FGN29 RUSSIA-INDIAN STUDENTS-LD DROWN
* Four Indian medical students drown in Russia's St Petersburg
Moscow: Four Indian medical students drowned when they entered a fast-flowing river near St Petersburg in Russia, authorities said on Friday, in the worst tragedy to hit the Indian student community in the country. *
FGN14 NEPAL-ENVOYS-INDIA
* Nepal govt recalls 11 ambassadors, including from India
Kathmandu: Nepal government has recalled ambassadors from 11 countries, including those serving in India and the US and appointed under the Nepali Congress' quota, three months after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' terminated his alliance with the party and joined hands with KP Sharma Oli. *
FGN33 NEPAL-INDIA-PRACHANDA-VISIT
* Nepal PM Prachanda to travel to India on June 9 to attend PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony
Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' will undertake a three-day visit to India from Sunday during which he is scheduled to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official said. *
FGN18 US-INDIA-CHINA-LD TAIWAN
* 'Part of diplomatic business': US on China's objection to Modi-Lai exchange on Indian polls
Washington: Amid China's protest over the exchange of greetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, the US has said such congratulatory messages between two foreign leaders were part of "normal course of diplomatic business". *
FGN39 PAK-CHINA-CPEC
* China and Pakistan vow to protect CPEC from 'detractors and adversaries'
Islamabad/Beijing: Pakistan and China on Friday vowed to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from its "detractors and adversaries", as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang and assured Beijing of providing complete security to Chinese personnel working on the USD 65 billion project. *
FGN42 PAK-SC-IMRAN-KEJRIWAL
* Jailed Imran Khan invokes Kejriwal's example before Pak SC; says oppression meted to him
Islamabad: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has invoked the case of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal getting bail to campaign ahead of India's general elections, as he complained before the Supreme Court about the mistreatment meted to him in jail. *
FGN37 NEPAL-INDIA-BANGLA MP-SUSPECT
* Nepal extradites one of the prime accused in murder of Bangladesh MP in Kolkata: Report
Kathmandu: Nepal has extradited to India a Bangladeshi citizen, one of the main accused in the brutal murder of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata last month, a media report said here on Friday. *
FGN23 ZEKITEK-INDIA-RENEWABLE
* Indian-origin CEO of Australian firm ZekiTek says company eyes India's renewable energy market for expansion
Singapore: Brisbane-based renewable energy technology company ZekiTek is assessing the Indian market and plans to shift its manufacturing facility from the Australian city to India, the company's Indian-origin CEO Rikesh Ram said on Friday. * PY
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