India should replace UK in UNSC for making it stronger: Kishore Mahbubani

IANS | October 22, 2024 1:18 PM

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore said on Tuesday that the United Nations (UN) is "not weak by accident, but by design" and also argued that India should replace the United Kingdom (UK) on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to make it stronger.

EAM Jaishankar slams Canadian 'double standards'

IANS | October 21, 2024 6:52 PM

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday slammed the "double standards" adopted by the Justin Trudeau-led government in Canada on the way it treats Indian envoys, and its expectations from New Delhi on Canadian diplomats' privileges.

India deserving G4 member for UNSC seat: German Ambassador

IANS | October 21, 2024 5:58 PM

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) India is an important part of the world equation and along with other G4 members a deserving candidate for a seat in the UN Security Council, said Ambassador of Germany to India and Bhutan Philipp Ackermann on Monday.

India-China breakthrough: LAC patrol pact enables disengagement ahead of PM Modi's BRICS engagement

IANS | October 21, 2024 4:41 PM

Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) In a major breakthrough ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Russia for the BRICS summit, India and China have established arrangements for patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas, which could lead to "disengagement" and resolving the tensions that began in May 2020 with the bloody border clash, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on Monday.