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  NEW DELHI: Germany has ruled out the possibility of expansion of the elite power block G7 at the moment, German Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Dr Tobias Lindner said on Thursday. “Honestly, I’m not sure. It’s not the debate at the moment, to be honest. It’s the same like looking, for instance, at […]

NEW DELHI: Despite the European Union (EU) asking energy companies not to comply with Russia’s demand to be paid in rubles for its natural gas, four European gas buyers have reportedly paid in rubles as President Vladimir Putin demanded. In a report published in Bloomberg, a person close to Russian gas giant Gazprom had opined […]

NEW DELHI: With an eye on enhancing bilateral cooperation with its neighbours, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will begin a three-day visit to Bangladesh and Bhutan on Thursday. Dr Jaishankar is slated to meet Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen tomorrow in Dhaka, MEA said on Wednesday. The […]

  NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, was sworn in as the youngest foreign minister of the Islamic country on Wednesday. Bhutto-Zardari, 33, is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007, and grandson of another former Pakistan Prime Minister late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. An Oxford graduate, […]

  NEW DELHI: Highlighting the importance of peaceful dialogue, Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar, on Wednesday, once again emphasised that the best way to deal with the war in Ukraine would be to focus on “stopping the fighting and getting the talking”. On Tuesday, Dr Jaishankar strongly countered criticism regarding India’s position in […]