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India, Israel elevate ties to strategic partnership
06 Jul 2017
India and Israel have decided to expand their relationship beyond defence to a wider spectrum covering key sectors like space, agriculture and water conservation
Wait for Westinghouse till 2018, Washington tells India: report
03 Jul 2017
Westinghouse will provide the reactors only and construction will most probably be undertaken by its Indian partner – Larsen & Toubro – something of a booster to Prime Minister Modi’s `Make In India’ and President Trump’s `America First’ policies
H-1B visa issue under wraps, US flags trade concerns
28 Jun 2017
Reports quoting a senior US official said the Trump administration has signed some executive orders related to work and immigration and there cannot be any discussion on the issue till the outcome of the review
Modi, Trump harp on terror, skip non-deliverables
27 Jun 2017
Beyond a direct hit on Pakistan’s support of terrorism, a dealmaker president and a nationalist prime minster could achieve little to declare to the world of any deliverables achieved during their first meeting
India's trade deficit hits a 2-1/2-year high of $13.84 billion in May
16 Jun 2017
Merchandise exports from the country rose by a low 8.32 per cent to $24.01 billion in May 2017 while its imports jumped 40.63 per cent to $37.86 billion during the month
China's OBOR seen pushing India’s neighbours to penury
13 Jun 2017
China, according to the economists, is charging interest rates of 16 per cent and above for funding made available for OBOR projects like the CPEC, which is untenable
Modi-Trump meeting set for 26 June
12 Jun 2017
Modi-Trump meeting comes in the backdrop of the Trump-sponsored H-1B visa curbs and America’s exit from the Paris climate convention, two issues that concern India most
Russia, India to expand strategic cooperation
02 Jun 2017
India and Russia now plan to extend bilateral technical, economic and scientific cooperation to third countries by undertaking joint development projects in mutually agreed sectors
Modi in talks with Putin to win back Russia
01 Jun 2017
Modi’s Russia visit comes at a time when Russia has moved closer to India’s adversaries, China and Pakistan, raising unease in New Delhi
Merkel, Modi push trade ties and climate action
30 May 2017
At the end of the fourth round of inter-governmental consultations, the two countries signed 12 agreements, including on cyber cooperation, development cooperation, education and railway safety