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New India-Bangldesh waterway operational; enhances transit and connectivity

The first consignment of goods from Bangladesh arrived in Tripura by waterway on Saturday as part of a trial run for shipping of goods from other parts of India to the northeast region via Bangladesh formally making operational of new waterways between the two neighbours

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India hands back Bangladeshis held for illegal entry

In a friendly gesture, India has returned five Bangladeshi nationals to their country after they illegally entered Indian territory

Indian, Chinese, Pakistani militaries to exercise together in Russia

Even as India finds itself in border confrontations with China and Pakistan, its armed forces will carry out drills with these countries' militaries next month in Russia in a unique military exercise with SCO nations

India, Nepal to expand energy cooperation, explore new pipeline

The atmosphere of mistrust between India and Nepal over border issues has not impacted energy sector cooperation between the two countries as both have decided to explore the possibility of another petroleum pipeline to feed the growing fuel demand in the Himalayan nation

India reviews progress of the project to construct a surgical unit to Batticaloa Teaching Hospital

The Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting for construction of surgical unit at Sri Lanka's Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, chaired by Vinod K. Jacob, india's Deputy High Commissioner, held at High Commission of India on 19 August 2020, reviewed the progress of implementation of the Project

Chaman crossing point between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopens for trades, passengers

The Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing point was reopened for both traders and passengers, officials confirmed on Friday

Sastodeal partners with Flipkart to bring Made-in-India products to Nepal

Sastodeal, a leading local e-commerce company in Nepal, and Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace have officially entered into a strategic partnership to initiate cross-border trade opportunities for its lakhs of sellers

500 Indians stranded in Bangladesh due to coronavirus leave through Benapole

Five hundred Indian nationals who were stranded for nearly five months in Bangladesh due to coronavirus outbreak left Bangladesh through Benapole land port -- between yesterday morning and this noon

Pakistan bars citizens of Israel, India in outsourcing of airports

With a plan to set up Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA), the government has placed a bar on involving citizens of Israel and India in the process of outsourcing Pakistani airports

India, Bangladesh explore closer cooperation for mutual development

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka

Air India to resume scheduled operation to Maldives on Friday

Air India will resume scheduled flights to the Maldives on Friday

India, Bangladesh explore expansion of development partnership

India and Bangladesh on Tuesday decided to expand their economic and development partnership in the post-Covid situation as PM Sheikh Hasina met Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla in what was her first meeting with a visiting dignitary since the outbreak of the pandemic

Bangladesh to discuss Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine trial with India

Dhaka is set to discuss the trial of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, millions of doses of which will be produced by India’s Serum Institute if successful in tests, in Bangladesh

India's BSF rescues Bangladeshi woman ‘trafficked’ into India

India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel rescued a Bangladeshi woman who was trafficked into India from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, an official said today

Indian company files for arbitration against Maldives government

An Indian company Lucky Exports has filed an arbitration claim against the Maldives government

After a month of medical care, India sends Pakistani ship master back home

In a display of humanitarian benevolence, India on Monday sent back a Pakistani ship master almost a month after he was rescued by the Indian Coast Guard and hospitalised in a medical emergency in Visakhapatnam