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NEW DELHI: Germany will extend a formal invitation to India to attend the G7 summit as a guest, sources in the German embassy confirmed to The New Indian. There were speculations that India may not be part of the summit to be hosted by Germany at Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps in June this year. […]

NEW DELHI: A day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was monitoring “human rights abuses” in India, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar, in a sharp response, said India is also “equally entitled” to have views on the human rights situation in the US. At a joint press conference after the 2+2 […]

NEW DELHI: Controversial American professor Amy Wax has once again stoked controversy for her racist and abusive comments — this time targeting Indian immigrants in the US, triggering a huge backlash in India. Wax, a professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, in a talk show, said “Blacks” and other “non-western” groups harbor “resentment, […]

KYIV: More than 1000 Ukrainian soldiers including women surrendered before Russian forces in the southeastern port city of Mariupol in the besieged former Soviet state, Russia said on Wednesday. Out of the 1000 troops, 162 personnel are officers and 47 female service members, said Russian Defence Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov, according to Russian news […]

NEW DELHI: Ambassador Alejandro Simancas Marín, Cuba’s Envoy to India on Monday said Cuba and India work out ways to boost trade and transactions amid a strict and stiff blockade imposed by the US. Calling the blockade “illegal and unilateral”, the envoy asserted in New Delhi that Havana will explore ways to lift the blockade. […]