The Hindu Morning Digest, November 17, 2023

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 17, 2023

A polling station is being decorated as part of the preparations on the eve of Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, in Indore on November 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI No bar on appointing people as judges for views held as party members: CJI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has responded to a query about … Read more

EAM Jaishankar discussed Khalistani activity with U.K.’s Cleverly, Barrow but denies reports he pressured Cameron

EAM Jaishankar discussed Khalistani activity with U.K.’s Cleverly, Barrow but denies reports he pressured Cameron

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with the U.K.’s National Security Adviser Tim Barrow in London. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to London included discussions on Khalistani separatist activity in the U.K., with the newly appointed Home Secretary James Cleverly and the National Security Adviser Tim Barrow. Specifically, Mr Jaishankar has … Read more

India, U.K. close to concluding FTA talks, working to iron out issues on IPRs, rules of origin

India, U.K. close to concluding FTA talks, working to iron out issues on IPRs, rules of origin

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a bilateral meeting on November 16, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. | Photo Credit: REUTERS India and the U.K. are “very close” to concluding negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement as both sides are working to iron out differences on issues including … Read more

U.K. govt. defends BBC’s independence, ties with India

U.K. govt. defends BBC’s independence, ties with India

U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. File photo | Photo Credit: AP The U.K. government on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, defended the independence of the BBC, and the relationship the U.K. had with India, after supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Modi government in India and the U.K. raised strong objections to a BBC … Read more

Book Review | India vs UK – The story of an unprecedented diplomatic win

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The book gives us a lesson in how to win friends and influence people. By (Mrs) Amb Narinder Chauhan,  Akbar and I, both batch mates, retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 2020, within one month of each other. Both of us hung up our boots as the world stumbled into the grip of the … Read more

Modi, UK foreign secy launch virtual vaccines hub to fight Covid 19, future pandemics

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The hub will also build partnerships to develop innovation ‘moonshots’ that can define vaccine delivery over the next decade and beyond. In a step towards strengthening collaboration on tackling Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday announced a virtual UK-India vaccines hub which will see experts from India … Read more