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China on agenda; but visit not about China, says White House
John Kirby, the spokesperson, went on to call India an "exporter of security" increasingly and, he added on Friday that the US welcomes that and that would explain to an extent a lot of the deliverables announced by the two sides.
38 years on, 9-in-10 Canadians know little or nothing about Air India bombing
The Boeing 747 plane from Montreal to London disintegrated mid-air off the Irish coast within 45 minutes of taking off, making the bombing the deadliest attack carried out by Khalistani terrorists in Canada's history. Among the 329 dead were 268 Canadians, mostly of Indian origin, 24 Indian citizens and 27 British citizens. It included 82 children below the age of 13, as well as six infants.
Who was the Indian-origin woman with President Biden's daughter?
Sadanandan is an Indian American lawyer in AWashington DC. She describes herself on her LinkedIn page as a "lawyer and seasoned campaign strategist" and she indicates her field of expertise is "Strategy and Public Policy Consulting - Criminal Justice Reform and Racial Equity".
Jet engine co-production, armed drones and tech rush in Modi-Biden talks
The two leaders "affirmed a vision of the United States and India as among the closest partners in the world - a partnership of democracies looking into the 21st century with hope, ambition, and confidence", according to a joint statement issued after their meeting at the White House on Thursday.
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft captures ultraviolet image of Mars
By viewing the planet in ultraviolet wavelengths, scientists can gain insight into the Martian atmosphere and view surface features in remarkable ways. The images were taken using MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument in 2022 and 2023 when the planet was near opposite ends of its elliptical orbit.
India-UK partnership will be defining one for our times: Sunak
The annual event which will continue through June 30, seeks to strengthen the partnership between the two nations by providing a platform to spotlight crucial areas, including politics, trade, business, among other sectors. Praising the event as a catalyst for forging new trade ties, the British-Indian Prime Minister said that the "India Global Forum's annual UK-India Week 2023 is a highly anticipated fixture in the bilateral calendar of our two great nations".
Shehbaz to virtually attend SCO India meeting
"We have received the official invitation from Indian Prime Minister for our Prime Minister for the virtual meeting of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that is due to take place on July 4," The News quoted a spokeswoman at the Foreign Office as saying at a briefing. "Pakistan will be represented at the summit. We will be making an announcement regarding our participation in coming days," she added.
PM's visit to US 'pathbreaking', says Foreign Secretary
He said that technological cooperation was among the key points of discussion between India and US, describing it as one of the most substantive outcomes of the Prime Minister's "pathbreaking" state visit to the US. "Technology, in particular advanced technology, across all domains ranging from defence to space and energy is one of the most important substantive outcomes".
Russia claims Ukraine attacked bridges to Crimea
According to Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor in Ukraine's occupied Kherson region, the parallel Chonhar bridges bridges were both damaged in the strike on Thursday using long-range British missiles, reports the BBC. In a video posted on social media, Saldo is seen walking around the wreckage, and says that the attack won't decide any results of the special operation".
Biden downplays impact of 'dictator' remarks on Xi
Addressing a joint press conference alongside visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Biden on Thursday said that "I don't think it's had any real consequence" and called rejected concerns over worsening US-China ties as "hysteria", reports CNN. The President also said he expected to meet Xi in the near future, and suggested he would not going to tone down his rhetoric.
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