Third IT corridor in China
India has launched its third IT corridor in China. The corridor will facilitate partnerships between Indian and Chinese companies.
India-Saudi Arabia relations
India invited Saudi Arabia to invest in its strategic oil storage even as it looks to resurrect a $44 billion (Rs. 3.08 lakh crore) refinery project with the world’s largest oil producer after the Maharashtra government denied land at the initial site.
U.S. moves to get China’s support for listing Azhar
The United States is working to convince China to allow the listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar by the UNSC 1267 Committee.
U.S. wants more ‘irreversible action’ on terror from Pakistan
The U.S. has noted Pakistan’s recent action against terrorists and terror organizations, including the detention of 44 individuals connected to terror groups, but want to see sustained and irreversible action.
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he intends to end preferential trade terms for India under the U.S.’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme.
India-Pakistan relations post Balakot
With military action against the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) training camp in Balakot “over”, the government is now focussed on a multi-pronged diplomatic drive across world capitals to ensure that the UNSC lists JeM chief Masood Azhar as a terrorist.
Pakistan over Terrorist Organisations
Facing severe pressure from the Financial Action Task Force, and calls from a number of countries to crack down on terror groups, the Pakistan government passed an order to effectively ban Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) offshoots Jamat-ud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF).
China, U.S. close to trade deal
The Trump administration is close to a trade deal with China that would roll back tariffs on both sides of the Pacific.
China offered mediation between India and Pakistan
China reiterated that it would continue to play a “constructive role in its own way” to ease tensions between India and Pakistan.
India fortifying case against JeM
As India, supported by France, prepares a fresh proposal to place Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar on the ban list operated by the UNSC’s 1267 committee, security agencies are putting together new details of the outfit’s threat not only to India but also to the West.