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NEW DELHI/ NEW YORK: As prices of essential commodities soar as a consequence of global instability and Global Hunger Index presents a terrible scenario, V Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs affirmed India’s commitment to food security at the domestic and global level on Wednesday. Muraleedharan was speaking at the Ministerial Meeting on “Global […]

NEW DELHI: Almost after five years and four months, Delhi’s Lieutenant governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Wednesday resigned citing personal reasons. According to LG House sources, Baijal sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday afternoon. He was appointed the LG on December 31, 2016, after Najeeb Jung announced his resignation from the […]

  We need to dig deep into the basics of the Gordian knot – the Kashmiri Pandits problem – if we are thinking of establishing a policy outline to undo the logjam. It is a complicated phenomenon. Therefore, I shall welcome constructive criticism. Kashmiri Pandits (KPs), who decided not to leave the valley in the […]

After turning barely a couple of pages under its new leadership, Afghanistan is in the news again. This time there brews trouble across several sectors. On April 18, a barrage of rockets were fired into Uzbekistan. While the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for that, and through their official news agency Amaq […]

SRINAGAR: Despite the J&K administration’s effort to lock down the Kashmiri Pandits inside their camps, their unprecedented protests against the brutal murder of fellow community member Rahul Bhat continued for the fourth day. In a bid to contain the growing protests, the J&K administration had deployed heavy security outside the camps to restrict them from […]

NEW DELHI: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is elected as the President of the United Arab Emirates, Emirati daily Khaleej Times reported. The Federal Supreme Council of the Emirate on Saturday unanimously elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan following the demise of the President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu […]

NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine will resume its operation on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs informed on Friday. The Indian mission is presently functioning from Warsaw, Poland. In the very first week of March, the Indian embassy in Kyiv was shut down, and all the diplomats and mission staffers were shifted […]

NEW DELHI: Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Union minister of state for external affairs and education, and Dr Kung Phoak, secretary of state of the ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Cambodia discussed collaboration in the sphere of health, vaccines, climate change and supply chain resilience at the 7th roundtable of ASEAN-India Network of Think […]

  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on the demise of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, on Friday. In a tweet, PM Modi wrote, “I am deeply saddened to know about the passing away of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed. He was a great […]

  NEW DELHI: India’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with her third-largest trading partner UAE will swell the bilateral trade between the two nations drastically, foster the Indian economy, open many markets and leave positive impacts on the Gulf region, said Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday in Mumbai. Accompanied by […]