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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping today held their first substantive bilateral meeting after the Dokalam standoff, which had put ties between the two countries under strain. Modi, who attended the BRICS Emerging Markets and Developing Countries Dialogue earlier in the day, met Xi on the sidelines of the 9th BRICS Summit here. The prime minister, accompanied ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken about the BRICS driving the global transformation in the next 10 years for it to be a Golden Decade. He  suggested that this can be brought about with our proactive approach, policies, and action, on the following ten Noble Commitments: Creating a Safer World: by organized and coordinated action on at ...

For the first time, Pakistan-based terror groups like the LeT and the JeM were named today in the Summit declaration of the BRICS countries that also asserted that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terror acts must be held accountable. In a significant diplomatic win for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was joined by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian ...

North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb on Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet. South Korea’s weather agency estimated the nuclear blast yield of the presumed test was between 50 and 60 kilotons, or five to six times stronger than North Korea’s ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi emplanes for China to attend the 9th BRICS Summit, in Xiamen, China on September 03, 2017. PM will also be on the state visit of Myanmar from 5-7 September 2017. In a series of Facebook posts from his account, the PM said: “I will visit Xiamen, China for the 9th BRICS ...

Over 1,000 business leaders including those from India and other emerging economies are expected to attend the eigth BRICS Business Forum tomorrow here on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the forum and deliver a keynote speech. “The forum is expected to gather a record 1,200 attendees, including representatives from ...

The European Union warned Britain today that negotiations over its exit from the bloc have so far failed to make enough headway for discussions on a future trade deal to begin in October. Following four days of talks, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said “we are far from seeing sufficient progress” for him to be able to tell ...

Residents of the Gulf Coast hunkered down late Friday amid dire warnings of a major natural disaster as Hurricane Harvey roared ashore as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds for a few hours before weakening as it slowly moved inland. The National Hurricane Center reported at 10 p.m. Central time that the center of the eye of the ...

President Donald Trump today vowed to boost US’ strategic partnership with India to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan and called on New Delhi to provide more economic assistance to the war-torn country. Trump, in his first prime-time televised address to the nation as commander-in-chief, laid out his South Asia policy saying a “critical part” of it was to further ...

India today said it will continue to engage with China to find a mutually acceptable solution to the Dokalam standoff, asserting that peace and tranquility on the border is an important pre-requisite for smooth bilateral relationship. “We will continue to engage with China to find a mutually acceptable solution,” MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said replying to a volley of questions ...