UK has no plans to grant more student visas for Indians than required under the proposed UK-India free trade agreement, Britain’s International Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is currently overseeing the deal, has said. Speaking to the UK-based Times newspaper, Badenoch, who was in India in December for the sixth round of FTA talks, reasoned […]
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India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday (January 19) slammed the BBC documentary aimed at discrediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and termed it a “propaganda piece” and completely biased that still reveals a colonial mindset. The documentary, which is said to be based on some internal UK report, led to outrage on social media and was removed […]
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India and Oman on Wednesday held the eighth strategic dialogue in Delhi which was led by India’s Deputy National Security Adviser Vikram Misri and Oman’s Secretary General of the National Security Council Major General Idris Abdulrahman Al-Kindi. The last strategic dialogue was held in Muscat in January 2020. During the talks, both sides focused on strategic […]
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The Vice President of the West African nation of Gambia, Badara Alieu Joof passed away due to an illness in India, said the country’s President Adama Barrow, on Wednesday (January 18). The 65-year-old took office last year as the vice president and was serving as Gambia’s education minister from 2017 to 2022. The announcement was […]
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A number of Chinese suppliers of Apple Inc. received initial clearance by Indian government to expand in the country, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The Chinese suppliers, however, will require to find local Indian joint venture partners as per manufacturing rules put in place by New Delhi. While India is reportedly approving […]
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Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Abdul Rehman Makki has been blacklisted as a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Makki, who is the deputy chief Pakistan-based terror outfit, has been blacklisted under the UN’s ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. This means his list has been added to the list of individuals and entities subject to […]
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Egypt Ambassador Wael Hamed has said that the upcoming visit of Egypt President Abdel chubbytah El-Sisi will be “groundbreaking” and both countries are “going to have a strategic relationship”. Egypt, for the first time, has been invited as a guest country for India’s republic day on January 26. Speaking to WION’s diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, the […]
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Indian elevated Commissioner to Guyana Dr K J Srinivasa has said that technical teams of both India and Guyana will sit down to discuss the oil trade. Speaking to WION’s diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, the high commissioner said, “So the govt of India has been talking with the govt of Guyana, we are to work […]
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Guyana President Irfaan Ali has lauded India for its “leadership” amid the covid pandemic, as the nation provided vaccines to the world. Under India’s Vaccine Maitri initiative, Covid vaccines were sent to more than 100 countries including Guyana. Speaking to WION’s diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, President Ali said, “During the pandemic, we saw that most […]
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Japan had the centre stage in Quad’s state of affairs this week in the wake of Tokyo’s publicised aim of doubling its defence spending to about 2 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through 2027. But for increased coordination between the rest of the partners of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), the White House […]
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