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Worker inspects a restored part of the Great Wall in Xiangshuihu in Huairou District. (Photo: AFP)

Mules, tools and old bricks: Rebuilding Great Wall of China

It attracts around 10 mn tourists per year -- but the swell of visitors, combined with age and weathering, has left...

28 Jun 2019 10:26 PM IST

During their meeting, the two leaders expressed mutual desire to synergise Indias Act East Policy with South Koreas New Southern Policy. (Photo: File | AP)

PM Modi meets South Korea President, discusses ways to enhance trade...

Main focus of India's Act East Policy is to shift country's trading focus from west and neighbours to booming South East...

28 Jun 2019 7:54 PM IST

The three countries, in a joint communique of the 16th Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China, strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. (Photo: AFP)

PM Modi discusses counter-terror, climate change with Vladimir Putin,...

PMâ€‰Modi, who is in Osaka, Japan for the G-20 Summit, hosted the two leaders for an informal RIC (Russia-India-China)...

28 Jun 2019 4:30 PM IST

This was Modis first meeting with Trump after the BJPs landslide win in the parliamentary election. (Photo: Twitter | Raveesh Kumar)

G-20 Summit: India-Russia deal for S-400 missile didn't figure in...

The S-400 is known as Russia's most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system.

28 Jun 2019 12:09 PM IST

During their meeting, the two leaders expressed mutual desire to synergise Indias Act East Policy with South Koreas New Southern Policy. (Photo: Twitter | Raveesh Kumar)

G-20 Summit: Modi meets South Korean Prez Moon, discusses ways to...

Main focus of India's Act East Policy is to shift country's trading focus from west and neighbours to booming South East...

28 Jun 2019 12:03 PM IST

The trilateral meeting between the leaders was the second Japan-America-India or JAI meeting. (Photo: PIB India | Twitter)

G-20 Summit: Modi, Trump, Shinzo Abe focus on Indo-Pacific during...

During the Japan-America-India trilateral meeting, PM Modi highlighted 'the importance India attaches to' the grouping.

28 Jun 2019 11:53 AM IST

The meet between the two leaders is significant as multiple disagreements have cropped up between India and the US, including trade tariffs and an arms deal with Russia. (Photo: File)

'You deserve it': Donald Trump to PM Modi on election mandate

In the recent general elections, PM Modi's BJP had scored a victory bigger than in 2014 and emerged as the...

28 Jun 2019 10:58 AM IST

The Prime Minister said that he wants to discuss Iran, 5G, bilateral relations and defence ties with Trump. (Photo: AP)

G-20 Summit: PM Modi, Donald Trump hold talks; discuss trade, defence

Modi thanked Trump for expressing his 'love towards India' in a letter recently delivered by US Secretary of State Mike...

28 Jun 2019 9:07 AM IST

Trump is scheduled to hold nine bilateral meetings, with nations such as Japan, China and Russia, at the June 28-29 G-20 summit. (Photo: ANI)

G-20 Summit: Trump meets Abe amid controversy over Japan-US security...

'If Japan is attacked, we will fight World War III,' Trump said.

28 Jun 2019 8:58 AM IST

The Prime Minister is in Osaka for the G-20 Summit. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

G-20 Summit: 'Terrorism biggest threat to humanity,' says PM Modi

Speaking at the informal BRICS leaders' meeting in Osaka, PM said that there is need to stop all mediums of support to...

28 Jun 2019 8:53 AM IST

The Prime Minister initiated the meeting with the US President with expressing his gratitude over the latters congratulatory remarks on securing a landslide victory in the recently held general elections in India. (Photo: ANI)

G-20 Summit: Iran, 5G, defence among top agendas for Modi-Trump meet

On his part, President Trump assured Modi that Washington and New Delhi would continue to work closely on trade and...

28 Jun 2019 8:50 AM IST

At present, nearly one million Rohingyas are forced to take shelter in Bangladesh after Myanmars army, responding to attacks by an armed group, launched a brutal campaign against the Muslim minorities in the Rakhine state in 2017. (Photo: ANI)

Myanmar puts down ICC's demand for full investigation on Rohingyas

UN investigators have separately called for the prosecution of top Myanmar generals for 'genocide'.

27 Jun 2019 9:37 PM IST