UK PM unveils £1 billion investment in India
NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD: Signalling a new phase in India-UK economic partnership, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled over £1 billion in new investments and export deals in Ahmedabad in areas from software engineering to health, creating almost 11,000 jobs across the UK. “PM welcomes more than 11,000 new jobs created through huge new UK-India trade […]
2+2: India, US focus on helping Ukraine, enhancing defence & Indo-Pacific ties
In a sign of new realism in India-US relations, the two strategic partners have decided to work together on mitigating volatility stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war and unveiled important steps to enhance their collaboration across domains, including defence, space, cyber and critical technologies. In an unprecedented gesture which underscored special nature of the India-US partnership, […]
Modi-Biden talks to set tone for India-US 2+2 dialogue
By Shweta Aggarwal Signalling their joint resolve to steer the India-US relationship to a higher trajectory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden will hold a virtual interaction just hours ahead of the 2+2 dialogue between the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries on April 11. This is the first time […]
India, Australia seal historic trade deal
Taking a major leap forward in their economic ties, India and Australia have signed a historic trade deal which envisages duty free access for over 95 per cent of Indian goods to Australia, including textiles, leather, jewellery and sports products. The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement was signed by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush […]
UK top diplomat to press India on reducing Russia ties
Ahead of NATO and G7 meetings next week to tackle Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has sent a message to New Delhi about the need “to reduce strategic dependency on Russia at this time of heightened global insecurity.” Ms Truss arrived in New Delhi on March 31 to hold talks with […]
India to China: Restore border peace in Ladakh for normal relations
In an unambiguous message to Beijing, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that the restoration of normalcy in bilateral ties will require a restoration of peace and tranquillity on the border and underlined that China needs to expedite disengagement of troops from Ladakh if it’s serious about […]
India, China foreign ministers meet to resolve border standoff
In a bid to revive stalled engagement, the foreign ministers of India and China held talks in New Delhi on March 25 that focused on ways to resolve nearly a year-old standoff between the troops of the two countries in Ladakh. India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi […]
Kishida visit to bolster India-Japan connect in Quad, Indo-Pacific
Amid the ongoing global geopolitical churn triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the prime ministers of India and Japan, Asia’s second and third largest economies, will hold their annual summit in New Delhi to bolster their strategic connect in the Indo-Pacific and Quad. This will be the first visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio […]
Modi pitches for direct talks between Putin and Zelenskyy
By Shweta Aggarwal Leveraging India’s good equations with the two warning nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine and urged them to have direct talks to end the conflict that has unleashed a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held telephonic talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on […]
Modi thanks Ukraine leader for help in evacuating Indian students
In his latest telephonic conversation with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed “deep concern” about the festering humanitarian crisis in the war-scarred country and called for quick and safe evacuation of the remaining Indian students in Ukraine. President Zelenskyy updated PM Modi in detail about the conflict situation and […]