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2+2 dialogue a ‘major opportunity’ to work on diplomatic, security issues with India: US

Lalit K Jha -
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis are travelling to New Delhi for the 2+2 dialogue with their Indian counterparts.
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India calls out Pakistan for restating a failed and rejected approach on Kashmir

Yoshita Singh -
India's reaction came after the Pakistan ambassador raked up the Kashmir issue during UNSC debate on mediation and settlement of disputes.
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China praises joint-participation of soldiers from India & Pakistan in SCO’s anti-terror drill

K J M Varma -
At least 3,000 soldiers from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Pakistan are participating in the drill.
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India, Pakistan set to resume Indus Water Treaty talks in Lahore on 29-30 August

PTI -
The talks will be the first official engagement between the two countries since Imran Khan became Pakistan's prime minister.
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Narendra Modi to visit Nepal for BIMSTEC summit as nations look to revive grouping

Soniya Agrawal -
Connectivity, cross-border terrorism and radicalisation will be discussed at the seven-member BIMSTEC summit on 30-31 August.
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Parliamentary panel wants India to encourage Bhutan to deploy more troops in Doklam

PTI -
Officials from the Foreign Ministry informed the panel that Bhutan stood firmly with India on the issue.
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Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who had both a testy and cordial relationship with India, dies

Soniya Agrawal -
PM Modi calls him 'a conscience keeper of international peace and security'; as UN chief, Annan was critical of India’s nuclear tests in 1998.
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US taxpayers, not Donald Trump Jr, paid Rs 20 lakh for his business trip to India

Priyamvada Grover -
US authorities have said that expenditure on his week-long stay was incurred by the government, despite him qualifying it as a business trip.
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India’s support for values of democracy & diversity exemplary, says US secretary of state

PTI -
Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, greeting India on its Independence Day says the two countries enjoy a strong bond of friendship.
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Indian and Pakistani doctors join hands to give new lease of life to 3-year-old Afghan girl

Rahiba R. Parveen -
Pakistani doctor sponsored the liver transplant of 3-year-old Hadia Nesari at Apollo Hospital, Delhi.
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Opinion

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

Bishwajit Bhattacharyya -
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

The long arc of rural employment—from welfare to rights to rationing

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Economy

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

Keshav Padmanabhan -
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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