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trade agreement in goods will be held in November, an official statement said on Saturday. The third round of the negotiations was concluded on August 1 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Eight sub-committees have been constituted under the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee for undertaking negotiations on different areas related to the review of the pact. «The next meeting of the AITIGA (Asean-India Trade in Goods Agreement) Joint Committee will be held in India from 19-22 November 2024,» the Commerce Ministry said.

food inflation in India as analysts track food inflation with thali prices. Persistent food inflation has made the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) hard in large measure due to prices of vegetables which are perishable in nature and also subject to vagaries of weather which have been made worse by climate change. Another item on the thali which keeps its price high is pulses, especially tur (also called arhar) dal which India imports in large measure. In June, prices of pulses surged 21.64% year-on-year, more than double the 9.21% increase seen a year ago, according to government data. India imported all major pulses, including tur, urad, masoor, chana and yellow peas, in 2023-24 due to low domestic production on account of erratic rainfall, spending around $3.74 billion during the financial year.

MAE SOT, Thailand—In late December, Guracha Belachew Bersha helped lead a small but brazen rebellion. He’d been enslaved for 16 months in a twisted new criminal empire in which Chinese gangsters traffic people from around the world, often to remote and lawless parts of Southeast Asia, and force them to sit at computers all day scamming strangers online. The cyber frauds they’re forced to commit are called pig butchering, named for the way the perpetrators fatten up their victims by gaining their trust before taking their money and cutting them loose.

foreign direct investments from China, and the government can consider FDI applications from Beijing in sectors involving high-end technologies like electric vehicles and batteries, which are not available in other nations, an official said. China has some modern capital equipment of different types, which can be important for India.

COCOMI) a valley-based Meitei organization has sought withdrawal of Assam Rifles from Manipur.

South China Sea, escalating fighting in Myanmar, and regional rivalry. Meetings on Saturday will bring together in the same room allies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations — including the United States, China, Russia, Japan, India and Australia — to bolster their relationships and discuss key security issues and other regional affairs.

Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that India will contribute one million dollars to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to provide support for heritage conservation in countries, especially of the Global South. Speaking at the inauguration of the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi today, PM Modi said that India considers the preservation of global heritage as its responsibility, and hence, is providing support for heritage conservation not only in India but also in countries of the Global South. «India considers the preservation of global heritage as its responsibility, and hence, we are providing support for heritage conservation not only in India but also in countries of the Global South. India is assisting in the conservation of many heritages like Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Cham Temples in Vietnam, and Bagan Stupa in Myanmar. In this direction, I am making an announcement. India will contribute one million dollars to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. This grant will be used for capacity building, technical assistance, and the conservation of world heritage sites,» PM Modi said.

China and Bangladesh are reaffirming their ties during a visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Beijing as tensions rise in the region over territorial disputes and resources

Mint examines this question and more. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was formed in 2001. It evolved from an earlier avatar known as the Shanghai Five, comprising Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and China.

India on Thursday made a big push to connect South Asia with SE Asia through The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar hosting his counterparts from the group's member states, including Myanmar, and exploring possibility of expanding the group to include three SE Asian states that have Bay of Bengal linkages. In his opening remarks at the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers' Retreat Jaishankar called upon the BIMSTEC countries to come up with own solutions which becomes even more imperative given the current global and regional scenario. «The BIMSTEC Charter, for a start, has come into effect from May 20 this year. The global and regional developments also make it imperative that we find more solutions amongst ourselves.»

Dalai Lama's next move. Their top-of-the-mind question is whether the Tibetan leader will be announcing his successor. Supporters of the 14th Dalai Lama, which include US lawmakers, are worried that China will try to beat him in the race and declare its own 15th Dalai Lama. 'They have even attempted to insert themselves into the succession of the Dalai Lama. We will not let that happen,' said Republican chair of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul. For Tibetans living in China and spread across several countries, the Dalai Lama is a 'living Buddha' and represents the symbol of Tibetan identity and Chinese repression. He escaped from Tibet to India in 1959 after Chinese troops took over Tibet and indulged in a bloodbath.

Myanmar’s state-run media say the country's military government has arrested a Japanese business executive, along with dozens of local businessmen, for allegedly selling rice at prices well above the officially regulated ones

A report by a U.N. expert on human rights says that Thai banks have become the main supplier of international financial services for Myanmar’s military government, enabling it to purchase goods and equipment to carry out its increasingly bloody war aga...

Teesta river, moving ahead to start negotiations on a comprehensive trade pact and boosting defence ties were among major outcomes of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Saturday. The two sides signed 10 agreements providing for bolstering ties in a range of critical areas such as digital domain, maritime sphere, blue economy, railways, space, green technology, health and medicine. Both sides also firmed up a «futuristic vision» for bringing transformative cooperation between the two «trusted» neighbours in a raft of new areas. A major focus of the talks between the two prime ministers was to explore ways to shore up India-Bangladesh cooperation in digital and energy connectivity even as both sides resolved to work towards peaceful management of borders between the two countries.

A sector’s contribution is traditionally assessed through economic metrics. However, in today’s complex geopolitical landscape, the significance of port infrastructure transcends these measures. This sector holds strategic importance for India’s economic vitality, geopolitical influence and national security.

Sri Lankan community in New York City probably gravitated to Staten Island, just below Manhattan because of cheaper rents, but there might be other reasons why the place feels familiar. One of the best ways to get a good meal in New York is to board the Staten Island ferry. It’s free, you pass the Statue of Liberty and at the other end are a bunch of great Sri Lankan restaurants. You can savour their curries with their distinctive deeply roasted spices and the underlying umami note from the grated dried tuna called Maldi fish, enjoy the hoppers (appams) and rich coconut rice and finish with one of the best desserts ever, thick yoghurt with kithul (fishtail palm syrup). And you can wonder why Staten Island has more Sri Lankan restaurants than all of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third swearing-in saw heads of neighbouring South Asian countries appear as guests. It might have been more meaningful without the one obvious omission, but it still seemed a gesture towards something that has almost vanished — the idea of South Asia beyond just how the countries affect each other on a political level. There are links of history, geography, cultural exchange, personal histories, environmental connections and, yes, food that also count in the South Asian space.

Myanmar, once a thriving emerging economy, is struggling to regain momentum as the country's civil war increasingly disrupts trade and livelihoods

Manipur government has deported around 38 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday.

Singapore Airlines has sent offers of compensation to passengers on board a flight last month that encountered severe turbulence that led to dozens of injuries and one death, the carrier said on Tuesday.

BJP, having secured more than 272 seats on its own in both 2014 and 2019, was not concerned with political stability. However, in his first speech after the results on Tuesday, Modi emphasized that India would continue to look outward, seeking to integrate into global value chains and assist countries in need. For the world, Modi is someone they have engaged with for the past decade, someone they have done business with and hence predictable to work with.

A preliminary investigation says the Singapore Airlines plane that ran into turbulence last week went through huge changes in gravitational force, leaving one passenger dead and many others injured