India rejects RCEP, 15 other nations including Singapore move closer to signing deal

The 15 member nations are working out the final details of the pact without India with a few issues to be resolved early next year with the deal to be finalised later in 2020 in Vietnam.

Modi calls for FTA rethink, greater links with ASEAN during his Thailand visit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his four-day trip to Thailand welcomed a decision for a relook at a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and called for greater connectivity with Southeast Asia.

PM Modi meets Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, tweets ‘India proud of his accomplishments’

Indian-American Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for Economics this year, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his Delhi residence on Tuesday morning.

Singapore DPM Heng meets Modi in New Delhi, discusses bilateral ties

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Singapore Heng Swee Keat called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier on Friday during his visit to New Delhi.

Need early results on trade issues, say Jaishankar and Pompeo after meeting

Pompeo and Jaishankar agreed that it is important for the larger India-US relationship to have some early results to address concerns on trade issues between the two countries.