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PM Modi to meet Russian president Putin at Sochi's seaside resort

MEA announced the informal summit and said that it "will be an important occasion for the two leaders to exchange views on international matters in a broad and long-term perspective with the objective of further strengthening our Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership" May 15, 2018
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Sensex, Nifty rise on likely BJP win in Karnataka

The 10-year benchmark bond yield rose 7 basis points to 7.90 percent, its highest in nearly 33 months, while the rupee fell to a near 16-month low of 67.7975 against the dollar before recovering sharply to 67.5350 on likely intervention by the central bank. May 15, 2018
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CBI charges former PNB head, 21 others in bank fraud case

PNB, India's second-largest state-run bank, had revealed earlier this year that two jewellery groups had defrauded it by raising credit from overseas branches of other Indian banks using illegal guarantees issued by rogue PNB staff over several years. May 15, 2018
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Walmart may launch IPO for Flipkart in as early as 4 years

Walmart announced earlier this week that it will pay $16 billion for a roughly 77 percent stake in Flipkart in what is the US retail giant's largest-ever deal and a move to take on arch-rival Amazon.com Inc in a key growth market. May 13, 2018
Is Trump Destroying Obamas Foreign Policy Legacy?

Is Trump Destroying Obamas Foreign Policy Legacy?

Former U.S. Ambassador to the E.U., James Dobbins, weighs in on President Trumps decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, the latest move by this administration to diminish President Obamas legacy. May 12, 2018
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Modi to launch work on Nepal's biggest power plant

India has been slow to implement projects despite ambitious plans, and it has also often been a target of Nepali politicians critical of what they see as meddling by their overweening, much bigger neighbor. May 11, 2018
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India celebrates 20 years of Pokhran-II: Here's how it all began

Pokhran-II witnessed five nuclear bomb test explosions between May 11 and May 13, 1998. This is not the first nuclear test conducted by India – Pokhran-I (codename - Smiling Buddha) was conducted on 18 May 1974. However, India did not declare itself a nuclear-weapons enabled country in that year. May 11, 2018