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Following are the top foreign stories at 1730 hours
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....ollowing are the top foreign stories at 1730 hours<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 21-4-2025<BR>PTI<BR>FGN18 BIZ-FM-BHARAT (RPT) Primary focus of Modi govt to transform India into Viksit Bharat by 2047: Sitharaman San Francisco: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Modi government’s primary focus is to transform India into a developed nation by 2047, with a strong focus on sunris....
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....e sectors to drive this objective. FGN37 ISRAEL-INDIA-HERZOG Israeli President urges India to deepen ties by working together on geostrategic issues Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday urged India to further deepen bilateral ties by working together on geostrategic issues, especially emphasising on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) project, which he de....
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....scribed as the "future of the world". FGN45 BIZ-FM-TRADE PACT India actively engaging with US; hopes to sign first phase of bilateral pact by Oct: FM San Francisco: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said India is "actively engaging" with the new US administration and hopes to conclude the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement "positively" by fall (September-October) ....
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....this year. FGN44 CHINA-TARIFFS-LD COUNTERMEASURES China threatens to retaliate against countries striking trade deals with US at its expense Beijing: China on Monday threatened to impose countermeasures on countries seeking to strike trade deals with the US at its expense in order to get American tariff exemptions. FGN7 UN-INDIA-JOBS (RPT) India has to generate 8 mln jobs per yea....
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....r for next 10-12 years: Chief Economic Advisor Nageswaran New York: India has to generate 8 million jobs per year at least for the next 10-12 years and raise the share of manufacturing in GDP as it strives to achieve the vision of becoming a developed country by 2047, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India V Anantha Nageswaran said. FGN40 LD RAHUL Very clear EC is compromised:....
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.... Rahul Gandhi in US; BJP calls him 'traitor' Boston/New Delhi: The Election Commission is "compromised", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged at an event in the US as he attacked the poll panel citing turnout figures in the Maharashtra election, drawing a strong reaction from the BJP which called him a "traitor". FGN39 RUSSIA-POPE FRANCIS-PUTIN Russian President Putin condoles death of P....
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....ope Francis Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday condoled the death of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 on Monday. FGN23 LANKA-CARDINAL-EASTER ATTACKS Sri Lanka Cardinal presses for dismantling of ‘deep state’ over Easter Sunday probe Colombo: Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of the local Catholic church, on Monday pressed for the dismantling of what he calle....
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....d a "deep state" within Sri Lanka, which he alleged was responsible for preventing a credible investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. FGN19 PAK-POLIO-CAMPAIGN Pak health minister says poliovirus samples detected in all Karachi districts ahead of vaccination campaign Karachi: Pakistan's Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Monday highlighted the urgent need for action to combat pol....
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....io and said environmental samples detected the presence of the poliovirus in all districts of Karachi. PY PY<BR> News - Press release - PIB....