China is the biggest supplier of ingredients for drug production in India. Govt has drawn up list of 56 APIs for essential drugs with plans to make them in India.
The last Corps Commander-level meeting between the two countries on 9 April had ended in a stalemate, with China first wanting de-escalation, rather than disengagement at the friction points.
In an interview with ThePrint, Penpa Tsering, new ‘Sikyong’ of Tibetan govt-in-exile, says India’s policy towards Tibet or China has ‘not been adequate’.
Bangladesh has made it clear that while it is against joining Quad, it is keen on being part of the Indo-Pacific construct to strengthen its economy & connectivity.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are invited to the virtual meet hosted by China, while India, Maldives and Bhutan are conspicuously absent from the event.
If India hopes to implement infra projects in the neighbourhood to restrain China, it will have to create management groups to support diplomats on the ground.
During an 'in-depth' discussion, the MEA said the two sides agreed to maintain close communication and dialogue through both the diplomatic and military channels.
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.
Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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