Tag: India
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China and India should manage their differences, Xi tells Modi in first formal talks in 5 years
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Wednesday to boost communication and cooperation between their countries and resolve conflicts to help improve ties that were damaged by a deadly military clash in 2020. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia for their first formal talks in…
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India says it has reached deal with China to resolve border conflict
NEW DELHI, India — India and China have reached a deal on patrolling their disputed frontier to end a four-year military stand-off, the Indian foreign minister said Monday, paving the way for improved political and business ties between the Asian giants. The news came on the eve of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to…
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India says ‘enough’ after fake bomb threats against almost 100 flights
NEW DELHI — India has vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that disrupted dozens of flights in recent days, resulting in huge financial losses for airlines and hours of delays for passengers whose flights were sometimes escorted by fighter jets. More than 90 flights from Indian airports have received bomb threats in…
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Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader
NEW DELHI/OTTAWA — Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, on Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada. Earlier in the day, India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats, including the acting high commissioner,…
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Dozens of children drown during Hindu festival in India
LUCKNOW, India — At least 46 people, most of them children, have drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by recent floods during the observance of a Hindu religious festival celebrated by millions in north India, authorities said Thursday. The dead include 37 children and seven women who drowned on Wednesday in the eastern…