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S Jaishankar compares Digvijaya's comment over Katchatheevu island to Nehru's 'barren land' remark
News | Apr 11, 2024, 07:07 PM ISTBJP and Congress have crossed swords over Katchatheevu issue, and the former has accused the latter of neglecting fishermen's rights. Meanwhile, Congress’ Digvijaya Singh slammed PM, Modi, for raising the issue and said, ‘does anyone live on the island’.
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'If things were normal, this would not have happened': Jaishankar on fencing of Indo-Myanmar border
Mizoram | Apr 11, 2024, 04:34 PM ISTThe fencing of the border will virtually put an end to the Free Movement Regime (FMR) prevalent along the porous border. The FMR allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without any documents.
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India did not interfere in 2021 elections won by Justin Trudeau but China did: Canada
World | Apr 10, 2024, 04:14 PM ISTThis comes after a commission into foreign interference was set up by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following pressure from opposition legislators unhappy about reports on China's possible role.
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India elected to several key UN bodies, Jagjit voted again to Int'l Narcotics Control Board
World | Apr 10, 2024, 09:59 AM ISTIndia secured 41 votes out of the 53 voting members of the ECOSOC, the highest amongst all winning member states. With 41 votes, Pavadia secured a convincing win in the tough election with the candidate coming in second garnering 30 votes.
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'Incredible India': UNGA President Dennis Francis lauds digitalisation, infrastructure investment
World | Apr 07, 2024, 12:10 PM ISTUN General Assembly President Dennis Francis lauded India’s use of digitalisation to alleviate poverty and bring millions of people into the formal economic system “simply through the use of a handset and a digitalisation model.”
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'Don't need UN to tell me...': Jaishankar dismisses global body's remark on free and fair elections
India | Apr 05, 2024, 08:01 AM ISTUN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric last week made a statement saying that they hope in India, everyone's political and civil rights are protected and everyone is able to vote.
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EAM hits out at Nehru for downplaying India's stature: 'Nehru used to say India second, China first'
World | Apr 03, 2024, 12:02 PM ISTThis was the second incident in the last few days when Jaishankar targeted past Congress governments under Nehru. Earlier on Monday, EAM criticised the former PM for downplaying the importance of the Katchatheevu island.
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'India has become a model for countries': Jaishankar on 'inevitable' permanent UNSC membership
World | Apr 02, 2024, 06:14 PM ISTJaishankar underscored that much work was needed to push for India's permanent membership in the UN Security Council amid concerns that the UN had weakened. He also highlighted India's economic resilience and democratic achievements despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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India's strong message to China on Arunachal: 'Assigning invented names will not alter the reality'
World | Apr 02, 2024, 02:16 PM ISTChina on Sunday released a fourth list of 30 new names of various places in Arunachal Pradesh amid Beijing’s stepped-up assertions in recent weeks to re-emphasise its claim over the Indian state.
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'If I change name of your house, will it become mine': Jaishankar on China's claims on Arunachal
World | Apr 01, 2024, 07:44 PM ISTChina has released a list of 30 new names for various places in Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as 'Zangnan' or South Tibet, despite India's strong objections. India has repeatedly rejected China's 'absurd' claims over the northeastern state, asserting that it is an integral part of the country.
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Jaishankar reacts to US envoy Garcetti's 'country should not cross red line' remarks over Pannun row
World | Apr 01, 2024, 12:43 PM ISTEarlier, US Ambassador to India, Garcetti said no government employee of any country should be involved in an assassination plot of a foreign citizen-- in a reference to the alleged "foiled" murder plot of Pannun.
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China releases 30 more names for places in Arunachal despite India's strong objection over issue
World | Apr 01, 2024, 12:58 PM ISTChina's latest move came despite India on Thursday strongly objected to China's "baseless" remarks towards Arunachal Pradesh, and affirmed, "Beijing may repeat its baseless claims as many times as they want but this will not change India's position".
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India rescues 250 nations who are propelled in cyber fraud scam in Cambodia: MEA
World | Mar 31, 2024, 01:12 PM ISTThe MEA and the Indian Embassy have issued several warnings to its nationals against accepting any job offers from unauthorized agents. However, thousands of youths are lured under the pretext of lucrative salaries and perks abroad.
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Ukraine seeks India to play prominent role in peace deal, development of Kyiv post-war: Kuleba
World | Mar 30, 2024, 12:30 AM ISTKuleba arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties and cooperation with India, which considers Russia a time-tested ally from the Cold War era. Besides, he emphasised his visit to the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland.
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Ukraine Foreign Minister arrives in New Delhi, discussion on peace deal with Russia on top agenda
World | Mar 28, 2024, 05:26 PM ISTThe Ministry of External Affairs said the Ukrainian leader will meet several top Indian leaders including Jaishankar and Deputy NSA during his two-day visit to India. Besides, Kuleba will also meet the business community in an attempt to rebuild the war-torn nation.
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Ukraine Foreign Minister posts emotional video featuring Mahatma Gandhi to confirm his India visit
World | Mar 27, 2024, 12:10 PM ISTIn a video post shared on a social media platform, Kuleba confirmed his visit to India next week. His visit would mark one of the first official visits of a top Ukrainian leader since Russia escalated a war in February 2022.
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Is Russia drifting towards China? Jaishankar responds to Putin's intent to bolster ties with Beijing
World | Mar 24, 2024, 06:17 PM ISTInteracting with the Indian community in Singapore, Jaishankar said India should look at its relationship with Russia or any other country from its perspective.
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Jaishankar calls Russian FM, extends condolence on loss of lives in horrific Moscow terror attack
World | Mar 24, 2024, 06:34 PM IST"Spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Conveyed our deepest condolences on the loss of lives in the horrific terrorist attack in Moscow," Jaishankar wrote on the social media platform.
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New Zealand issues clarification over Dy PM's 'Canada doesn't share evidence on Nijjar's' remarks
World | Mar 14, 2024, 04:57 PM ISTDuring his recent visit to India, New Zealand's Dy PM Peters spoke to a newspaper and underscored Canada, which is also a partner of "Five Eyes", did not share enough evidence to substantiate its claims against New Delhi.
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'Boundary issue with India does not...': China responds to Jaishankar's remarks on 2020 bloodshed
World | Mar 14, 2024, 06:17 AM ISTThe Chinese side said that Beijing has stressed multiple times that the boundary question does not represent the entirety of the China-India relations, which should be placed appropriately in the bilateral relations and managed properly.