Author: Ayanangsha Maitra

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar took a defiant stance on Europe’s constant questioning of India buying oil from Russia while at the same time European countries consuming gas from the country. Dr Jaishankar’s remarks came at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum, a global stage on foreign policy, security, European affairs and economy, in […]

NEW DELHI: Marking three decades of diplomatic ties between the two countries and amid rising cooperation, especially in the field of defence, Israel’s Defence Minister Benjamin Gantz on Thursday met Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Gantz is accompanied by Senior Defence officers, including the Chief of Defence Staff. Later in the evening, […]

NEW DELHI: German Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a lot of calculating errors in attacking Ukraine. “President Putin thought NATO would be divided into two blocks,” Lindner, who is set to retire as the German envoy to India, said while addressing the media at […]

  NEW DELHI: Demanding immediate termination of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain from the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday held a protest against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal near his residence at Flagstaff Road on Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Jain on charges of money […]

NEW DELHI: India has severely impacted the West African nation of Ghana by her rapid rise, exponential growth and remarkable self-reliance, revealed Samuel Nartey George, a Parliamentarian from Ghana, on Sunday in New Delhi. George was astonished by India’s success in recent years and wondered if India can leapfrog the fast-marching giant China. Speaking on […]

NEW DELHI: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West praised India for helping the people of Afghanistan with humanitarian assistance while stating that the US will continue to partner with India in Afghanistan. West held talks on security and political stability in Afghanistan with JP Singh, joint secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs and […]

NEW DELHI: India, which scaled back from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) at the final stage of negotiation, has become a strong stakeholder of the USA-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). US President Joe Biden kicked off the IPEF along with the representatives of the twelve other nations of the Indo-Pacific region, […]

NEW DELHI: Union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday confirmed that India will continue to export surplus wheat to friendly countries, especially those who are in dire need of the food grain. “India will continue to export wheat to the governments which are in serious need of wheat, which are very friendly […]

NEW DELHI: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Jal Shakti, said water conservation and rainwater harvesting are very essential as India has suffered water stress and scarcity of water. “Rainwater harvesting and conservation are the keys to a sustainable future. I come from a place where water scarcity and less rain are a very severe issue,” […]

  NEW DELHI: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s Japan visit for the QUAD Leaders’ Summit, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Saturday ruled out any possibility of expansion of the bloc. Quad is a group of India, Australia, Japan, and the United States. Speaking to reporters here, the foreign secretary said the summit in Tokyo […]