News: PM proposes BRICS nations to host an annual trade fair. PM said India would be happy to host the first such fair of the five-nation bloc. SOURCE: ET
Read More »India, Kazakhstan sign five key agreements to strengthen bilateral ties
News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev held comprehensive talks and decided for 5 key agreements including a defence pact to enhance military cooperation and a contract for supply of uranium to India. They decided to actively engage in the fight against terrorism and extremism and also agreed ...
Read More »India US to sign tax sharing agreement
News: India and the United States will sign a tax information sharing agreement, under a new US law meant to combat offshore tax dodging by Americans. By signing the agreement, India hopes to garner Washington’s support for its own efforts to bring back illicit funds stashed by Indians in foreign ...
Read More »Pitch for stronger security ties with Central Asia to combat terror
News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today underlined the common Islamic heritage of both India and Central Asia which has always rejected the forces of extremism and strongly pitched for enhanced defence and security cooperation between the two to combat terrorism. PM asserted that both India and Central Asia cannot achieve their full potential without each ...
Read More »Civil aviation, railways potential growth areas for Russia – India cooperation
News: According to the World Bank Doing Business Report 2015, India occupies the 142nd position and the government aims to improve the business investment climate in the country in shortest possible time. Russian companies have felt echoes of the “Make in India” concept. Alexey Ulyukaev, Russia’s Minister for Economic Development, talked ...
Read More »Modi leaves on 6-nation visit, to attend BRICS. SCO summits
News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for a 6-nation tour on Monday to attend the BRICS summit in Russia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, with focus on enhancing strategic, economic and energy ties. The Summit of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the important economies across the world, ...
Read More »India abstains in vote on Israel’s Gaza offensive at UN
News: India is abstained from voting on a Palestine-backed United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution condemning Israel for its Gaza offensive. 41 countries voted in favour, only the US voted against the resolution in UNHRC in Geneva . The resolution calls upon the parties concerned to cooperate fully with ...
Read More »India blocks China’s bid to save Pakistan on terror finance survey
News: Pakistan’s enforcement on UN financial sanctions against terrorism will be closely monitored by Financial Action Task Force (FATF), through its associate body, the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering . FATF is a policy-making body whose objectives include setting standards to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism and ...
Read More »MEA puts vigilance of erring officers posted in Indian diplomatic missions
News: The Ministry External Affairs, has put in place a mechanism for stricter vigilance of erring officers posted in various Indian diplomatic missions across continents and act fast on complaints and allegations leveled against any diplomat. Over 20 officers with diplomatic passports from different background across missions are under scanner. MEA ...
Read More »Assistance of $1 billion for rebuilding Nepal
News: India has pledged $1 billion in assistance to quake-ravaged Nepal for its massive reconstruction programme. One fourth of the $1 billion assistance will be granted and it will be over and above India’s existing bilateral developmental assistance of another $1 billion over the next five years which takes the ...
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