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  'Dragon and Elephant dance together': China's Xi Jinping sends warm Republic Day greetings to India

  India | January 26, 2026 19:56 IST

  Chinese President Xi stressed that improving India-China relations aligns with the fundamental interests of both nations and contributes to global peace and prosperity.

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  Ukrainian Ambassador's reaction goes viral amid heated Trump-Zelenskyy exchange | Watch

  World | March 01, 2025 15:50 IST

  While Trump and Zelenskyy engaged in a heated exchange at the White House, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, was seen nodding and facepalming.

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  Jaishankar slams Western envoys reaching out to 'outliers' in India: 'If my ambassador does..'

  World | February 15, 2025 17:00 IST

  While participating in a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar lashed out at ambassadors of Western countries for "reaching out to outliers" in India.

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  Ruchira Kamboj, first Indian woman Ambassador to UN, retires after 35 years of illustrious career

  World | June 01, 2024 19:59 IST

  Kamboj was also the topper of the 1987 Civil Services batch and has handled key diplomatic positions in her career, even directing the special swearing-in ceremony of PM Modi in 2014. She became the first Indian woman to become the Permanent Representative to the UN in 2022.

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  Thailand replaces envoy to WTO after India lodges protests over remarks on rice procurement

  World | March 01, 2024 17:25 IST

  India expressed strong disappointment over Pimchanok Vonkorpon Pitfield's remarks saying that India's rice procurement programme at Minimum Support Price (MSP) aims to capture the export market. Indian negotiators refused to participate in some deliberations where she was present.

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  'UNSC has been rendered ineffective': India reiterates call for reformed multilateralism

  World | October 21, 2023 11:53 IST

  According to Kamboj, the UN Security Council will continue to face "a crisis of credibility" unless it undertakes comprehensive reforms and steps in the direction of reformed multilateralism. She said that India's conviction of UN reform is backed by several countries of the Global South.

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  'What about Palestinians? It's similar to what Israel has done': Envoy says Gaza also wants peace

  World | October 09, 2023 18:19 IST

  Adnan Abu Al-Hija, the Palestinian envoy to India, said that 260 Palestinians were killed by Israel in this year. He said that anyone who condemns Hamas should also condemn the Israeli action against Palestine.

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  Ukraine President Zelenskyy fires ambassador to UK over response to "not showing gratitude" remarks

  World | July 21, 2023 17:19 IST

  In an unexpected intervention, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace suggested that Ukraine was not showing enough "gratitude" for the financial support from the West for its war against Russia, adding that, " people want to see gratitude."

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  Iraq has expelled Swedish ambassador as Quran row escalates. What is it? | EXPLAINED

  Explainers | July 21, 2023 18:24 IST

  A man desecrated the Holy Quran in a protest near a mosque in Stockholm late June, around the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, after being granted allowance by the Swedish authorities.

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  Eric Garcetti: All about the new US' ambassador to India

  India | March 16, 2023 11:08 IST

  Eric Garcetti, former mayor of Los Angeles, has been appointed as the new ambassador of the United States to India. Garcetti, who is a loyalist of President Joe Biden, was appointed after the US Senate adopted a cloture motion on the matter.

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  India buying oil from Russia none of our business, says German ambassador

  India | February 22, 2023 22:19 IST

  India buying oil from Russia is none of our business. If you get it at a low price, I can't blame India for it, German Ambassador to India Dr Philipp Ackermann said.

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  Joe Biden picks Nicholas Burns for China ambassador, Rahm Emanuel for Japan

  World | August 21, 2021 9:28 IST

  Emanuel was also a former 3-term congressman who served as Prez Barack Obama’s 1st White House chief of staff and was a senior adviser in President Bill Clinton’s administration.

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  Biden nominates Indian-American Rashad Hussain as first Muslim Ambassador for religious freedom

  World | July 31, 2021 8:33 IST

  US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American attorney Rashad Hussain as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.

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  India-Russia ties solid despite global turbulence: Russian Envoy

  News | April 14, 2021 16:47 IST

  Russian Envoy Nikolay Kudashev on April 14 said that India and Russia ties remain equal, solid, comprehensive, coherent and forward looking despite any global turbulence.

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  Israel is looking forward to invest in Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme, says Envoy Ron Malka

  News | February 05, 2021 12:55 IST

  In an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, Israel’s ambassador to India Ron Malka talked about the bomb blast outside embassy in Delhi and the present relation between the two countries at global level.

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  Woman who won Rs 1 crore on KBC, made poll campaign ambassador

  India | October 02, 2019 11:00 IST

  Babita Tade, who won Rs 1 crore on quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', has been appointed as the Amravati district ambassador for the Election Commission's SVEEP programme ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls.

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  Pavan Kapoor appointed as India's Ambassador to UAE

  India | August 28, 2019 22:04 IST

  Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has been appointed as India's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of External Affairs announced Tuesday. Kapoor, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, will replace Navdeep Suri as India's Ambassador to the UAE. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said in a statement.  

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  UK ambassador to US Kim Darroch quits days after leaked cables on Trump

  World | July 10, 2019 17:53 IST

  The resignation of Kim Darroch came a day after Trump lashed out at him on Twitter describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool" after leaked documents revealed the envoy's dim view of Trump's administration. "I am grateful to all those in the UK and the US, who have offered their support during this difficult few days," Darroch said in a letter.

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  Donald Trump renews attack on 'wacky' UK ambassador calls him 'very stupid guy'

  World | July 09, 2019 20:22 IST

  In a Twitter tantrum, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed his attack on the British ambassador labeling him a "very stupid guy" and a "pompous fool".

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  Sanjay Kumar Verma, India's new ambassador to Japan sees strong potential in technology cooperation

  India | March 22, 2019 22:30 IST

  India’s new ambassador to Japan believes the two countries can complement each other in terms of talent and technology, and that cooperation could lead to new innovations.