Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

    
     FGN33: CHINA-INDIA-2NDLD TALKS
* Doval meets Chinese foreign minister, Special Representatives dialogue resumes
     Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here Wednesday, resuming the Special Representatives dialogue as they sought the restoration of bilateral ties frozen for over four years due to a military standoff in eastern Ladakh. *

     FGN55 CHINA-DOVAL-VICE PREZ
* NSA Doval in China for Special Representatives dialogue, meets Vice President Han Zheng
     Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Wednesday met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, who said China and India should gradually resume institutional dialogue as well as exchanges and cooperation in fields such as economy, trade and culture to bring bilateral relations back onto the track of stable development. *
    
     FGN59 BANGLA-INDIA-LIBERATION
* Bangladesh harps on 'truth' about 1971 victory, cites J N Dixit's book
     Dhaka: Two days after a member of Bangladesh's interim government said India was “nothing more” than an ally in the country's liberation, the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday made a similar point, citing a book by India's former foreign secretary J N Dixit. *

     FGN18: US-LD H1B
* Biden admin makes it easier for US companies to hire foreign workers with H-1B visas
     Washington: The outgoing Biden administration has relaxed rules for H-1B visas that will make it easier for American companies to hire foreign workers with special skills and facilitate a smoother transition from F-1 student visas to H-1B visas, a move that is likely to benefit thousands of Indian tech professionals. *
    
     FGN42: BANGLA-INDIA-ULFA-LD CASE
* B'desh HC reduces ULFA leader's death sentence, acquits ex-minister in attempted weapon smuggling case
     Dhaka: A Bangladeshi High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of ULFA leader Paresh Baruah to life imprisonment and acquitted a former junior minister and five others in a 2004 case of attempted smuggling of weapons to the separatist outfit in northeast India. *
    
     FGN57 NEPAL-INDIA-AMBASSADOR
* Nepal re-appoints Shankar Sharma as ambassador to India
     Kathmandu: Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel on Wednesday re-appointed Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma as the Himalayan nation's ambassador to India. *

     FGN9: US-INDIA TIES-BIDEN ADMIN
* Leaving India-US relationship in a very good place, expect continuity in Trump era: Biden admin
     Washington: The outgoing Biden administration said it was leaving the India-US relationship "in a very strong place", and exuded confidence that it will continue to have bipartisan support during the Donald Trump presidency as well. *

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