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Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks Wednesday on the margins of the BRICS Summit in Russia, in their first structured meeting in the last five years. The meeting took place two days after India and China firmed up...

Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday strongly pitched for ‘single-minded’ focus and ‘firm support’ of all in combating terrorism, asserting that there is no place for "double standards" to deal with the challenge. In an address at the 16th BRICS Summit here, Modi also underlined...

Beirut: Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to replace the militant group's longtime leader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike last month. There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah about the...

Washington: India remains the largest growing economy in the world, a senior official from the International Monetary Fund said, observing that the country's macroeconomic fundamentals are good. "India is said to remain the largest growing economy in the world. We project growth at seven per...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping -- their first since the 2020 Galwan clash -- on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Russia's Kazan Wednesday. The development comes days after the two...

Washington: The US has said it would not be fully satisfied until there is ‘meaningful accountability’ resulting from India's investigations into the alleged foiled plot to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil. The Indian government has denied its association or involvement with...

Washington: The International Monetary Fund Tuesday upgraded its economic outlook for the United States this year, while lowering its expectations for growth in Europe and China. It left its forecast for global growth unchanged at a relatively lackluster 3.2% for 2024. The IMF expects the...

Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who emphasised on the need for peace in West Asia and the role that India could play in de-escalating the conflict given its good relations with all the parties, amid heightened tension between Iran...

Washington: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is telling world financial leaders that the US economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump's policies two weeks before the US election. Yellen was opening the IMF...

Kazan: The Russia-Ukraine conflict should be resolved in a peaceful manner and India is ready to provide all possible cooperation towards it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Modi held bilateral talks with Putin hours after arriving...