New Delhi - Egypt and India have decided to rekindle old ties in tune with contemporary realities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday after delegation-level talks with visiting President Hosni Mubarak.

The two countries agreed to establish a strategic dialogue at the foreign ministry level. Six agreements on issues ranging from trade to outer space were signed in the presence of the two leaders.

In a joint statement, Singh and Mubarak described their wide-ranging talks on terrorism, energy security, economic ties and food and energy security as "extremely productive and fruitful."

New Delhi, Nov 18 : A 10 member Indian Army delegation today left for Beijing to attend the final planning conference to decide the exact theme, setting and level of participation for first-ever Sino-Indian military combat exercise to jointly counter terror and insurgency.

The exercise is likely to be held in hilly training areas near Belgaum in Karnataka. It is to be conducted for a duration of two weeks and will commence from either second or third week of December. Exact dates will finalised after all the modalities are discussed with the visiting Indian delegation.

New Delhi, Nov. 18 : DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, today announced its partnership with UNICEF and the Government of India in support of efforts to reduce malnutrition and infant mortality in the Nandurbar District of Maharashtra, India.

DHL’s grant will fund a three-year UNICEF project to empower communities to improve child survival rates in 1,000 villages in Maharashtra.

New Delhi, Nov 18 : Reacting to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram''s call to reduce prices to boost demand, Industrialist Rahul Bajaj today said that there is no scope for price cuts in two wheeler industry in near future.

Speaking on the sidelines of an Economic Summit here, Bajaj said the firm''s scope for price cuts was limited by tight margins on motorcycle sales, which were likely to contract in the year ending in March.