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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his newly-elected Pakistani counterpart Shahbaz Sharif on Monday, and said that India desired peace and stability in a region free of terrorism. “Congratulations to H.E. Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. India desires peace and stability in a region free of terror, […]

NEW DELHI: Harshvardhan Shringla, India’s Foreign secretary has been appointed as the Chief Coordinator for the G20. He will assume the responsibility after his retirement on April 30. Shringla served as the Ambassador to the United States of America, and High Commissioner to Bangladesh, prior to taking up the role of Foreign Secretary. India will […]

  NEW DELHI: India on Saturday designated Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed as a designated terrorist as a court in Pakistan sent the Mumbai attack mastermind to 33 years in prison. In a notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the Central government believed that junior Saeed was involved in […]

NEW DELHI:  India and Kenya held the second round of Foreign Office Consultation here on Friday and reviewed political, economic, cultural, defence, and people-to-people relations between the two countries. The Indian delegation was led by Joint Secretary (E&SA) Puneet R Kundal and Paul Ndung’u, Director, Asia, Australasia and Pacific Directorate of Kenya, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov here on Friday, and conveyed “India’s readiness to contribute in any way to the peace efforts”. As per a release by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), PM Modi reiterated his call for an early cessation of violence. The Russian foreign minister briefed […]

NEW DELHI: Stressing that the Ukraine war has added to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday called upon members of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to deepen and broaden cooperation within the group. Speaking at the BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting in […]

NEW DELHI: The railway passenger service between India and Bangladesh, which was stopped in March 2020 due to Covid-19, will be resumed soon, Bangladesh’s Railways Ministry said. The decision to resume the rail service was taken following a meeting between Vikram Kumar Doraiswami, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh with Bangladesh Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan in Dhaka on Wednesday. Inter-country Maitree […]

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday rejected “uncalled reference” to Jammu and Kashmir by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Islamabad. In response to queries by media persons, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said China had “no locus standi” to comment on matters related to “internal affairs […]

  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inspected 29 stolen antiquities dating as far back as the 9th century that were returned by Australia. The antiquities have been divided into six categories: Shiva and his disciples; worshipping Shakti; Lord Vishnu and his forms; Jain tradition; Portraits and other decorative objects. The art pieces had […]

Written by Gautam Jha & Pankaj Kumar There are instances where Refugee Status is being granted by the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in India to the Asylum Seekers in spite of having Exclusion Triggers (Risk Profile) as their Refugee Status Determination Process is based upon “balance of probability and reasonable possibility”. There are countries […]