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Germany Recognises Covaxin For Travel

NEW DELHI: Germany has decided to recognize WHO-listed Covaxin for travelling to Germany from June 1, German Ambassador to India Walter J Linder said on Thursday. The German Embassy in New Delhi has been pushing for this decision to Berlin for a long time as thousands of Indian travellers, inoculated by Covaxin, waited for the […]

What US-Led IPEF Means For Members

NEW DELHI: India, which scaled back from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) at the final stage of negotiation, has become a strong stakeholder of the USA-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). US President Joe Biden kicked off the IPEF along with the representatives of the twelve other nations of the Indo-Pacific region, […]

India Will Export Surplus Wheat: Piyush Goyal in Davos

NEW DELHI: Union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday confirmed that India will continue to export surplus wheat to friendly countries, especially those who are in dire need of the food grain. “India will continue to export wheat to the governments which are in serious need of wheat, which are very friendly […]

PM Modi Urges PM Kishida To Ease Travel Restrictions

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan to further ease travel restrictions on travellers from India. During bilateral talks in Tokyo on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders’ Summit, PM Modi also appealed to his Japanese counterpart to facilitate quarantine free entry into Japan for the travellers from India, […]

West Focuses On Asia With Tokyo And Davos Summit In Same Week

This final week of May 2022 is quite significant. There is a WEF summit going on in Davos, while Tokyo just witnessed the formation of a new economic bloc that has 12 countries – one that is being called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework or IPEC. This summit was held on May 23 and was attended […]