Meeting PNG Prime Minister James Marape, Blinken said the US would deepen its partnership across the board with PNG, and he expected partnerships with US businesses would bring tens of billions of dollars’ worth of new investment. After university students protested on campuses against the defence agreement on Monday, Marape …
Read More »Quad leaders vow to pursue region free of ‘intimidation and coercion’
From left, US President Joe Biden, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan on Saturday. Photo: Pool Photo via AP Source link
Read More »India’s Modi promises Ukraine’s Zelensky ‘we’ll do whatever we can’
‘India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of war,’ Modi said on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. Source link
Read More »Biden’s shorter Asia trip casts ‘cloud’ over US strategy in region
US president’s truncated visit is an ‘unwelcome reminder’ that Washington’s pledges to the region are at the mercy of ‘increasingly fickle politics on the US home front’. Source link
Read More »What’s Joe Biden up to on his 8-day trip to the Asia-Pacific?
The bombing destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people. The US dropped a second bomb three days later on Nagasaki, killing 70,000 more. Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945, ending World War II and the country’s nearly half-century of aggression in Asia. Biden will then make a brief and historic …
Read More »South Korean companies increasingly see India as viable alternative to China
South Korea’s then president Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet onlookers during their subway ride to the Samsung Electronics factory in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, on July 9, 2018. South Korean firms are increasingly looking to India as a target for investment and expansion. Photo: EPA-EFE Source …
Read More »India’s Modi offers condolences after boat capsizes in Kerala, killing 20
The double-decker tourist boat capsized late on Sunday in Tanur. ‘Condolences to the bereaved families,’ said Prime Minister Modi, adding that the next of kin of each victim would be entitled to compensation. Source link
Read More »The podcasting PM: when Narendra Modi speaks, India tunes in
To students fretting about exams, he may suggest diverting their minds to help them relax. “Exams are not everything. You, young Indians, should take up hobbies and travel to widen your horizons. Do something outside the box,” he told one student. Apart from the day-to-day worries of Indians, Modi sometimes …
Read More »India desperately wants to decouple from China. Here’s why it can’t
A new study from a state-backed Indian university found that some sectors of the country’s economy couldn’t function without Chinese imports. In other cases, Indian manufacturers said they actually preferred Chinese goods – even if they weren’t the cheapest option. Source link
Read More »Will Gandhi’s prison sentence deal a ‘death blow’ to India’s Congress party?
Gandhi risks being barred from contesting next year’s election if he fails to overturn his two-year jail sentence over remarks about the Modi name. Source link
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