India is dealing with an unprecedented economic slow-down these days and government's think tank Niti Ayog is prepping up extraordinary steps to cure it.

The US President on Wednesday suggested that countries like India, Russia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan need to fight against Islamic State in Afghanistan.

The announcement comes four days after the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) held a closed-door meeting to discuss India's move.

“Spoke to my two good friends, Prime Minister Modi of India, and Prime Minister Khan of Pakistan, regarding Trade, Strategic Partnerships and, most importantly, for India and Pakistan to work towards reducing tensions in Kashmir. A tough situation, but good conversations!” Trump tweeted.

India's second moon mission achieved the "biggest milestone" as the scientists successfully placed it in the lunar orbit on August 20. The lunar-rover will now start a descent to the moon on September 7.

In 30-minute-long phone call with PM Modi, Donald Trump discussed several topics but there was no mention about latter's July 22 offer to mediate in the Kashmir dispute.

BJP leader Shazia Ilmi on Friday confronted Pakistani supporters raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India in South Korea's capital Seoul.

The statement from White House came amid severe tension between India and Pakistan, which got fuelled after PM Narendra Modi's government decided to scrap Article 370 of the Indian constitution, that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The matter got so sensitive that it went to the UNSC for a closed-door meeting on Friday.

India on Friday re-affirmed that the country's position on matters related to Kashmir is "entirely an internal matter". The statement came after a closed-door meeting at the UNSC to discuss New Delhi's move to end the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday threatened to go to a war with India following the government's decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kahsmir and bifurcate it into two Union Territories.