India’s GDP to decline by 10 per cent in FY21, say experts
Most ratings agencies and economists had projected contraction in India’s GDP for the first quarter of 2020-21.
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US Indo-Pacific strategy can’t succeed without India, says top American diplomat
The US requires India standing by its side for the success of its strategy of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, a top American diplomat said Monday noting that the Quad concept has helped New Delhi find a place in the larger Indo-Pacific theatre.
Indian-origin Pritam Singh formally takes charge as first Leader of the Opposition in Singapore
Pritam Singh, Singapore’s Indian-origin politician scripted history on Monday when Parliament conferred the duties and privileges to him as the city-state’s first Leader of the Opposition.
Historic Israeli flight lands in Abu Dhabi
The UAE becomes the third Arab country to normalize relations with Israel.
Fresh clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in Eastern Ladakh
The southern banks of the Pangong Tso Lake is a contested area since the confrontations between the two sides that began earlier this year in April.
India Not to participate in Multinational Exercise With China, Pakistan On Russian Soil
Sources said while India is locked in a military conflict with the Chinese in eastern Ladakh and on high alert all along the 4,000 kilometre Line of Actual Control (LAC), it cannot be business as usual for us to be participating in multilateral military exercises with them.
Trump Doctrine: End Wars But Keep Threatening Enemies
The RNC tried to sell voters on a foreign policy of strength without entanglements.
UAE abolishes decree for boycott of Israel
A 1972 UAE law had decreed the boycott of Israel and made any engagement s with it a crime punishable under the law.
Situation in Ladakh ‘most serious’ since 1962 conflict, says S Jaishankar on India-China border row
The MEA said a solution to the border row with China must be predicated on honouring all agreements and understandings without attempting to alter the status quo unilaterally
UN chief Antonio Guterres calls on India to be at helm of global leadership on climate action
He said young people are particularly looking for bold steps towards sustainability, equality and social justice.