Simla agreement to be noted in settling Kashmir dispute: UN

Arul Louis | August 8, 2024 5:33 AM

United Nations, Aug 8 (IANS) The Simla Agreement of 1972 is also to be noted while finding a final settlement to the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Charter, according to Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Has diplomacy any future in resolving the Middle East's conflicts?

Vikas Datta | August 7, 2024 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid the Middle East's gradual slide into a wider conflict, three incidents are telling - a ceasefire proposal announced by the leader of a superpower is gradually undermined and soon vanishes from discourse, a ceasefire negotiator is assassinated in a provocative gambit, and a hardliner is elevated to replace him. Does diplomacy have a future in resolving conflict in the region?

India, US working to 'shape the future', write Blinken, Austin

IANS | August 6, 2024 7:14 PM

Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a joint Op-ed have described the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy as a latticework of bilateral and multilateral ties in which the US and India are "investing together across sectors that will shape the future" such as Artificial Intelligence and semiconductors in addition to cooperation as members of the Quad.