Tag: india
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Bahrain, India enter ‘air bubble’ accord
MANAMA: An air bubble agreement has been finalised by Bahrain and India to facilitate travel between the two countries, the Indian Embassy in Bahrain has announced. As per the arrangement, both Indian and Bahraini national carriers will be permitted to operate specified number of flights between India and Bahrain, the embassy said in a statement.…
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Enhanced Saudi stakes in India will work better for Indian diplomacy
By Dr. Cauvery Ganapathy Indias relations with Saudi Arabia since 2006 is an example of a dynamic that has enmeshed diversified strategic orientations successfully. While strengthening historical sinews, New Delhis ties with Riyadh over the years, has been unaffected by Indias strident forays into new partnerships in West Asia. Simultaneously, the relation has also evolved…
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India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear installations
New Delhi : India and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged their lists of nuclear installations, according to an agreement signed in 1988. “India and Pakistan today exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack Against Nuclear Installations between…
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India, Maldives to deepen Indian Ocean security cooperation, increase trade
New Delhi : India and the Maldives on Monday agreed to deepen cooperation to maintain peace and security in the Indian Ocean region as New Delhi extended lines of credit worth $1.4 billion to the archipelago nation following delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih here. The two sides…
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Facing prospects of US sanctions, India attacks unilateral embargoes
By Arul Louis, United Nations : Facing the prospects of US sanctions over its deals with Russia and Iran, India has used the annual General Assembly debate on Washington’s economic blockade of Cuba to lash out against unilateral embargoes. “As the world’s largest democracy with abiding faith in multi-lateralism, India stands in solidarity with this…
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India, Italy to fast-track trade, two-way investments
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New Delhi : India and Italy on Tuesday agreed to fast-track bilateral trade and investments and set up a bilateral industrial development and cooperation mechanism at a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Guiseppe Conte here. “In order to give an impetus to enhanced economic cooperation between India and Italy, it…
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India, Russia set two-way investment target of $50 bn
Moscow : India and Russia have set a new two-way investment target of $50 billion by 2025 following a meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov here on Friday during which bilateral cooperation across various sectors was reviewed. Addressing the media after co-chairing with Borisov the 23rd…
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Afghanistan, not India, will be Imran Khan’s priority until 2019
By Saeed Naqvi, Even before elections in Pakistan had taken place, the media which articulates the Western establishment point of view, like the Economist, had already declared it a “flawed election”; it even screamed “foul play” which the “khaki umpire” (read the Army) had rigged. If you will stand for a mixed metaphor, the “khaki…
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India need not fear oil shortage: UAE envoy
By Aroonim Bhuyan, New Delhi : Even as the US-imposed sanctions on Iran has put India’s energy security in jeopardy, UAE Ambassador to India Ahmed Albanna has allayed fears of an oil shortage, saying his country as well as Saudi Arabia can fill in if supply from Iran is disrupted. “In the international market, the…
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India, China headed into a ‘marriage squeeze’ due to gender imbalance (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: Too Many Men Too Few Women; Edited by: Ravinder Kaur; Publisher: Orient Blackswan; Pages: 340; Price: Rs 925 Much of the scholarly work on adverse sex ratios or gender imbalance until now has primarily focussed on the identification, patterns and causes of skewed sex ratios, and very little on their consequences.…