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Defence cooperation, Canada row, human rights, China — what’s on US’s agenda for dialogue with India

Secretary of State Antony Blinken & Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin will meet their Indian counterparts MEA S Jaishankar & Rajnath Singh for the 2+2 ministerial dialogue next week.

India stands with Israel against Hamas terror, with Palestine for 2-state solution, says Jaishankar

At a session of Italian Senate's External Affairs and Defence Commission, foreign minister asserts conflict & terrorism wouldn't solve Israel-Palestine conflict, pushes for 'dialogue & negotiation'.

21 new missions abroad to first-time visits, India’s diplomacy has seen major push under Modi

New Delhi has made efforts to increase minister-level visits to Africa & Latin America, while also attempting to enlarge its strategic orbit to include new partnerships like Quad.

Days after boundary talks with China, Bhutan king to make 2nd trip to India this yr, meet Modi

Visit will last 8 days, from 3 to10 November. Bhutan's border talks with China could impact India since they involve areas near India's borders that could fall into Chinese control.

Blinken and Austin to visit India next week, defence, regional and global concerns on agenda

The two will discuss 'bilateral and global concerns' and developments in Indo-Pacific region with Indian counterparts S. Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh, says US State Department statement.

200 yrs of Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka: Sitharaman & Tharoor to attend event marking painful history

New Delhi: Two hundred years ago, thousands of indentured Tamil labourers landed on the shores of Sri Lanka, and made the long, arduous journey...

India to fund solar energy projects in Africa, $25-mn infusion ‘gets in-principle nod’

India is pushing for realising Africa’s solar energy potential as part of International Solar Alliance (ISA). The sixth session of the ISA assembly is currently underway in Delhi. 

Joe Biden to hold ‘constructive’ meeting with Xi Jinping in November, says White House

Biden, Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken 'discussed the prospect of a Biden-Xi summit in talks with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi' at the White House last week.

India pushes for investment in Africa for energy projects at International Solar Alliance meet

Africa ‘has highest potential of solar energy’ but accounts for ‘only close to 1.3% of global installed solar capacity’, with nearly 600 million people without access to electricity.

How India voted at UN General Assembly on Israel-Palestine issue over the years

This is the edited transcript of ThePrint Cut The Clutter Episode 1338, published on 30 October 2023, on how India has historically voted on the Israel-Palestine issue at UN.

On Camera

Don’t let anti-vaxxers weaponise AstraZeneca furore. Vaccines are safe—and we are the proof

Vaccines have eliminated two diseases—smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle. If they were killing one in 50,000 people, we wouldn’t be rolling them out across the globe for decades.

Strong showing by north, improved compliance — how GST revenue rose to record Rs 2.1 lakh cr in April

While April typically sees highest collections in a financial year, analysts say a host of reasons came together this time to lift total figures.

Army Dental Centre of Research & Referral celebrates silver jubilee

The ADC R&R is dedicated to providing high-quality dental care to soldiers, their families, and veterans.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.