Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

    
     FGN84: SINGAPORE-LDALL PM
     *India, Singapore elevate ties to 'comprehensive strategic partnership', sign 4 MoUs during PM Modi's visit
     Singapore: India and Singapore on Thursday elevated their ties to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" and inked four MoUs, including one on cooperation in the semiconductor industry, as the prosperous city-state's companies pledged to invest about USD 60 billion in the next few years.

     FGN78: SINGAPORE-INDIA-SOUTH CHINA SEA
     India, Singapore for maintaining peace, freedom of navigation in South China Sea
     Singapore: India and Singapore on Thursday underlined the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability and freedom of navigation in and overflight above the South China Sea, while pursuing peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with international law.
    
     FGN80: CHINA-AFRICA-3RDLD FORUM
     Chinese President Xi seeks to deepen military ties with African nations; pledges to collaborate on nuclear, space
     Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Thursday sought to strengthen military ties with African nations and proposed establishing a joint forum to enhance cooperation in nuclear technology, satellite remote sensing, and deep-space exploration.
    
     FGN79: SINGAPORE-PM-2NDLD CEO MEET
     Modi asks Singapore business leaders to look for investment opportunities in India
     Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited Singaporean business leaders to look at investment opportunities in India in sectors like aviation, energy, and skill development.
    
     FGN77: BIZ-INDIA-SINGAPORE-LD CHIPS
     Singapore, India to leverage each other's strengths in semiconductor and digital tech
     Singapore: Singapore and India on Thursday agreed to cooperate and leverage each other's strengths in the field of semiconductor and digital technologies.
    
     FGN63: PM-SINGAPORE-CULTURAL CENTRE
     First-ever Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre, Invest India office to be set up in Singapore
     Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that India's first-ever Thiruvalluvar centre in the world will be set up in Singapore to enhance cultural ties between the two countries and an Invest India office will also be established in the city-state to boost trade and investment.
    
     FGN48: SINGAPORE-PM-2NDLD LEE
     PM Modi appreciates former Singapore Premier Lee’s contributions towards development of bilateral strategic partnership
     Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described former Singapore premier Lee Hsien Loong as a “strong votary of close India-Singapore ties” and appreciated his contributions to the development of India–Singapore strategic partnership.
    
     FGN43: RUSSIA-PUTIN-INDIA
     Prez Putin says he's constantly in touch with India, China, Brazil over Ukraine conflict
     Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday named India among the three countries he is constantly in touch over the Ukraine conflict and said they are sincerely making efforts to resolve it, state-owned TASS news agency reported.
    
     FGN47: SINGAPORE-PM-WONG-LD LEADERSHIP
     India wants to create 'several Singapores' of its own, says PM Modi; hails nation as global inspiration
     Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday touted Singapore as a model for developing nations and said India wanted to create "several Singapores" of its own.
    
     FGN46: BANGLA-INTERVIEW-YUNUS-LD HASINA
     Hasina must stay silent in India till Bangladesh seeks her extradition: Chief Adviser Yunus
     Dhaka: Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina making political remarks from India is an “unfriendly gesture", asserting that she must remain silent to prevent the discomfort to both countries until Dhaka requests her extradition.
    
     FGN60: BANGLA-EC-RESIGNATION
     Bangladesh’s top election officials resign amid political transition
     Dhaka: Bangladesh's entire five-member election commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, resigned on Thursday, amid a massive political transition, marking the first time the country's Election Commission has stepped down before the completion of its scheduled term.
    
     FGN56: SINGAPORE-PM-LD THARMAN
     PM Modi discusses ways to boost bilateral cooperation with Singapore President
     Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday called on Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam here and discussed avenues to broaden and deepen bilateral cooperation in key sectors like skill development, sustainability, technology, innovation and connectivity.
    
     FGN49: UK-MURDER
     Teenager charged with murder of 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in UK
     London: A 14-year-old boy arrested following the fatal assault on 80-year-old Bhim Kohli while he was out walking his dog in a park near the eastern England city of Leicester appeared in court on Thursday charged with his murder.
    
     FGN44: CANADA-TRUDEAU
     NDP’s Jagmeet Singh pulls out of deal with Trudeau government in Canada
     Ottawa: Alleging that the Liberals are “too weak, too selfish and too beholden to corporate interests,” NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has said he is terminating the supply-and-confidence agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government in Canada.
    
     FGN37: BANGLA-INTERVIEW-YUNUS-HINDUS
     Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh not communal, issue 'exaggerated': Yunus
     Dhaka: Chief Adviser to Bangladesh's interim government, Muhammad Yunus, has said the issue of attacks on minority Hindus in his country is “exaggerated” and questioned the manner in which India projected it.*

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