The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
India’s maritime ambitions cannot be measured by a ceremonial warship commissioning or ambitious infrastructure announcements alone.
China’s latest economic numbers expose a contradiction that has been building for years.
The US President also alleged that intelligence referring to possible ballot manufacturing and efforts to influence journalists was withheld from him and Congress.
The Chinese Embassy also pointed to rising AI adoption, stronger manufacturing output, expanding trade with Africa and continued investment in research and development as evidence that China's economic momentum remains intact despite growing global protectionism.
Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, displayed the book outside Parliament and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not fulfilling his responsibility during the India-China military standoff, which started along the Line of Actual Control in April-May 2020 in Ladakh.
With the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections firmly on the horizon, Union home minister Amit Shah is set to sound the BJP’s poll bugle in North Bengal with a closed-door organisational meeting in Siliguri on 31 January, bringing together over 5,000 party leaders from booth to district levels.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has no intention of pursuing a free-trade deal with China, and a recently signed deal with Beijing amounted to a rectification of existing issues.
China has placed a senior PLA general under investigation, triggering scrutiny over corruption, alleged leaks, and President Xi Jinping’s broader military crackdown.
Deng Xiaoping’s “Opening Up” reforms in 1978 enabled China to develop export-oriented manufacturing hubs, establish Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in coastal areas for foreign investment, capitalize on its abundant low-cost labour, and strategically build world class infrastructure.
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