London: Japan and United Kingdom have agreed on a comprehensive defence cooperation agreement as a countermeasure to China’s increasingly assertive actions in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. This is the first time Japan has signed a reciprocal access agreement with a European country. Previously Japan had signed similar defence cooperation agreements with the United States […]
The name Agastya Muni is primarily linked to a story that has been narrated over the ages and which is known even to small children, and which is by way of an answer to the question, “why is the seawater salty?” Agastya Muni drank the waters of all the seas of the earth in one […]
Copenhagen: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that India would take steps to increase bilateral cooperation with the Nordic countries in Europe. The second India-Nordic summit is scheduled to be held in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen. Before the summit, Prime Minister Modi held independent meetings with the heads of state of Nordic countries to […]
Copenhagen: Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the Danish industrial world that there is a lot to lose if the opportunity to invest in India is not utilised. Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Denmark started on Tuesday. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the same time, both the leaders expressed the […]
Washington: The rising inflation and declining government expenditure in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have led to an unexpected slowdown in the US economy. In the first quarter of 2022, US GDP fell by 1.4 per cent. Also, the economy grew by 6.9 per cent in the last quarter of 2021. Against this backdrop, […]
Tashkent: Russia will be stressing transactions in the national currency with its trading partners. Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, appealed that these countries also should reduce the use of USD and Euro. ‘Russia has organised an international Trade Fair’ in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The Russian Trade Minister […]
New Delhi: 22,000 students studying in China returned home after the outbreak of Coronavirus in China. China is unwilling to allow these students entry to resume their courses. This has put the education of these students in jeopardy. India has raised this issue during discussions with China on various occasions. As China is not paying […]
Shanghai: – There is a feeling of intense discontent in the Shanghai population given the harsh restrictions, shortage of life essentials, and censorship imposed by the ruling Communist Chinese regime once again. The lockdown imposed at the end of March has still not been withdrawn, even after completing a month. The lockdown has been made […]
Ahmedabad: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on this visit to India. He visited Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat, followed by meeting with leading businessmen. Later, Prime Minister Johnson visited the project of a British company in Gujarat. Meanwhile, there is a good possibility that the free trade agreement between India and the United […]
Washington: Former US National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton demanded that the United States should give up the ambiguity in its Taiwan policy and deploy its military in Taiwan. Bolton voiced this demand during the ‘Global Taiwan National Affairs Symposium’. Earlier, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also had insisted that the Biden administration […]