New York, Sep 25 (IANS) US relations with India are "strong" despite the recent "turbulence" and talks to resolve differences over trade and Russian oil purchases are "incredibly productive", according to a senior State Department official.
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) A senior State Department official has assured that Washington continues to deal with India and Pakistan separately and sees the relationships as "quite different", discounting apprehensions that a re-hyphenation may be happening.
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has held a series of meetings with key foreign and business leaders in New York, aimed at strengthening India's trade, investment, and energy cooperation.
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) As the Trump administration announced new restrictions on H-1B visas, a leading immigration expert in Washington believes that the Trump administration has taken a "shockingly anti-business stance" in its crackdown on the visa programme.
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) A leading minority rights group highlighted the horrific assassination attempt on a Christian spiritual leader in Islamabad amid a growing wave of violence targetting the community across Pakistan.
Dhaka: A series of infrastructure projects and economic hubs coming up under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) will give Beijing access to the Indian Ocean in the garb of promoting bilateral economic and trade cooperation. CMEC is part of the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China's multi-stakeholder strategy involves increasing intervention and support.
Quetta, Sep 24 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent brutal massacre of innocent Pashtoon civilians in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, describing it as a deliberate policy of genocide that has long targeted “oppressed nations” within the country.
Quetta, Sep 24 (IANS) At least two more Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed by the Pakistani forces in Balochistan as the cycle of persecution continues amid an escalating wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province, said leading human rights organisations on Wednesday.
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) Commerce and Industry, Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday attended a high-level session on energy security in New York where he called for expanding India-US energy trade.
Colombo, Sep 24 (IANS) Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, addressed the participants of the National Defence College in Colombo on Wednesday, highlighting the deep historical, cultural and strategic ties binding two nations in the Indian Ocean Region.
