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India to resist anti-US messaging at Brics summit with Xi, Putin
India is expected to push back against an anticipated effort by Chinese President Xi Jinping to use this year's Brics summit as a platform to highlight his efforts to build an alternative to the US-led global order, Indian officials with…
India strike over controversial army hiring plan
Tens of thousands of job seekers have called for a shutdown in India to protest against a new army hiring plan which has sparked violence.
Some states shut down the internet and suspended train and bus services on Monday.…
Dozens dead, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh, India
Forecasters say the floods were set to worsen over the next two days with heavy rains in Bangladesh and upstream in India’s northeast.
Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods…
Agnipath: One dead in violent India protests over military hiring
A person has died and 13 others have been injured, as police and protesters clashed in Secunderabad city in the southern state of Telangana on Friday. Police reportedly opened fire into the crowd but reports said it was not clear if the man…
Vivian Balakrishnan meets Indian ministers to discuss boosting energy, finance and digital…
Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Friday (June 17) met with two key Indian ministers to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in the energy, communications, financial and digital sectors, among other areas.…
India protests over new short-term army jobs enter third day
Protesters throw stones at police and set fire to train coaches as demonstrations against a new military recruitment process spread.
Thousands of angry men have set train coaches and vehicles on fire, blocked highways and attacked police…
‘Sky is the limit’ for India and ASEAN, Vivian Balakrishnan says
Calling for greater economic integration between India and South-east Asia, Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said the “sky is the limit” if India and ASEAN can double or quadruple their GDPs over the next 20 years.
“At…
France’s Total, Adani team up for $7 billion India hydrogen project
French giant TotalEnergies and Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate plan to invest US$5 billion (S$7 billion) to produce green hydrogen and related products in India as the world's third-largest polluter seeks to decarbonize.…
Nupur Sharma: Houses of Muslims demolished in Uttar Pradesh after protests
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) have demolished the houses of some Muslims who were allegedly linked to religious protests that turned violent.
The protests were sparked by derogatory remarks made…
India is likely to gain more from the emerging global economic order
Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said, the old global economic order is crumbling and India, which was on the periphery of the old architecture, is more likely to gain than lose from the emerging new world order.
“We can be a global…