Today's latest news LIVE: After his bilateral meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they extensively discussed modernising defence production, measures to counter terrorism and extremism and ways to ensure peace at the border. PM Modi also announced an e-medical visa service for those entering India from Bangladesh for medical purposes, adding that the two sides agreed to begin talks on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to strengthen economic ties.
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Various topics were discussed during the bilateral meeting including defence, connectivity and infrastructure, power and energy cooperation, trade and economic partnership, development cooperation, sharing of river water resources and cultural ties. This is the first official bilateral visit by a foreign leader since PM Modi came to power for the third consecutive term. Ahead of the meeting, PM Modi received PM Hasina at the Presidential Palace. PM Hasina, who arrived in the capital on Friday, is scheduled to call on President Drupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
What else is happening today? Meanwhile, amid the raging controversy over the NEET-UG paper leak, the opposition parties continued their attack on the NDA government. Students and opposition parties, notably the Indian National Congress and the RJD, are planning to hold nationwide protests against the paper leak. In other news, Delhi's Water Minister Atishi will continue his indefinite hunger strike against the BJP, accusing the neighbouring Haryana government of “withholding Delhi's water quota” and “creating a crisis”. Read more