Daily Newsletter | Thursday, October 19, 2017
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| India, European Union restart talks on civil nuclear agreement |
| The India-EU civil nuclear agreement focuses on nuclear safety and “non-power technologies in the areas of water, health care and medicine, environment, etc. At the India-EU Summit, the two sides took a similar stand on a “rules based international order,” giving a thumbs down for the China model of development. |
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| Policy shift: US seeks India’s help to counter China |
| Calling the United States and India “two bookends of stability on either side of the globe,” the Trump administration on Wednesday bluntly proposed that Washington and New Delhi work together in the Indo-Pacific region to counter the disruptive force that China has become. |
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| Ayodhya neglected by successive govts: Yogi |
| Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Aditya Nath brought Ayodhya to the forefront with a grand, eyeball-grabbing religious-cultural spectacle without mentioning the controversial issue of Ram temple construction in his speech. At least 380 artistes came from different corners of India and abroad to perform in the 3-km-long Shobha Yatra. |
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| Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Prannoy win in Denmark Open |
| “It was a tough match. He is a tricky player and I have always played close matches against him. I was trying out a few things in the second game but it didn’t work out. He got points and had a good lead. I was getting tired but I am happy to have won. Hopefully I will be better tomorrow,” Prannoy said. |
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| Corporates slash Diwali gifts by 35-40%: Assocham |
| “Consequent to slowdown in the Diwali gift sale, the FMCG companies which generally bet high on festive sales in the business of chocolates, cookies and sweets are reporting less than normal sales,” Assocham secretary general DS Rawat said. |
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| US again declines to name China currency manipulator |
| The semi-annual US Treasury currency report said no countries deserved the currency manipulator label, but it kept China on a currency “monitoring list” despite a fall in China’s global current account surplus since 2016. |
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| Mahira Khan on controversy involving Ranbir |
| Mahira Khan has finally broken silence on the controversy that followed after pictures of her, sporting a short dress, smoking with Ranbir Kapoor surfaced online, saying it is her “personal life”. |
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