Trump vows to stop outsourcing, if elected President

Yashwant Raj | July 9, 2024 9:15 PM

Washington, July 9 (IANS) Former American President Donald Trump has promised to end outsourcing if re-elected, which should sound alarm bells across India's multi-billion-dollar outsourcing industry whose largest customer is the US,

India, Russia set $100 billion trade target by 2030, to move forward on FTA: Foreign Secretary

IANS | July 9, 2024 8:58 PM

Moscow, July 9 (IANS) India and Russia have set a new target of $100 billion in trade between the two nations by 2030, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed larger space of economic engagement, covering trade, capital linkages, energy, science and technology cooperation, and defence and security.

IANS Analysis: The waning optimism of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

IANS | July 9, 2024 5:58 PM

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has become pivotal in China-Pakistan relations in the past decade. Positioned as a focal point of President Xi Jinping's expansive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- a network of transcontinental connectivity projects aimed at establishing an alternative global economic framework to the Western-led order of the United States, the CPEC aims to bolster strategic cooperation between Beijing and Islamabad and open new avenues for economic collaboration between the two nations.

Covid or conflict, India-Russia friendship remain unscathed: PM Modi tells Putin

IANS | July 9, 2024 5:49 PM

Moscow, July 9 (IANS) Emphasising that the last five years have been quite challenging for the world and the entire humankind considering the Covid pandemic and the uncertain geopolitical situation due to various conflicts thereafter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed India-Russia ties, which he asserted, have remained unaffected even during such turmoil.

Moscow reverberates with 'Jai Jai Modi' chants

Janvi Sonaiya | July 9, 2024 2:00 PM

Moscow, July 9 (IANS) The entire stretch from Tverskaya metro station to the historic Carlton Hotel turned into a mini India as hundreds of Indians, many of them dressed in traditional attire, thronged the area to have a glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning.