islamic statements by BJP spokespersons, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran summoned Indian envoys and handed diplomatic notes expressing disappointment and condemnation.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar came down heavily on Europe while speaking at the GlobSec 2022 Bratislava Forum Friday. World can no longer be 'Euro-centric', he said.
Released by US State Department, ‘2021 Report on International Religious Freedom’ borrows from media and government accounts to document attacks against religious minorities.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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