Trump says, "It's a great honour to be with a friend of mine, really for a long time now. The very, very distinguished and respected President of China. We've already agreed to a lot of things, and we'll agree to some more right now, but President Xi is a great leader of a great country, and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship for a long period of time, and it's an honour to have you with us."

Defence Minister to address forum in Kuala Lumpur on November 1

The European Union is one of India’s largest trading partners, providing a stable market for a wide range of Indian merchandise exports. India’s exports to the EU in the last financial year stood at $82 billion, slightly lower than those to the United States ($86.5 billion).

"We have agreed to close 10 out of 20 chapters. Another four or five chapters have, in principle, been broadly decided. And on more and more issues, we are leading towards convergence so that when their team visits next week for the next round of negotiations or the Trade Commissioner visits India, maybe end of November or sometime in December, we should be in a position to make significant and substantial progress towards closure,” said Goyal

➣ The extension comes as a relief for India, which has been using Chabahar Port to send humanitarian aid and essential supplies to Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan

➣ The port is also seen as a critical link to Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, offering them direct access to the Indian Ocean.

India still faces up to 50% tariffs

Trump reduces tariffs from 57% to 47% on China after meeting with Xi Jinping

Even though China and the European Union import a much larger share of Russian fossil fuels compared to India, the United States has moved to reduce tariffs on Chinese goods, while India continues to face higher trade barriers.

➢ The Delhi Police, in its affidavit to the Supreme Court, opposed bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case, calling the violence a coordinated “regime-change operation”, not a spontaneous protest.

➢ The riots were allegedly planned to destabilise India using the CAA issue as a radicalising tool, and were timed with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to attract global attention.

➢ The police said they have ocular, documentary, and technical evidence linking the accused to a deep-rooted communal conspiracy aimed at hurting India’s sovereignty and image.

➢ The petitioners were accused of delaying the trial through frivolous pleas and non-cooperation, with police arguing that “jail, not bail” is the rule under the UAPA.

➢ The affidavit stated that the riots caused 53 deaths, major property loss, and over 750 FIRs, indicating a broader plan to spread unrest across India.

LVM-3 is scheduled to launch the CMS-03 communication satellite in its 5th operational flight on November 2. CMS-03 is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a wide oceanic region, including the Indian landmass.

Weighing about 4,400 kg, CMS-03 will be the heaviest communication satellite to be launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil, according to ISRO.

Pakistan and Afghanistan finally agreed on Thursday to uphold a ceasefire during peace talks in Istanbul, according to Turkey, after the earlier discussions between the two sides had collapsed.