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India And Japan Building For The World: Modi To Yomiuri Shimbun
Home Don't Miss India And Japan Building For The World: Modi To Yomiuri Shimbun India and Japan can combine scale with high levels of technology to be world beaters, was Modi's message in an interview to the Yomiuri Shimbun Prime Minister Modi has...

Putin plans to travel to India in December, Russian government says
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to travel to India in December, the Kremlin said Friday. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri… Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to travel to India in December, the Kremlin said Friday. Putin’s foreign...

Important for India, China to work together to bring stability to world economic order: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (August 29, 2025) said it is important for India and China to work together to bring stability to the world economic order as he asserted that New Delhi is ready to advance bilateral ties from a strategic and...
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‘Stable India-China ties key to multipolar Asia, world in current volatility’: PM Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that stable and predictable India-China relations are essential for a multipolar Asia and a balanced world order, especially at a time of global uncertainty. “Stable, predictable, and amicable bilateral...

India, Japan set roadmap for the next decade, adopt joint declaration on security cooperation
India and Japan on Friday laid a strong foundation for “a new and golden chapter” in the Special Strategic and Global Partnership, setting a roadmap for the next decade and advancing cooperation across eight pillars to give new vigour to the ties....

Japan targets $68 bn investment in India over 10 yrs, both to set up NSA-level dialogue mechanism
New Delhi: Amidst turmoil in India-US ties, Japan has set a target of investing $68 billion in India in the next decade, along with announcing a joint declaration on security cooperation and the establishment of an economic security initiative...

India Bloc's Vice Presidential Candidate B Sudershan Reddy Meets MVA Leaders In Mumbai
India Bloc's Vice Presidential Candidate B Sudershan Reddy Meets MVA Leaders In Mumbai | B. Sudershan Reddy, the candidate for the vice presidential polls, backed by the opposition parties, met Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders in Mumbai on Friday....
India’s rising diplomatic challenges
The last week was full of hope and consternation for the Indian diplomatic community. On the one hand Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. The Ministry of External Affairs described the talks as fruitful. But...

India needs a more balanced foreign policy
Illustration: Xia Qing/GT India is set to host the Quad Security Dialogue this year. However, after multiple rounds of tariff negotiations, the US and India still failed to reach a trade agreement. US' tariff pressure has severely undermined...

India’s Economic Ascent: How The World’s Youngest Major Economy Is Poised To Overtake Giants | OPINION
The latest EY Economy Watch report projects India could emerge as the world's second-largest economy by 2038 in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms, with a GDP of $34.2 trillion. For many global observers, such a prediction might seem astonishing....
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Asia Cup 2025: All the squads announced so far for the coveted T20 continental event
The cricket fraternity is gearing up for the start of the coveted Asia Cup 2025. The biennial tournament is scheduled to commence on September 9 in the UAE. A total of eight teams will compete for the prestigious Asia Cup throne, which is...

India signs pact with Japan for low carbon technologies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit with Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba, in Tokyo on August 29, 2025. Photo: X/@shigeruishiba via ANI With Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to Japan, India’s Environment Ministry...

Japanese TV Investigation Uncovers Sharp Rise in Illegal Sports Betting
A Japanese TV report has revealed a rapid rise in illegal sports betting, with bettors wagering on a wider range of domestic sporting events than ever before. The Japanese broadcast giant Nippon Television wrote that, per its own investigations,...

China's big data expo in Guizhou opens new window for global cooperation as foreign firms seek digital economy opportunities
The 2025 China International Big Data Industry Expo opens on August 28 in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou Province. Photo: Organizing Committee of the Expo The 2025 China International Big Data Industry Expo, which has opened in Guiyang,...

Chinese Ambassador Slams President Trump’s Pro-Life Policies at UN
A sharp exchange between the United States and China erupted at the United Nations this week, as China’s ambassador criticized President Donald Trump’s pro-life policies, particularly his decision to defund the United Nations Population Fund...

India News | SP-Congress Conspired to Change Demography in Sambhal: CM Yogi
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 29 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath fiercely attacked opposition parties at a public meeting in Pratapgarh on Friday, citing the judicial commission report on the 2024 Sambhal violence. "Hindus were...

China snubs UN rights experts to raise Tibetan environmental activist’s jail sentence
(TibetanReview.net, Aug29’25) – Rather than dropping the charges and releasing him unconditionally as advised by nine UN human rights experts way back in 2020, China has increased the jail sentence of a popular Tibetan social and environmental...

India News | Delhi HC Intervenes After 12-year-old Boy Denied ICU Bed in Government Hospitals
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday initiated suo motu cognizance on the basis of a media report which highlighted the plight of a 12-year-old boy who was unable to secure an ICU bed in any government hospital across...

India News | Karnataka LoP R Ashoka Targets CM Siddaramaiah over 'vote Rigging' Remarks, Alleges Congress Culture of Malpractice
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Karnataka Opposition leader R Ashoka demanded that CM Siddaramaiah, who had said that there was vote rigging by Congress in the previous election, should give an answer to the public regarding this....

India News | Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Offers Prayer at Puri's Jagannath Temple
Puri (Odisha) [India], August 29 (ANI): The Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday offered prayers at the Lord Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri. Om Birla said that he had the good fortune of having darshan of Lord Jagannath. Also Read | Maratha...