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  NEW DELHI: The first high-level visit from India to Afghanistan since the Taliban came back to power had set the rumour mills abuzz for a possible reopening of the Indian Embassy in Kabul. However, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday clarified that the visit is to oversee the delivery of humanitarian assistance to […]

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: Amid growing tension between India and China, owing to the latter’s military assertiveness, the countries on Tuesday held the latest round of border talks to discuss the continuing border standoff in Eastern Ladakh. Naveen Srivastava, additional secretary East Asia, Ministry of External Affairs and Hong Liang, director-general of the Boundary & Oceanic Department […]

NEW DELHI: Amid growing water scarcity and against the backdrop of strained ties, India and Pakistan reiterated their commitment to resolve cross border river water sharing issues through discussions under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. The two-day 118th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC), comprising the Indus commissioners of India and Pakistan, was […]