The US-India Aviation Summit is being hosted next month in Mumbai as a technical, policy and commercial forum by the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation and the US Trade and Development Agency.


US-India Aviation Summit to be held next month in Mumbai


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German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel has said Germany will not join a potential US-led military strike against Syria.


Germany will not join potential strike against Syria: Merkel


Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia has warned the US against military action on Syria.


Russian UN envoy warns against US military action on Syria


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that energy is the key engine of India's economic growth and has also become a key element of New Delhi's diplomatic engagement and outreach.


Energy key engine of India's growth: Sushma


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a packed schedule when he visits Sweden and Britain from April 16 to 21 during which he will attend the first India-Nordic Summit and this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), officials said on Thursday.


Packed schedule for Modi in Sweden, Britain


India is waiting for the result of the investigation into the chemical attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain last month, a senior official said here on Thursday.


Attack on ex-Russian spy: India awaiting probe result


China and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) established a new centre on Thursday to support the former's grand multi-billion Belt and Road Initiative.


China, IMF launch new centre to support B&R


The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on Thursday said it had signed its first international project agreement for upgradation of a highway in Myanmar.


NHAI signs first international project agreement


Nepal Police have arrested two people here for possessing banned Indian currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination amounting to 49,31,500 rupees.


2 arrested with banned Indian currency in Nepal


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India's military aims and preparedness were driven not by a desire to conquer anyone's territory but to protect its own people.


India's military aims not guided by desire for territorial expansion: Modi


With the Indian Air Force beginning the process of buying 110 fighter jets, in a deal that could be worth more than $15 billion, Lockheed Martin has expressed its readiness to shift its F-16 fighter aircraft manufacturing unit to India -- and the US government, according to the manufacturer, will allow it to do that.


Not only F-16 fighters, Lockheed ready to make Javelin missiles in India (Lead, Changing Dateline)


US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Syria and Russia that he was readying missile strikes on the Middle Eastern nation in retaliation for allegedly using chemical weapons in rebel-held territories.


Trump warns Syria, Russia of impending missile strike


Mahindra Defence - part of the Mahindra Group - on Wednesday said it has signed up a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israeli company Aeronautics for naval shipborne unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).


Mahindra Defence, Israel's Aeronautics sign MoU for naval UAVs


The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that Nepal's economy will grow at a slower pace of 4.9 per cent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 from 6.9 per cent in 2017.


Nepal's economy to grow by 4.9% in FY2018: ADB


The World Bank has approved $55 million to expand the use of clean renewable energy in rural areas of Bangladesh where grid electricity cannot reach easily.


World Bank approves $55mn for Bangladesh project


China's economic growth is expected to reach 6.6 per cent this year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report released on Wednesday.


ADB predicts China's economy to grow 6.6% in 2018


India on Wednesday signed a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia to jointly build a 1.2 million barrels per day-capacity integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex on the west coast in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.


OMCs, Saudi Aramco MoU to build Rs 3 lakh cr Ratnagiri refinery


Three Indian nationals hailing from Himachal Pradesh who were kidnapped in Nigeria have been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday.


Indians kidnapped in Nigeria released


British banks must severe ties with Kremlin-linked tycoons if they want continued access to American financial institutions, the US has said as it ratcheted up its efforts to block Russian industrialists from doing business in the West.


UK banks must cut ties with Putin associates: US


Noting that India will be a key driver of global energy demand in the next quarter century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for "responsible" pricing in the hydrocarbons market so as to balance the interests of oil and gas producers and consumers.


Modi opens IEF16, calls for responsible oil, gas pricing


When Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes on a two-day visit to Sweden next week, cooperation in the area of innovation will form a key element of his agenda, Sweden's ambassador to India Klas Molin has said.

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