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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day visit to India

The visit, beginning February 7, is the Rajapaksa senior's first overseas trip since his brother Gotabaya was elected President in November.

All 645 Indians evacuated from Wuhan test negative for coronavirus

Ten other Indians who wanted to return were unable to do so as they could not clear the health screening, the external affairs ministry said

Shekhar Gupta: India, we have a problem

Brand India - and Brand Modi - has been damaged by a combination of identity politics and economic decline. But the world isn't writing India off, not yet

Preserving the Republic

Constitution must be followed in spirit, too

India needs $2.64-trn investment to meet UN's Sustainable Development Goals

At $701.5 billion, the greatest private sector opportunity in the country is investment in achieving and maintaining universal access to electricity, which is the seventh SDG.

Global iron ore production set for modest growth during 2019-2028: Research

Iron ore supply growth woul be primarily driven by India, Brazil where major miner Vale is set to expand output with its new mine

US, India announce annual Parliamentary exchange to discuss strategy

The Parliamentary Exchange was announced as part of the final joint statement of the US-India 2+2 meeting.

Cabinet approves signing of JIN pact with Bangladesh

The cabinet today approved signing of the joint interpretative notes (JIN) agreement with Bangladesh to ensure smooth implementation of the investment promotion and protection pact. JIN play an important supplementary role in strengthening the investment treaty regime, an official statement said after the Union Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With increasing bilateral investment treaty disputes, issuance of such statements is "likely to have strong persuasive value before tribunals", it said. "Such pro-active approach by States can foster a more predictable and coherent reading of treaty terms by arbitration tribunals," it added. The JIN would impart clarity to the interpretation of the existing agreement between India and Bangladesh for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (BIPA). The JIN includes interpretative notes to be jointly adopted for many clauses including definition of investor & investment; exclusion of taxation measures; national

India, Bangladesh bonded by cooperation and understanding: Modi

Modi, who is the acharya or chancellor of the central university, is scheduled to inaugurate the Bangladesh Bhavan, a "symbol of cultural ties between India and Bangladesh", with Hasina

On Bangladesh visit, Rajnath discusses bilateral ties with PM Hasina

Hasina said that Bangladesh and India have so far settled several outstanding issues, including the land and boundary agreement, through dialogue

In Dhaka, Rajnath Singh inaugurates India's largest visa centre

Bangladeshis constitute one of the largest number of visitors from a single country to India

World leaders' commitments fall short of outcome at UN climate conference

The narrow aim of the Madrid negotiations is to finalise the rulebook for the 2015 climate accord, which enjoins nations to limit global temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius.

India, Portugal and others co-host high-level UN event initiated by US

India is among the largest troop contributors to UN peacekeeping

A wish for those born on the margins

India exists on so many levels that one runs the risk of generalisation

150 Indians deported from US for illegal entry, flouting visa norms return

The special aircraft carrying them landed at the T3 terminal of the Delhi airport at 6 am

From India to Brazil, emerging markets can shore up global economy

South Korea and Brazil are among those with further cuts likely on the horizon, while others like China and Thailand are proceeding more cautiously on further easing

India to host Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet in 2020: Secy general

The SCO has four observer states, namely Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia. It has six dialogue partners, namely Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.

India to Vietnam, Asia's 'mini Chinas' struggle to benefit from trade war

Part of the problem is reproducing the kind of supply chains, marketing access and existing contacts that have been built up by small and medium-sized manufacturers in China's industrial cities.

Status revoked

There will always be ever more stringent loyalty tests, and at some point everyone with a soul will fail to clear at least one

India advocates zero tolerance against terror, calls for global unity

Reddy said at the international conference, being attended by 65 countries, that India, being a victim of cross-border terrorism, advocates zero-tolerance towards terror.