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Petrotech 2019: India’s Energy Scenario Set To Improve

A highlight of the just concluded Petrotech 2019 was the offer of Venezuela to double its oil exports to India. Venezuela sent its oil minister, Manuel Quevedo, to India to attend the Petrotech for convincing refiners, to double their oil purchases from Venezuela. This is significant as originally the Venezuelan…

Posted on February 16, 2019February 15, 2019 by talksunit

Pakistan Behind Terror Attack In Pulwama

Over forty Indian soldiers belonging to the Central Reserve Police Force were martyred in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir by Pakistan backed terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). This was the most deadly ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) attack on Indian forces since the Uri attack on a BSF camp in Uri in September 2016. The…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by sanjiv

The Week In Parliament

The final session of the 16th Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) came to an end Wednesday with both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) adjourning Sine Die a few months ahead of the 2019 general elections in the country. In his farewell speech in the…

Posted on February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 by talksunit

Indian Agricultural Exports To China Gets A Boost

In the first nine months of the current financial year, India’s agricultural exports to China has seen a pleasant growth of about 70 per cent. In times of constant trade spate with the US; China has opened the door a little further for Indian agricultural produces. That China has almost given…

Posted on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by talksunit

Pakistan At It Again

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is at it once again! The Pakistani Prime Minister commented on the way minorities in India live in. The preposterous charge is an egregious insult to all Indians and totally out of sync with the harmonious existence of Indian citizens irrespective of their religious beliefs.…

Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by talksunit

China’s Absurd Protest

Predictably, China has protested the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Arunachal Pradesh who was in the north-eastern state to inaugurate a tunnel construction project at Se La, connecting Tawang to the rest of the state. The reaction from China is not new and can be seen as a…

Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 by talksunit

Onus For Dialogue On Pakistan

Pakistan has once again upped the ante against India. This is evident by the fact that the High Commissioner of Pakistan Sohail Mahmood was summoned to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with the leader of All Parties Hurriyat…

Posted on February 10, 2019February 9, 2019 by talksunit

India-Monaco Ties On The Upswing

Prince Albert II, the Head of state of Monaco is on a maiden visit to India. Although, India and Monaco have long relations, they established diplomatic relations only in 2007. Monaco is a tiny principality and is an independent city-state located on the famous French Riviera in Western Europe. It shares borders with France on three…

Posted on February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 by talksunit

Bangladesh Foreign Minister’s Visit And India-Bangladesh Relations

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen led a high-level delegation to New Delhi to attend the fifth meeting of Joint Consultative Commission; the ministerial level consultative body that closely steers Indo-Bangla bilateral relations. The two countries discussed issues of mutual concern and some MoUs were also signed. This was…

Posted on February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 by talksunit

India Launches Communications Sattelite

The successful launch of India’s 40th communication satellite, the GSAT-31 early on Wednesday was a crucial step to ensure uninterrupted communication services when the 11-year-old INSAT-4CR ceases to function at the end of its working life very soon. The satellite was launched by Ariane-5 rocket of Arianespace from the Guiana…

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