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Shah advocates enhanced trade, cultural ties with neighbouring countries

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday advocated enhanced trade, cultural relations and people-to-people contact with the neighbouring countries

India-UAE trade pact: Bilateral trade projected to touch $100 bn in 5 years

The bilateral trade in goods is projected to increase from the current $60 billion to $100 billion annually within five years of the implementation of the India-UAE free trade agreement

India-UAE deal on Friday to double bilateral trade to $100 billion

The first round negotiation was launched five months ago

PM Modi to virtually host first India-Central Asia Summit on Thursday

PM Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format on Thursday during which the leaders are expected to deliberate on steps to take forward relations to newer heights

US concerned by China's attempt to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

The remarks of White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki came ahead of the 14th round of military-level talks between India and China on the 20-month row in eastern Ladakh

India and South Korea to discuss bilateral trade-related issues

India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and South Korea's Trade Minister Han-koo Yeo will hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss bilateral trade-related issues.

Attempts to bring bilateral issues to SCO must be condemned: India

India on Friday said that repeated attempts to deliberately bring bilateral issues into the SCO platform violate the well-established principles of the grouping

India, Finland have agreed to explore new areas of cooperation: MEA

The two sides also carried out a comprehensive review of their bilateral ties

Data shows strong rebound in India-US bilateral trade in 2021: US official

US Consul General Judith Ravin said the growth in economic ties between the two countries has been extraordinary

Upcoming USTR visit: Chance for India and US to fix thorny bilateral issues

While the agenda for Katherine Tai's visit has not yet been disclosed, the two sides are likely to discuss issues on market access, including tariffs, by reconvening India-US Trade Policy Forum

Jaishankar discusses potential of bilateral ties with Israeli leadership

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday had a "warm and rich" discussion with the top Israeli leadership on realising the full potential of the bilateral strategic partnership

India-China trade volumes on course to touch record $100 billion-mark

The India-China trade volume looks set to cross the record figure of $100 billion this year as the total has already touched $90 billion in first nine months, despite a chill in bilateral relations

Colombian vice president arrives in New Delhi, to hold bilateral talks

Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez arrived in New Delhi today to hold bilateral discussions.

PM Modi applauds Joe Biden for vision and commitment to India-US ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday applauded the commitment and vision shown by US President Joe Biden for India-US ties and the world at large. Seated along with Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Modi told the president that in 2016 and even before that in 2014 they had an opportunity to discuss India-US relations in detail. And at that time, Mr President, you had laid out a vision for India-US relationship in great detail. And really, that was a vision that was inspirational. Today, Mr President, as President, you are making all efforts and taking initiatives to implement that vision, Modi said. The prime minister said Biden mentioned very important issues after assuming charge as President of the United State and he has taken initiative to address them, be they COVID-19, climate change, or the QUAD grouping. After taking this initiative, you have made and deployed great efforts to bring them to implement your mission, he said. Today we have this opportunity to ..

Biden jokes about possible India connection in meeting with PM Modi

US President Joe Biden recalled a story about a man with the Biden surname writing to him when he was first elected as a Senator in 1972.

India, UAE plan to lift bilateral trade to $100 bn in 5 years via new pact

India and UAE plan to conclude CEPA by the end of the year with the aim to lift trade between the two countries by 70% in five years, trade ministers of both countries said

Biden to host PM Modi for bilateral meeting on Sep 24: White House

US President Joe Biden would host Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a bilateral meeting at the White House on September 24, according to the president's weekly schedule released on Monday. "The President will participate in a bilateral meeting with His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India," it said on the first meeting between the two leaders on Friday. Both leaders have spoken virtually on multiple occasions after Biden, a Democrat, became US president in January. The last time Prime Minister Modi visited the US was in September 2019 when he and then US president Donald Trump, a Republican, addressed the high-profile Howdy-Modi event in Houston. Biden will also meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the White House said on the president's engagements on Friday. Later on October 24, Biden will host the first-ever in-person Quad Leaders' Summit at the White House with Modi, Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, according to the US ...

China attacks US at bilateral talks; hands over list of demands

Striking an aggressive stance at the face-to-face talks with the US, China on Monday for the first time handed down to Washington a list of demands and remedial actions to be taken by the Biden administration to end the "stalemate" in bilateral ties. Talks between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to improve the relations got off on a rough note at the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin, with Xie launching a blistering attack on Washington, accusing it of being the "owner of coercive diplomacy". Sherman, the No. 2 diplomat of the US, is the highest-ranking American official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office six months ago. She started her meetings with Xie, who is in-charge of the US-China relations, and is due to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a resort hotel in Tianjin. Besides launching a well-publicised scathing attack on the US, accusing it of "bullying" other countries with "migh

Nepal's Deuba thanks Modi; says shared views with him on strengthening ties

Nepal's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the congratulatory message

China-India trade on rise despite chill in ties, crosses $57 bn in H1

The China-India bilateral trade in the first half of the year totalled $57.48 billion, up 62.7 per cent year on year, perhaps the highest in recent years amid the Ladakh impasse and the COVID-19