The first 2+2 India-US strategic dialogue, deferred at the last minute  last month, will now take place in the first week of September, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, dismissing speculations that the American decision to put off the talks on July 6  signalled a lower priority to the ties between the two countries.


India-US 2+2 strategic dialogue in September: Nirmala


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Afghanistan wants to double its volume of trade with India to two billion dollars by 2020, its envoy Shaida Mohammad Abdali said on Friday.


Afghanistans eyes $2 billion dollar trade with India by 2020


India on Friday elaborated on its vision for the Indo-Pacific region during the second India-China Maritime Affairs Dialogue held in Beijing.


India puts forward its vision on Indo-Pacific to China


The depth and breadth of collaboration between India and the US, ranging from security and economic partnerships to the sharing of talent and culture across areas like science and technology innovation and performing arts have been brought alive through an ongoing photo exhibition here.


Photographs bring alive 70 years of Indo-US relations


US President Donald Trump has said the UK will "probably not" get a trade deal with the US, if Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan goes ahead.


Brexit plan 'may kill' US trade deal: Trump


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has set up a High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation with people at the "frontiers of technology" and public policy to deal with the "dark side" of digital innovation like cyberwarfare and proliferation of hate speech.


UN panel to deal with "dark side" of digital technologies


Brussels, July 12 (IANS/AKI) Italy's government has not agreed to an increase in military spending, Premier Giuseppe Conte said after a Nato summit here on Thursday.


Italy not planning to boost military spending: PM


The British government on Thursday published the long-awaited white paper on Brexit seeking to create a free trade area with the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May said it delivers on the Brexit vote.


UK publishes Brexit white paper for free trade area with EU


Questioning the government's decision to cut oil imports from Iran, the Congress on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "paper tiger" and said he has buckled under the US pressure.


'Paper tiger' Modi buckled under US pressure: Congress


Following reports of a pro-Khalistan event being planned in London next month, a senior official here said on Thursday that India has issued a demarche to Britain in this connection.


India issues demarche to Britain over proposed pro-Khalistan event


In a first after last year's Doklam stand-off, a three-member delegation of the Indian Army will be visiting Beijing for talks with its Chinese military counterparts next month to bolster defence ties between the two countries that share a long border, part of which is in dispute.


Three member Indian Army delegation to visit China


Bangladesh and Malaysia are preparing to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence training and technical cooperation.


Bangladesh, Malaysia to sign MoU on defence training


The India and Pakistan armies, ranged against each other on volatile borders and the Line of Control (LoC) between the two countries, will participate in a counter-terrorist exercise in Russia next month.


India, Pakistan armies to train together in SCO anti-terror military drill


India has to build between 700 million and 900 million square metres of green urban space every year to meet the needs of a fast-rising rising urban population that will reach 600 million by 2030, according to Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri.


India has to build 700-900 mn square metres of urban space each year: Puri


US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that NATO countries have agreed to increase their military spending after he threatened to pull out at the summit here.


Trump: Nato states agree to increase defence funds


The Iranian authorities have publicly flogged a man who was convicted of consuming alcohol when he was 14 or 15, in a move denounced by Amnesty International as "horrific".


Iranian man flogged for drinking as child


Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday plan to move beyond US President Donald Trump's demands for higher defence spending and focus on the conflict in Afghanistan on the second day of the meet here underscored by transatlantic tensions.


NATO summit to focus on Afghan conflict on second day


US President Donald Trump suggested the NATO countries to increase their defence spending to 4 per cent -- doubling the 2 per cent target that many members of the bloc were yet to meet.


Trump suggests NATO countries to double defence spending


US President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to "immediately" meet their two per cent GDP benchmark on defense spending.


Trump urges NATO members to reach 2% of GDP benchmark


The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders "are committed to improving the balance of sharing the costs and responsibilities", according to a summit declaration published on Wednesday.


NATO leaders vow to improve burden sharing balance


Despite disagreements between the US and its allies regarding defence spending, NATO leaders approved here on Wednesday new initiatives to strengthen the alliance, including the creation of new commands and the deployment of a training mission for Iraqi forces.

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