The members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee include Congress Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, DMK Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva, BJP MP from Silchar Dr Rajdeep Roy.Members of the Parliament including from Tamil Nadu are expected to ask the government about the impact that will have on the subcontinent.
Spoke to students of @iimb_official on #AtmanirbharBharat and 8 years of the Modi Government, he tweeted, adding that their energy and enthusiasm give confidence that New India will indeed become a reality.
The minister said the country faced four major challenges in the last two years. These 4 issues were COVID, tension with China along the Line of Actual Control, the Afghanistan situation and the Ukraine war.
Jaishankar asserted that there was no correlation between India's position on Ukraine and its issues with China, adding the "Chinese don't need a precedent somewhere else in the world on how to engage us, or not engage us or be difficult with us, or not be difficult with us".
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said many countries have taken policy decisions with a similar perspective and procurement of oil from Russia is not an India-related issue.
"The charges that the Indo-Pacific derives from Cold War thinking are motivated and false. They are made by the very quarters who seek to freeze the status quo of 1945. And deny the integration that has happened in the last two decades," EAM said.
India and Israel celebrated 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries with a cultural event in Delhi. Present at the event was External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who shared how close the two nations are.
"The forthcoming visit of EAM to Bangladesh may be seen in the context of frequent bilateral high-level visits and exchanges particularly as both sides commemorate 50 yrs of establishment of diplomatic ties," MEA said.
Speaking at a private conclave in the national capital, Jaishankar said, "When we are looking at India at 75, it's not just India at 75, we are also looking another 25 years ahead."
In an interactive session at the Raisina Dialogue, Jaishankar said the crisis in Ukraine could be a "wake-up call" for Europe to also look at what has been happening in Asia, saying it has not been an "easy part" of the world for the last 10 years.
Jaishankar said while the issue of human rights was not discussed during the current meeting, it has come up in the past.
Asserting that the Ukraine situation is something that worries everybody, S Jaishankar said it does not just worry everybody, it also has consequences for most people.
The victim's father has expressed concern over the motive of the killing not being known and said that he would travel to Canada to follow up on the legal proceedings in Kartik's case.
Jaishankar made the remarks while addressing a joint news conference with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with their American counterparts Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
US said that energy imports from Russia are not banned or part of sanctions, therefore, New Delhi is not violating US sanctions.
The Toronto Police Service said that on the evening of April 7, police responded to a radio call at a local subway station for a shooting.
Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 - The Lower House passed the bill by a voice vote with members expressing unanimity that such a measure was the need of the hour.
The External Affairs minister said that the conflict in Ukraine has had significant consequences for the global economy and for India's economy.
India and United States are scheduled to hold a 2+2 dialogue in Washington on Apr 11.
The 2005 Act only prohibited the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems. However, the new legislation prohibits the financing of such weapons.
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