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Dec 21, 2021 Outlook Web Desk The foreign secretary also said India's Commerce and Industry Minister and the US Trade Representative have agreed to work together to resolve outstanding trade issues to reach convergence in the near future.
Nov 26, 2021 Seema Guha The meeting between three Eurasian powers India, China and Russia reminded the Taliban to not allow terrorist groups to function from Afghan soil.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said all countries in the Asia-Pacific must work together on joint challenges rather than relapse into a Cold War mentality, as tensions between China and the US grow over Taiwan.
Oct 23, 2021 Seema Guha New Delhi will need to be careful so that its latest quad venture does not jeopardise ties with Iran.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit followed the annual UN General Assembly address, the first in-person Quad Leaders' Summit and several bilateral meetings between India and other countries.
According to latest Congressional Research Service report, among the foreign terror groups in Pakistan, five groups including LeT and Jaish are India centric.
Quad is to checkmate China’s growing profile as a nation giving humanitarian aid to nations across Asia and Pacific, and it wants to challenge China’s soft power bid in the region.
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The officials said US Vice President Kamala Harris will hold meeting with Quad leaders including Prime Ministers—Narendra Modi from India, Scott Morrison from Australia and Yoshihide Suga from Japan.
During the meeting, PM Narendra Modi and Australian PM Scott Morrison discussed a broad range of issues of bilateral, regional and global importance, Ministry of External Affais said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time. He said he is, "confident that our bilateral relationship will touch new heights under President Biden and your (Kamala Harris') leadership"
US Vice President Kamala Harris has asked Islamabad to take action on terrorism in her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Narendra Modi is set to meet US Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time ahead of Quad Leaders' Summit. Crucial developments on reinforcing Indo-US ties are expected to take place.
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The trilateral security alliance—AUKUS among Australia, UK and US is seen as an effort to counter China in the Indo-Pacific.
US President Joe Biden will also host PM Modi at the White House for their first bilateral meeting on September 24.
Ahead of the Quad Leaders' Summit, the US President Joe Biden held meetings with his Australian and British counterparts. Climate change and Covid-19, also the key issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the US ahead of the first in-person quad leader's summit and the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
Apart from in-person meetings with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, PM Modi will address the UNGA and Quad summits and may share India's concerns on use of Afghanistan as a terror hub.
Lisa Curtis, a former national security official in the US, stressed India's role in the matter ahead of US-India maiden bilateral meet.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
