Iraqi PM Maliki to visit India
byBaghdad/New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is to visit India later this year on the invitation of Indian Prime Minister…
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India gives 40,000 bottles indelible ink to Cambodia for polls
byPhnom Penh/New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) India has handed over 40,000 bottles of indelible ink to Cambodia for its national assembly elections next month….
Mexico important partner for India, says envoy
byMexico City, June 20 (IANS) India and Mexico, though far apart geographically, share striking cultural similarities and the country is a very important partner…
Kerry to take part in US-India Strategic Dialogue
byNew Delhi June 23-25 to chair the inter-agency delegation on the fourth annual US-India Strategic Dialogue. The dialogue, inaugurated in 2009, is a forum…
US condemns attack on UN office in Somalia
byWashington, June 20 (IANS) White House Wednesday strongly condemned the “despicable” attack on the UN office in Somalia. “Today’s attack highlights the repugnant terrorist…
US, Japan, South Korea urge meaningful denuclearisation
byWashington, June 20 (IANS) The US, Japan and South Korea Wednesday called for “meaningful” steps on denuclearisation by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties…
Kerry calls Karzai over Taliban office issue
byKabul, June 20 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry called up Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse tensions over opening…
President Xi, Obama summit was ‘very successful’: China
byBeijing, June 20 (IANS) The first summit between President Xi Jingping and his US counterpart Barack Obama held earlier this month proved very successful,…
Tamil Nadu to upgrade power transmission with Japanese aid
byChennai, June 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Wednesday said a new project to improve the power transmission in the state will be…
China holds talks with North Korea
byBeijing, June 19 (IANS) China and North Korea Wednesday held a “strategic dialogue” on denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang…