In the third edition of talks, both sides are expected to discuss the situation in the Indo-Pacific region as well as in India's neighbourhood besides key bilateral issues.
Siddhartha Shankar Ray was pulled into tasks involving the two Bengals — administering West Bengal, and a diplomatic outreach to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun says the US benefits from forging close links with countries like India ‘that seek to provide for their own defence’.
The 2+2 talks will assume greater importance as it will be taking place at a time when India entered the fifth month of the border stand-off with China in Ladakh.
The statement declared to strengthen India and US dialogue on defence tech cooperation by pursuing detailed planning on several specific projects, the Pentagon said.
From being vocal about CAA, Kashmir & climate change, the Democratic Presidential canditate’s approach towards India is a stark contrast to Donald Trump.
In an article in Foreign Affairs, Robert Lighthizer says letting India join the multilateral trade regime has led to ‘negative repercussions’ for the US.
New Delhi and Moscow have been looking to better ties, which have slowed in the past decade, with Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to visit India this October.
The joint exercises with US' nuclear-powered warship Nimitz are a sign not only of India’s rising international clout but also the changed domestic political outlook.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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