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Washington will ‘continue to support India’s rise and regional leadership’, says document The Biden administration announced its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Friday. The document focuses on building collective capacity to deal with challenges in the region — China’s assertiveness, the pandemic and climate change, among others.Also read: Quad meet focuses on Indo-Pacific cooperationThe policies set…Continue Reading

‘Devas action won’t delay Air India handover’, target remains January-end

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NEW DELHI: The government does not expect Air India’s handover to the Tatas getting delayed due to continuing legal action by shareholders of Devas Multimedia to seize Indian assets abroad. Officials in the know say the transition is going to happen “very soon”, with the earliest target being by the month-end. The board of AirAsia…Continue Reading

U.K. vows action if French ‘don’t back down’ in fishing row

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Britain on Monday warned France it will take action if Paris does not withdraw “unreasonable” threats to impose trade measures in an increasingly acrimonious row over post-Brexit fishing rights.President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that Britain must give ground in the dispute or France will trigger trade reprisals on Tuesday, saying: “The ball is in…Continue Reading

PM action plan: Single environment Act, birth certificate for citizenship, jobs clause in FTAs

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From linking birth certificates to citizenship to pushing for jobs while negotiating trade pacts, from promoting a ‘family database design’ to drafting a single environment Act that subsumes all other laws in the sector — the Centre has prepared a comprehensive 60-point action plan following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s marathon meeting with secretaries of all…Continue Reading

Action taken against shops selling fertilizers

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Action has been taken against 101 private shops selling fertilizers for not having complied with the fertiliser control order. A release issued by the State Agriculture and Family Welfare Department on Saturday stated that inspection was carried out in 3,391 shops on Friday. This followed the mechanism set up for farmers to address grievances related…Continue Reading