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India has said it will take all steps to protect its national interests and ensure comprehensive national security in all domains after Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a strategic defence pact.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is set to grace the upcoming Republic Day celebration in the national capital as the Chief Guest, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
This year's Sundance Film Festival was rich with films and the theatres were warm, even as temperatures outside dipped to below freezing point. It snowed only once but the sidewalks remained slippery for a few days.
The Pakistani president asked his Iranian counterpart to convince the Indian leadership to solve the Kashmir issue on the basis of the 'wishes of the Kashmiri people'.
Barring a few, such as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu (74), Union Minister C R Patil (69) and Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna (71), most other ministers attending the WEF represent the next generation of India's politicians.
Pezeshkian gained the attention of people for his stance against the crackdown on the 2009 pro-democracy protests and the violence perpetrated by the notorious morality police in 2022 after Mahsa Amini's death.
India and Iran on Monday signed a 10-year contract for the operation of a terminal at the strategically important Chabahar port in Iran, a move that will boost regional connectivity as well as trade ties. This is the first time India will take over the management of an overseas port that will also have a multiplier effect on trade among India, Iran and Afghanistan as efforts continue to directly tap the potential in Central Asia, bypassing neighbouring Pakistan.
India had invited United States President Joe Biden to grace the occasion but he expressed inability to travel to New Delhi in January.
US President Biden was invited to the Republic Day celebrations by Prime Minister Modi during the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Garcetti said.
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"I give you the guarantee that Iran would never like any country to be a threat to any other country," Khatami said while addressing India Today Conclave 2007 on 'Challenges For The Brave New World.'
This is the third time that a Brazilian president was the chief guest at the Republic Day. The last time a Brazilian president was the chief guest was in 2004 when Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attended the parade.
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"We have very little time left for deciding on the chief guest and the process will be completed soon," a source familiar with the development said.
It is said that the annual State of the Union address to both Houses of the US Congress by Trump is likely to be around the time India will celebrate its Republic Day.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its post facto approval to a memorandum of understanding between India and Iran on cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.
Bottlenecks persisted on the Iranian proposal for a gas pipeline to India through Pakistan.
India will export wheat to Iran as part of the government's moves to step up agricultural revenue, Prime Minister Atal Bihari said on Friday.
The US side is yet to respond to the invitation but initial indication has been positive, it is learnt.
India has already shortlisted the names of two-three heads of states for extending invitation to be chief guest at the Republic Day parade.
With more than 5.2 million votes counted from the 50 million electorate, Rowhani had 52.30 percent of votes cast, Iran's interior ministry said.
'It is only because we were facing US threats that we were able to successfully develop a nuclear programme of our own.'
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