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     FGN10: US-JAISHANKAR-CHINA
     Very gross oversimplification, misleading to make India-US relations about China: EAM Jaishankar
     New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that it is a “very gross oversimplification” and “even misleading at times” to make the India-US relationship about China.*
    
     FGN7: US-JAISHANKAR-TRADE
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Will have to watch this space for next few days: EAM Jaishankar on India-US trade deal
     New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has expressed hope that trade negotiations between India and the US would reach a "successful conclusion", emphasising the need for the two countries to find a “meeting ground”.*
    
     FGN6: US-JAISHANKAR-PAK
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Pahalgam attack was act of economic warfare: EAM Jaishankar
     New York: The Pahalgam terror attack was an act of economic warfare meant to destroy tourism in Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, asserting that India has made it clear that it will not allow nuclear blackmail to prevent it from responding to terror emanating from Pakistan.*
    
     FGN34: PAK-LD UNSC
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Pakistan starts UNSC presidency from Tuesday for July
     Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday said that it assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of July with a “sense of purpose, humility and conviction” to promote respect of law and multilateralism.*
    
     FGN38: PAK-INDIA-PRISONERS
     Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners in each other's custody
     Islamabad: Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged the lists of prisoners in each other's custody, with Islamabad submitting names of 246 Indian or believed-to-be-Indian detainees, including 53 civilians and 193 fishermen.

    
     FGN21: LANKA-INDIAN-FISHERMEN
    
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 7 Indian fishermen for alleged illegal fishing
     Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday said it arrested seven Indian fishermen and seized their trawler for allegedly poaching in the island nation's waters in the second such incident within a week.

    
     FGN35: PAK-MILITANTS-ATTACK
    
* Militants in Pakistan storm police station, set fire to banks, killing a boy
     Quetta: Dozens of militants armed with guns and rockets stormed a police station and set fire to two banks in restive southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing a boy and wounding nine others before fleeing, officials said.(AP)**

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