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Indian nurses return home from Iraq
05 Jul 2014
The 46 nurses who were trapped and held captive by miltants for a month in strife-torn Iraq, finally returned home on Saturday afternoon
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ISIS militants free all Indian nurses
04 Jul 2014
These nurses who are now with Indian consulate officials will be taken to the Erbil airport from where they will be flown back to India
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US to sell 22 Harpoon missiles to India for $200 million
03 Jul 2014
The US government plans to sell 22 anti-ship Harpoon missiles to India in a new initiative to strengthen US-India strategic relationship
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Pentagon notifies Congress of $200-mn Harpoon missile sale to India
03 Jul 2014
The Pentagon has notified the US Congress of its decision to sell anti-ship Harpoon missiles to India, to strengthen the security of an important partner
Govt prunes list of items requiring defence licensing
27 Jun 2014
Under the pruned list, dual-use items that are not specially mentioned in the list will not require industrial licences for defence production
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UN representative endorses use of force in strife-torn Iraq
26 Jun 2014
The success of any military operation hinges on cooperation between Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and Erbil, the seat of the autonomous Kurdish region
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Iran trashes speculation it may cooperate with US over Iraq
23 Jun 2014
Tehran and Washington have been shocked by the lightning offensive, spearheaded by ISIL and involving Sunni tribes and Saddam loyalists
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India covertly enriching uranium to weapons-grade: Jane’s
20 Jun 2014
India is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially support the development of thermonuclear weapons, defence research group IHS Jane’s said today
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Obama set to send 300 US ‘military advisors’ to Iraq
20 Jun 2014
President Obama warned that the growing prospect of civil war in Iraq poses the danger of destabilisation “throughout the region” and disruption of important “ global energy markets”
41 Indian workers in Mosul remain untraceable
18 Jun 2014
Indian nurses stranded in Iraq
18 Jun 2014
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