Modi to visit Dhaka in first post-covid trip
File photo of PM Narendra Modi with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. The two nations may launch talks on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement during the visit in March
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Ties between the two countries have been on an upswing since 2015 when the two countries concluded their land boundary agreement that had been pending for decades
Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar is expected to visit Dhaka to pave the way for Modi’s visit
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Bangladesh, his first visit abroad in more than a year largely because of the covid-19 pandemic, on 26-27 March. The two countries may take a step towards launching talks on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) during the visit, which is primarily to take part in the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence and 50 years of Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations.
PM Modi flooded with pledges seeking urgent national policy for paediatric cancer
PM Modi flooded with pledges seeking urgent national policy for paediatric cancer
05 February 2021 | News Pledges have been collected online and through pledge books and pledge sheets from patient beneficiaries – parents and survivors, healthcare professionals- doctors, nurses, and workers, hospital administrations, Govt officials, politicians, celebrities, donors, NGOs, schools, colleges, media and civil society - that’s 300,000 people from all over India and overseas who have signed up and want childhood cancer to be a child & health priority in India.
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On the occasion of World Cancer Day, kids with cancer and their parents from across India are writing letters to the PM and urging for a national plan and policy for childhood cancer in India.