New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor met External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday and discussed the bilateral relations between India and the US.
Ottawa, Oct 11 (IANS) Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand will embark on a diplomatic tour of India, Singapore, and China from October 12 to 17 (Canadian time) to advance cooperation and strengthen bilateral relations under Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy, the government said on Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Continuing with the humanitarian assistance, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, on Friday, informed that India delivered additional food supplies to Afghanistan for the people affected by the earthquake.
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Hours after the Nobel Committee ignored US President Donald Trump’s candidature for the peace prize and awarded it to Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, Steven Cheung, Assistant to the President and White House Director of Communications, accused the Committee of placing “politics over peace.”
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Sergio Gor, the new US ambassador to India, is on a 4-day visit to the country from October 9-14.
Washington: In a move that could recalibrate the fragile balance of power in South Asia, the United States has added Pakistan to its list of buyers for the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). This modification to an existing US arms contract with Raytheon represents more than just a defence transaction — it signals a potential rearmament of Pakistan’s air power at a time when the region’s security situation remains precarious.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held a restrictive press conference in the Afghan Embassy premises in New Delhi on Friday, while no women journalists were allowed, who were informally invited to a press interaction.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Former Indian diplomats on Friday welcomed Afghanistan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi's visit to India, highlighting the historic relations between both countries.
Dhaka: Amidst the developments in Bangladesh's political trajectory, the resurgence of Islamists has been the one catching everyone's attention. A country with about 90 per cent Muslim population, this surely is not supposed to be alarming. But Bangladesh is no Middle East or Central Asia — wherein religion profoundly shaped their political systems. Religion, albeit a strong influence, has more cultural and symbolic presence than a political one — whereby Bangladesh's political establishment is influenced by principles of nationalism, socialism, secularism and democracy. Here, cultural and ethnolinguistic identity have historically taken precedence over religious one.
Kathmandu, Oct 10 (IANS) The government of Nepal has approved a land swap agreement between its Consulate General in Kolkata and the Indian Railway Development Corporation Limited to facilitate the construction of the Kolkata Metro's Purple Line project.
