The response came days after the Pakistani environmental minister said it would write to the Foreign Office on Monday to approach Indian authorities for talks on joint efforts to curb smog.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) firmly rejected Ayatollah Khamenei's comments, describing them as "misinformed and unacceptable". India also advised countries to look at their own record before commenting on conditions of minorities in India.
EAM Dr S Jaishankar hailed the Indian Embassy in Laos and the Lao government for the successful repatriation of 17 Indian nationals who were lured into unsafe and illegal work in Laos.
Jaiswal served as India's Consul General in New York from July 2020, with a distinguished career in Portugal, Cuba, South Africa and India's permanent mission to the UN. Meanwhile, Bagchi war appointed as India's next envoy to the UN, replacing Indira Mani Pandey in the position.
Responding to a question by India TV, MEA Spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said that a total of 1200 people including 18 Nepalese citizens wanting to leave Tel Aviv amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict evacuated from the war-torn region under Operation Ajay.
Sources said the official confirmation of Arindam Bagchi's posting at the UN as India's permanent representative is yet to come but the government has taken the decision on the matter. Bagchi has been serving as a bureaucrat since 1995.
It is worth mentioning China gives staple visas to Indian residents of Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir as it claims the areas as part of Tibet and therefore its own.
"We have seen that the European Parliament held a discussion on developments in Manipur and adopted a so-called Urgency Resolution. Such interference in India's internal affairs is unacceptable, and reflects a colonial mindset," said MEA official spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi.
India suggested the concerned organisation to develop a better understanding of India, its plurality and its democratic ethos.
Zakir Naik Qatar invite: Naik, a televangelist who is facing multiple cases in India, reportedly left the country in 2016 and moved to Malaysia, where he was granted permanent residency.
MEA has set up an 'Afghanistan Cell' to coordinate repatriation and related matters in the backdrop of the Taliban seizing control of the country.
Raveesh Kumar said, "Our views are very clear. Whatever steps we have taken in view of Article 370 is an internal matter. This is something which has been properly explained, but beyond that if Pakistan decides to internationalise it, we'll see what needs to be done."
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Ravesh Kumar said Qureshi's comments are a "public gimmick" that appear to be "a call to Pakistan-based terrorists to undertake a terror attack in India".
Senior diplomat Gopal Baglay today assumed charge as Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry succeeding Vikas Swarup.
New Delhi: Vikas Swarup, whose book ‘Q&A' was turned into the blockbuster film ‘Slumdog Millionaire', is set to take over as the next spokesperson of the Indian external affairs ministry, replacing Syed Akbaruddin who is
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