Author: Ayanangsha Maitra

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, global economic recovery, climate action, recent developments in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, and the situation in Ukraine in a virtual meeting on Monday. During the meeting the two leaders reviewed developments in the bilateral relations, the Prime Minister’s office […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his newly-elected Pakistani counterpart Shahbaz Sharif on Monday, and said that India desired peace and stability in a region free of terrorism. “Congratulations to H.E. Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. India desires peace and stability in a region free of terror, […]

NEW DELHI: President Emmanuel Macron of France beat his electoral rival Marine Le Pen by a big margin on Sunday, the French Interior Ministry said. France went to the polls for the first round on Sunday. In this election, 12 contestants are vying for the presidential post. Eric Zemmour ex-journalist and acclaimed author, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan […]

NEW DELHI: Harshvardhan Shringla, India’s Foreign secretary has been appointed as the Chief Coordinator for the G20. He will assume the responsibility after his retirement on April 30. Shringla served as the Ambassador to the United States of America, and High Commissioner to Bangladesh, prior to taking up the role of Foreign Secretary. India will […]

NEW DELHI: Ahead of 2+2 dialogue between the two states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joseph R. Biden of the US will hold a virtual meeting on Monday April 11, the Ministry of External Affairs and the White House confirmed. The two leaders will take a stock of bilateral cooperation and discuss the COVID-19 […]

NEW DELHI: The United Kingdom (UK) would send 120 armoured vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine following the in-person meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday. This was the first physical meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson or a G7 leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russia […]

NEW DELHI: Luck has not favoured Imran Khan to retain his incumbency as the Pakistan Prime Minister following a no-confidence vote held on Saturday night. The no-confidence motion brought against Khan secured the support of 174 members in the 342-member assembly, more than the required 172 votes to unseat him. Ruling PTI members walked out […]

BAMAKO/DJIBOUTI CITY: Hundreds of Muslims including students took out protest rallies in the capital cities of Mali and Djibouti on the first Friday of holy Ramadan against Pakistan for inviting ‘enemy of Islam’ Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the recent meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and called Imran Khan a “puppet”. Members […]

NEW DELHI:  India and Kenya held the second round of Foreign Office Consultation here on Friday and reviewed political, economic, cultural, defence, and people-to-people relations between the two countries. The Indian delegation was led by Joint Secretary (E&SA) Puneet R Kundal and Paul Ndung’u, Director, Asia, Australasia and Pacific Directorate of Kenya, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. […]

KOCHI: German Ambassador Walter J Lindner on Friday took part in a bicycle rally held by a German organisation in association with the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) in the city and inspected some development projects. During his stay in the city, Lindner met Mayor Anil Kumar who aims to transform Kochi into India’s cycling and […]