India to resume export of vaccines from October

Highlights

• Narendra Modi promises the export of one billion Covid-19 vaccines
• India will send eight million doses of the Johnson & Johnson to Asia-Pacific countries

Foreign ministry officials in India said, that ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend Quad Leader’s summit, in Washington

Highlights

• PM Modi to attend the Quad Leader's Summit on September 24
• Modi will also be addressing the General Debate of the High-Level Segment

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will be visiting the United States of America, to atten...

COVID-19, CHINA, AFGHANISTAN, QUAD: SOME IMPORTANT TOPICS OF S JAISHANKAR'S MEETING WITH US OFFICIALS

After holding a meeting with the United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Friday met his American counterpart Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The top officials discussed several iss...

US HAS TAKEN NOTE OF CHINA'S WARNING BANGLADESH AGAINST JOINING THE QUAD SAYS AN OFFICIAL

Highlights

• Talking to the reporters at his daily news conference, the State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said the US has an incredibly strong relations with Bangladesh

• Price said the US took note of a Chinese diplomat’s statement that warned Bangladesh...

US WORKING WITH PARTNERS & ALLIES TO HOLD CHINA ACCOUNTABLE IN REGION: PRESIDENT BIDEN

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• US President said soon he will be inviting an alliance of democracies to come to Washington DC in order to discuss the future

• Biden also said that he would be preventing China from surpassing the United States and becoming the most powerful country in ...

US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS QUAD SUMMIT WENT VERY WELL

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• The first virtual summit of the Quad leaders went very well said the President of the United States, Joe Biden

• The representatives for the four-member have met periodically since its establishment in the year 2007

• President Biden said ...

CHALLENGE POSED BY CHINA WAS DISCUSSED AT QUAD SUMMIT SAYS US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR

Highlights

• Jake Sullivan said leaders of the Quad nations, US, India, Japan and Australia had discussed the challenge posed by China in the summit held virtually on Friday

• Sullivan addressed a White House briefing on Friday immediately after the historical virtua...

INAUGURAL QUAD SUMMIT TO ANNOUNCE VACCINE & CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES: US OFFICIALS

Highlights

• This virtual summit will be attended by the US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and their Australian counterpart Scott Morrison

• This virtual summit attended by four leaders would also la...

US DEFENCE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN TO VISIT INDIA IN COMING WEEK

Highlights

• This visit will also be the first in person visit from a cabinet member of the new Biden administration, which took over the White House on January 20

• This visit is likely takes place at a time when efforts are on to get the leaders of the US, Australi...

AUSTRALIA ON TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT RESEARCH INITIATIVE WITH QUAD PARTNERS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Australia plans to develop a technology network within its Quad partners as the tensions with its biggest trading partner heightened

The move has given direction to maintain critically its cybersecurity as the situation is sensitized...

QUAD NATIONS OPEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES THAT SUPPORT FREE & OPEN INDO-PACIFIC: U.S.

Highlights

• Stephen Beigun said the Quad is a partnership driven by shared interests, not binding obligations, and is not intended to be an exclusive grouping

• Beigun also said that the Quad partners could deepen engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian N...

AUSTRALIA PLANS CRUCIAL SUPPLY CHAIN TALKS WITH QUAD NATIONS

HIGHLIGHTS

• When the next meet in the coming month to Japan with like-minded partners, Australian Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, plans to trade notes with her partners on how her nation is taking care of straining relations with China.

Speciali...

CHINA BEING PIVOT OF DISCUSSIONS, QUAD MEET HELD ON 6TH OCTOBER

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ministers looking after Quad, the security discussion setup including nations like India, the US, Japan, and Australia, are required to hold much-anticipated talks in Tokyo on October 6 with the target of fixing vital collaboration and advance the obj...

AUSTRALIA TO JOIN THE QUAD WITH JAPAN, USA, AND INDIA TO STRENGTHEN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION

HIGHLIGHTS

• The global equation of many companies has changed since the pandemic stood out. The scene of Australia with China too got muddier as Australia asked about an investigation on the origin of coronavirus.  

The crumbling of tr...

POMPEO: QUAD, ASEAN COUNTRIES AGREE THAT CHINA MUST RESOLVE ITS SOUTH CHINA SEA ISSUE

Highlights:

•        Global alienation of China begins

•        International Maritime law is being emphasized as for resolving the South China Sea

 As the US continues to push for t...

SBI PROFIT QUADRUPLES TO RS 3,581 CRORE IN MARCH QUARTER

Highlights

• In the last year’s March quarter, SBI had reported profit of Rs 838.40 crore

• According to the biggest public sector bank, total 21.8 percent customers of SBI have availed the loan moratorium announced by the RBI

On Friday, results for t...