India, Qatar agree to deepen trade & investment ties

IANS | October 6, 2025 8:51 PM

Doha, Oct 6 (IANS) India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a “fruitful” meeting with his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, in Doha on Monday, to further strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties between the two countries.

Reviving long-lost practice, India to send two parliamentary delegations to UNGA

IANS | October 6, 2025 8:49 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Two groups of Indian parliamentarians will head to New York in the coming days as part of the country's Non-Official Delegation to the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This follows the decision taken by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revive the longstanding tradition of sending parliamentary delegations to the UNGA, allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) to contribute to international discourse.

PM Keir Starmer’s Mumbai visit this week to further bolster India-UK ties

IANS | October 6, 2025 3:43 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet in Mumbai this week to hold discussions on further strengthening bilateral trade and investment, technology and innovation, defence and security, climate and energy, health, education and people-to-people relations, apart from issues of regional global importance.