Game of optics: Russian President and PM Modi carry on talking in car even after it reaches bilateral meet venue. Last leader Putin travelled with in one vehicle was Trump, in Alaska.
Jamaican PM Andrew Holness met PM Modi on his India visit this week. Maldivian President Muizzu & German Chancellor Scholz are expected to visit, too. Modi likely to travel to Laos & Russia.
Officials from 2 nations discussed issues like quicker visa processing, legal migration, protection of vulnerable women & children, among other things. Next dialogue to be held in Rome.
The Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Mandir, the first Hindu stone temple in Abu Dhabi, Wednesday.
A joint statement was issued by the two countries after Friday's meeting. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan had earlier said 'this is not your typical bilateral visit to India'.
Both Europe & India aspire to 'strategic autonomy' — to be free of the constraints of economic dependence on China but also capable of action without US support or leadership.
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.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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