Author: Neha

Russia’s Central Bank Governor, Elvira Nabiullina said on Wednesday that there were no reasons for Russia to be added to the Black List by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). She said that there are no objective, technical reasons for adding Russia to the “Black List” and that Moscow had implemented an effective system to counter money laundering. She also said that this decision is going to be a politically motivated one and if it is decided so, it of course will have negative consequences for Russia. FATF suspended Russia’s membership in February stating that Russia’s actions in Ukraine are…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended a programme in Chennai to mark 9 years of NDA government in Tamil Nadu. While addressing a public meeting there, he touched on various achievements of the government in the last decade, especially in the defence sector. He focused on how we are aiming on self-reliance in defence sector through our defence industrial corridors. In his address to public, Singh proudly states that India along with leaving behind Britan in becoming the 5th largest economy, it also remains the fastest growing large economy. He mentions that earlier India was known as defence importer but now…

India gifts indigenously-buit-in-service Missile Corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam. This will be a milestone in enhancing the capabilities of Vietnam People’s Navy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced the decision after he held talks with his counterpart from Vietnam General Phan Van Giang on Monday, who is currently on a two-day official visit to India.  As part of his engagements, the Defence Minister of Vietnam also visited DRDO headquarters and discussed ways to enhance defence industrial capabilities by cooperation in defence research and joint production. Progress on various bilateral defence cooperation initiatives was reviewed during the meeting, with both sides expressing…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to G20 counterparts proposing full membership to the African Union at the upcoming Delhi Summit of G20 as requested by them. Currently, only one country from the Union, that is South Africa holds membership in G20. Other countries like US, France, Japan, China, and Indonesia have also supported full membership of AU in the G20. The upcoming G20 Summit India currently holds G20 Presidency and is going to host the upcoming G20 summit in September. As part of India’s G20 presidency, PM Modi has been particularly focusing on incorporating priorities of the African countries…

Rajnath Singh will hold bilateral talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Giang on the 19th of June