External Affairs Minister

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has revolutionized the financial landscape, not just within its borders but also as a beacon of innovation for other nations. The recent move by the Maldives to introduce UPI, as highlighted during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit, underscores the transformative potential of this digital payment system.   UPI, developed […]

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar stated that cooperation must be based on mutual respect and sovereignty, not unilateral agendas.

  NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held delegation-level talks with Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Philippines Teddy Locsin Jr in New Delhi on Sunday. The visit was reciprocal to Indian EAM’s visit to the Philippines in February after India’s BrahMos Aerospace received a positive response from Manila for procuring a shore-based Anti-Ship […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the fifth BIMSTEC Summit to be held in a hybrid format on 30 March in Sri Lanka, the incumbent BIMSTEC chair. Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will chair the summit. In the BIMSTEC Summit, PM Modi and other leaders will discuss the establishment of basic […]

NEW DELHI: The 193-member United Nations General Assembly went to a poll on Wednesday, demanding Russia to immediately stop its military operation in Ukraine. India and 34 other states abstained from voting. Five states however voted in favour of Russia. The vote also saw a sharp division among the neighbours of India to vote. Bangladesh, […]

JERUSALEM: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the first quadrilateral meeting with his counterparts from the US, Israel and the UAE, which included discussions on how to work together more closely on economic and global issues, was “fruitful”. Jaishankar, who is currently on a 5-day visit to Israel, was accompanied by the host […]