SOURCE: REUTERS

The idea of the BRICS group ever challenging the US dollar is for the fairies as long as China and India remain so divided and refuse to cooperate on trade, the former Goldman Sachs economist who came up with the BRIC acronym told Reuters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is using the summit of BRICS leaders to show that Western attempts to isolate Russia over the Ukraine war have failed and that Russia is building ties with the rising powers of Asia.

SOURCE: ANI

Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi during his visit to the National Defence College, UAE, interacted with the Commandant, Brig Gen Staff Saeed Hassan M Al Yammahi, faculty and Staff on Tuesday.

During the visit, the Indian Navy chief was given an overview of organisation and course structure at NDC UAE. He highlighted opportunities for mutual learning and experience sharing between the institutions of higher learning in India and the UAE.

SOURCE: ANI

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India wants to enhance its influence in the world as one in every six persons is Indian and the world cannot ignore India’s economy.

While participating in a panel discussion on the ‘Bretton Woods Institutions at 80: Priorities for the Next Decade’, organised by the Center for Global Development on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Annual Meetings 2024 in Washington, DC, Ms Sitharaman stated that no country, whether US which is far away or China which is very close cannot ignore India.

SOURCE: PTI

Days after the Ganderbal terror attack, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said Jammu and Kashmir is bearing the brunt of the animosity between India and Pakistan, and reconciliation between the two is the only way to stop such incidents.

Seven people a local doctor and six non-local labourers were killed and five injured when terrorists attacked their camp in Gund in Ganderbal district on Sunday. The labourers were working on a tunnel project.

SOURCE: IANS

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday released the photographs of two foreign terrorists involved in the Sunday terrorist attack on a workers’ camp in the Ganderbal district, leaving seven people dead and several others injured.

The photographs were developed from footage recorded by CCTV cameras installed inside the camp in Gagangir area in Ganderbal. The police had said earlier that two foreign terrorists had entered the workers’ camp in the evening and fired indiscriminately at civilians. Seven people, including six non-local workers and a local doctor were killed in the attack, and four others were injured.

SOURCE: PTI

A special court has convicted a man from Gujarat for conspiring with Pakistan-backed ISI agents to carry out terrorist acts in the country, a statement issued by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said.

Rajakbhai Kumbhar is the second accused to be convicted in the case which was registered by the NIA in 2020, it said. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment by the special NIA court on Tuesday under different provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, with a maximum sentence of six years, the statement said.

SOURCE: PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold bilateral talks on Wednesday on the margins of the Brics summit in Russia, in their first structured meeting since the eastern Ladakh border row erupted in May 2020.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri made the announcement, a day after India and China firmed up an agreement on patrolling by their militaries along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, in a major breakthrough to end the over four-year standoff.

SOURCE: PTI

The US has said it would not be fully satisfied until there is “meaningful accountability” resulting from India’s investigations into the alleged foiled plot to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil.

The Indian government has denied its association or involvement with such a plot to kill an American national on US soil. Following allegations by the US, New Delhi had set up an inquiry committee to investigate the matter.

SOURCE: ANI

The US has said that it will continue to work and have “strong positive relationship with India, Brazil and South Africa.

While addressing a media briefing on Tuesday (local time), US Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that US works bilaterally with the countries in a number of key areas. He noted that US intends to manage its relationship and competition with China responsibly.

SOURCE: PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, October 22 reiterated to Russian President Vladimir Putin that India is ready to provide any possible assistance in the future to resolve the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

“We are in regular contact regarding the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. As I have said before, we believe that problems should be resolved peacefully. We fully support the earliest possible establishment of peace and stability. In all our efforts, we give priority to humanity, and we are ready to provide any possible assistance in the future,” said PM Modi in his opening remarks at the bilateral meeting with Putin at the Governor’s Palace in Kazan.

SOURCE: PTI

Union Minister of Civil Aviation K Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday said India has totally banned the import of drones to encourage local talent to manufacture them.

Addressing the two-day national drone summit at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh, the Civil Aviation Minister noted that the government banned drone imports as it does not want some other country or company to benefit at the cost of India.

SOURCE: PTI

One worker was killed and another was missing while 14 others were injured in a powerful blast at Ordnance Factory Khamaria in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district on Tuesday morning, October 22 officials said.

Of those injured, one was in ICU, they said. The factory’s general manager M N Haldar said the explosion took place during the “boil out” process of a Russian missile around 10.45 AM. It was a regular process, being carried out on a daily basis, he said.

SOURCE: IANS

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes “good neighbourly relations” between India and China will be strengthened following their agreement on border de-escalation, his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday.

“We certainly welcome any positive engagement between the nations of China and India, and we hope that the process of good neighborly relations will be strengthened,” he said at the daily UN briefing. The neighbours reached an agreement on patrolling along the nearly 3,500-km Line of Actual Control to end the four-year-long border confrontation that led to a fatal clash.

SOURCE: PTI

Based on the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s direction, a man accused of raising a pro-Pakistan slogan, reached a police station here on Tuesday and saluted the national flag 21 times by raising the ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ slogan.

The man, Faizan, was directed by the high court last week to salute the tricolour and raise the ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ slogan on every first and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Misrod police station here.

SOURCE: PTI

Anil Ambani’s flagship firm, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, on Tuesday announced its plan to invest Rs 10,000 crore over the next ten years to establish India’s largest integrated project in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, for the manufacturing of explosives, ammunition, and small arms.

The company has been allotted 1,000 acres of land in the Watad Industrial Area of Ratnagiri to develop the Dhirubhai Ambani Defence City (DADC). “DADC will be the largest greenfield project in the defence sector in India by any private sector company,” the firm stated. Reliance Infrastructure joins industry giants like Tata Group, Adani, and Larsen & Toubro in the defence manufacturing sector.