UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024
Nov 23, 2024, at 06:02 am
London: Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the UK and India, expected to significantly enhance the current GBP 42 billion annual bilateral trade relationship, will resume early next year, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in his country’s Parliament.
Nov 22, 2024, at 03:59 pm
The Canadian government on Friday rejected a media report that linked Indian PM Narendra Modi and his top officials to criminal activities in the country.
Nov 22, 2024, at 04:50 am
Georgetown/IBNS: In a historic moment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Parliament of Guyana on Thursday. He is the first Indian Prime Minister to do so.
Ludicrous statement: India slams Canada over fresh report on Nijjar killing
Nov 21, 2024, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has slammed Canada after an Ottawa media report which claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was involved in a plot to kill Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Nov 21, 2024, at 03:49 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese recently held the India-Australia Annual Summit on the sidelines of the G20 Summit when they reaffirmed their support for strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Nov 20, 2024, at 11:13 pm
The second India-Japan Joint Service Staff Talks (JSST) between Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) and the Joint Staff of Japan Self Defence Force (JSDF) occurred in New Delhi on Wednesday when the officials expressed a shared commitment to fostering collaboration in space, cyber technologies as vital components of their defence partnerships.
Amid standoff with Delhi, Canada implements extra security screening for fliers travelling to India
Nov 20, 2024, at 08:07 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Amid the deteriorating relationship with New Delhi, Canada has implemented new flying rules that will require passengers travelling to India to go through extra security screening now.
Vladimir Putin to visit India soon, says top Russian official
Nov 19, 2024, at 11:34 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India in the upcoming months, a top Moscow official said on Tuesday.
Nov 19, 2024, at 10:30 pm
Executive Director of India-Brazil Chamber of Commerce Leonardo Ananda Gomes feels that bilateral trade between the two countries has touched USD 15 billion mark.
Nov 19, 2024, at 08:07 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday met French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the ongoing G20 Summit and discussed ways to advance India-France Strategic Partnership.
Nov 19, 2024, at 03:57 pm
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced that UK-India free trade agreement talks will be relaunched in 2025.
Nov 19, 2024, at 03:22 pm
Days after India and China completed the border disengagement process to mark an end to the four-year conflict, foreign ministers from the neighbouring nations met on the sidelines of the ongoing G20 Summit in Brazil on Monday.
Nov 19, 2024, at 02:21 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro when they discussed ways to deepen ties in defence, security, trade, and technology.
'India is focused on inclusive development, youth power': PM Modi addresses G-20 session in Brazil
Nov 19, 2024, at 06:13 am
Rie de Janeiro/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday addressed the opening session of the G 20 Summit on ‘Social Inclusion and the Fight against Hunger and Poverty’.
India's DRDO conducts successful flight-trial of first long-range hypersonic missile
Nov 17, 2024, at 08:50 pm
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight-trial of the country's first long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha late on Saturday.
US returns more than 1400 looted artefacts that are worth USD 10 million to India
Nov 16, 2024, at 02:19 pm
The US government has said it returned more than 1,400 looted artefacts worth $10 million to India.
India, Nepal, Bangladesh inaugurate trilateral power transaction
Nov 15, 2024, at 09:46 pm
Union Minister for Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal, jointly inaugurated the power flow from Nepal to Bangladesh.
Nov 15, 2024, at 08:37 pm
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reviewed the 'entire gamut of the comprehensive strategic partnership' when he met Deputy PM Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit to the UAE on Thursday.
UK to bring first-ever trade delegation on AI, semiconductors to Kolkata next week
Nov 15, 2024, at 07:49 pm
The United Kingdom will bring its first-ever trade delegation to Kolkata dedicated to the expanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Semiconductor sectors on November 18-19, 2024.
Nov 15, 2024, at 02:37 pm
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday successfully completed the Flight Tests of Guided Pinaka Weapon System, which was recently exported to Armenia, as part of Provisional Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) Validation Trials.
India completes flight tests of guided Pinaka weapon system before induction to army
Nov 15, 2024, at 06:21 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed the flight tests of the guided Pinaka weapon system as part of Provisional Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) Validation Trials.
India to follow up on terrorist Arsh Dalla's extradition request after his arrest in Canada
Nov 15, 2024, at 04:25 am
Ontario/IBNS: India on Thursday said it would follow up on its request to extradite terrorist Arshdeep Gill, alias Arsh Dalla, who is the de facto chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force, with a court in Canada's Ontario listing the matter for hearing after his reported arrest.
Taliban govt appoints Afghan student Ikramuddin Kamil as envoy in Mumbai
Nov 14, 2024, at 03:00 am
The Taliban rule has appointed a young Afghan student, Ikramuddin Kamil, as acting consul at Afghanistan's Consulate in Mumbai.
DRDO conducts maiden flight test of Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile off Odisha coast
Nov 13, 2024, at 04:07 pm
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday from a mobile articulated launcher.
Modi, Denis Manturov exchange views on enhancing India-Russia cooperation in various areas
Nov 12, 2024, at 07:49 pm
Russian Deputy PM Denis Manturov met Indian PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi when they exchanged views on enhancing cooperation in various areas.
Nov 12, 2024, at 07:17 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Dr Navin Ramgoolam for winning the polls in Mauritius.
Russian Deputy PM Denis Manturov calls on PM Modi, discusses strategic partnership
Nov 12, 2024, at 05:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as a part of his visit to India.
A lot of countries are nervous about the US, India not among them: Jaishankar
Nov 11, 2024, at 07:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal rapport with US President-elect Donald Trump, asserting India is not among the countries that are "nervous" about the political change in Washington, media reports said.
India hands over two water-jet-propelled Fast Interceptor Craft to Mozambique
Nov 10, 2024, at 09:29 pm
As part of its capacity-building engagements with friendly foreign nations of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), India gifted two water-jet-propelled Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) to Mozambique on November 8.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Denis Manturov to visit India on Monday
Nov 10, 2024, at 04:57 pm
Moscow/IBNS: First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Denis Manturov will make a working visit to India on Monday.