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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 […]

NEW DELHI: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in New Delhi on an official visit to India on March 24, marking the first high profile visit from China since the border stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Foreign Minister Yi is expected to meet External Affairs Minister Dr. S […]

NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is on a two-day official visit to New Delhi, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday. Finance Minister Rajapaksa briefed PM Modi on initiatives being taken by both countries to increase bilateral economic cooperation, and conveyed his thanks for the support extended by India […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, interacted with the officials of Indian missions and community organisations and commended them for facilitating speedy and dignified evacuation of the stranded Indians from besieged Ukraine. Four union ministers tasked with evacuating Indians from the neighbouring states of Ukraine — namely, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for […]

NEW DELHI: India and Japan bilaterally convened the sixth joint meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum yesterday in New Delhi under the stewardship of Harsh V Shringla, India’s Foreign Secretary and Suzuki Satoshi, Japan’s Ambassador to India, officials from both the sides informed. Set up in 2017, the Act East Forum is a bilateral […]