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India-China breakthrough: LAC patrol pact enables disengagement ahead of PM Modi's BRICS engagement

IANS | October 21, 2024 4:41 PM

Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) In a major breakthrough ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Russia for the BRICS summit, India and China have established arrangements for patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas, which could lead to "disengagement" and resolving the tensions that began in May 2020 with the bloody border clash, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on Monday.

Global South trusts India and PM Modi's leadership: Bhutan PM

IANS | October 21, 2024 4:13 PM

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for playing a massive role in driving Bhutan's economic growth over the last 10 years, Bhutanese PM Dasho Tshering Tobgay said that the entire world, in particular the Global South, looks at India's leadership when it comes to solving key global issues.

India should become permanent member of UNSC: Russian FM

IANS | October 21, 2024 3:11 AM

Moscow, Oct 21 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has that India, Brazil and African countries should be represented in the UN Security Council (UNSC) on a permanent basis to ensure the representativeness of the global majority.

Nothing at all, no evidence, politically motivated: Indian diplomat takes Trudeau govt head on

IANS | October 20, 2024 10:22 PM

Ottawa, Oct 20 (IANS) In his first reaction after being withdrawn by New Delhi following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's continued "hostility" towards India, senior diplomat and High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma on Sunday termed the allegations levelled by Ottawa as "politically motivated" with no evidence whatsoever presented by the Canadian government of India's alleged involvement in last year's killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

China's use of archaeology to justify coercive control of Xinjiang (IANS Analysis)

IANS | October 20, 2024 9:22 PM

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The fields of history and archaeology, while fundamentally objective in their pursuit of knowledge about the past, are frequently co-opted to serve nationalistic narratives that legitimise coercive territorial claims. This is evident in China's strategic use of archaeology to assert ancient ownership over regions like Xinjiang and Tibet, which are currently seeking greater autonomy.

Shift from agriculture to manufacturing must for India’s growth: Amitabh Kant

Sukant Deepak | October 20, 2024 5:48 PM

Kasauli, Oct 20 (IANS) India’s G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant contends that in order for India to grow at high rates of nine to ten per cent and become a developed economy by 2047, the country’s GDP has to grow by nine times and per capita income by eight times, with manufacturing and urbanisation playing a key role in the process.

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