Indian PM Modi bats for neighbours first policy

"Neighbourhood first" is the main policy of Modi government and improving cross-border connectivity is an important aspect of it, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. He made the statement while inaugurating an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani-Biratnagar border yesterday. Modi and his Nepal counterpart KP Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated the ICP through a video conference, our New Delhi correspondent reports. The check post was built with India's assistance in a bid to facilitate trade and people's movement between the two countries. This is the second ICP on the Nepal border. The first was built at the Raxaul-Birgunj border in 2018.