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Friday, November 8, 2024
TopicUK Foreign Secretary

Topic: UK Foreign Secretary

More pressure on Modi govt as UK’s Truss is latest to urge India to call out Russia

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss met her Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Thursday in an effort to strengthen security & defence ties amid Russia-Ukraine war.

UK foreign minister Elizabeth Truss to visit India from 22 to 24 October

Truss is scheduled to hold talks with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to deepen strategic ties in key sectors such as defence, trade and health, the MEA said in a statement.

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I am shocked Indian ‘liberals’ aren’t supporting Iranian woman Ahoo Daryaei protesting hijab

There is the fight against authoritarianism, and then there are 'liberal' Muslim women who ar supposed to be allies. Sadly, diluting the debate distracts one from the core issue.

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.