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US Defence Secy meets PM Modi, expresses desire to enhance strategic partn
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New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Lloyd James Austin III met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and expressed America's strong desire to further enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries for peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific re
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Indo-Pacific countries gear up for Chinese threats
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Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): China has become the main threat across a wide arc of the Indo-Pacific. This has stirred its neighbouring countries - stretching from India in the southwest to Japan in the northeast, to form an effective bulwark against Chinese expansionism.
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European nations signal united opposition against China's intimidation in
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Canberra [Australia], March 19 (ANI): In a united opposition against China's intimidation in the South China Sea, the UK, France and Germany are sending warships to the South China Sea to pushback Beijing's assertiveness in the region.
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Make in India, Asia Pacific, technology transfer on table during Rajnath-
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New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): The meeting between US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin and his Indian counterpart Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to take place at 11 am in South Block on Saturday.
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Connectivity forms an important pillar of India's Act East Policy, says Se
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New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Connectivity forms an important pillar of India's Act East Policy and its doctrine of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR), which form the building blocks for India's Indo-Pacific Vision, said Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East), Ministry of Ext
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Traditional lenders retake digital initiative in A-Pac: S&P
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Melbourne [Australia], March 18 (ANI): The pure-play virtual banks are getting squeezed just as the pandemic is hitting their nascent business models, according to S&P Global Ratings.
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Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg's 'Masters of the Air' casts Anthony Boyle
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Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): Anthony Boyle, best known for his role as Scorpius Malfoy in the English play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child', has now been signed to star in Apple's World War II drama 'Masters of the Air'. The series will be a continuation of the 'Band of Brothers', 'Th
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Australia to ask AstraZeneca, EU for 1 million vaccine doses for Papua New
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Canberra [Australia], March 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia will ask AstraZeneca and the European authorities to divert 1 million contracted COVID-19 vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea (PNG) amid worsening epidemiological situation in the southwestern Pacific nation, Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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British PM expected to visit India on April 26
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New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to visit India on April 26.
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Japanese PM Suga to 'soon' visit US to reaffirm bond between both countrie
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Tokyo [Japan], March 16 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday said that he would soon visit Washington to meet US President Joe Biden, and hoped to make it a significant opportunity to reaffirm the bond between both the countries.
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US, Japan share concerns about China's 'disruptive' actions in Indo-Pacifi
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Washington DC [US], March 16 (ANI): Senior US and Japanese officials during high-level security talks on Tuesday discussed their shared concerns over China's "disruptive" activities in the Indo-Pacific region and committed to opposing coercion behaviour toward others in the region.
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Boris Johnson to visit India in April as UK aims to counter China: Report
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London [UK], March 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India in April to boost UK opportunities in the region and to create a democratic counterweight to China, Reuters reported.
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