Madrid, Oct 5 (IANS) Indian Naval Ship Trishul’s port call to Spain underscored the growing bilateral defence partnership, the Embassy of India in Madrid said as Ambassador Jayant Khobragade visited the vessel at the Port of Valencia and met its Commanding Officer, Captain Charit Kapil.
Accra, Oct 5 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar is set to visit Ghana from tomorrow at the invitation of his Ghanaian counterpart Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the African nation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India’s diversity and its expanding creative economy are among the country’s major strengths and can play a significant role in driving its economic potential, Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria and Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, said on Monday.
Paris, Oct 5 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Monday strongly condemned the disturbing pattern of “politically motivated” and “arbitrary arrests” of children in Bangladesh, with 187 minors taken into custody over the last six months under the newly formed BNP government.
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) Indian professionals seeking employment-based US Green Cards continue to face waits stretching back more than a decade in key categories, even as the start of a new fiscal year has restored visa numbers and brought some movement, according to the US State Department's October Visa Bulletin.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday said that the proposed India-US bilateral trade agreement is a "big step with great possibilities", as it could provide a significant boost to the country’s economy by expanding market access in one of the world's largest and most lucrative markets.
Dhaka, Oct 5 (IANS) Bangladesh was born out of an uprising against a brutal Pakistani military dictatorship, but despite the country’s proven ability to bring down authoritarian regimes, it has struggled to build a sustainable democracy, local media reported, citing a Bangladeshi journalist.
Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly, stood before the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva on July 29, 2025 and warned his colleagues against populism, ultra-nationalism and "narrow interpretations of nationalism", before closing with the line -- "It is time to promote pluralism. It's time to accept diversity." Fourteen months later, on September 25, 2026, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took the podium at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly and told the world that Pakistan had chosen dialogue over confrontation, that it would give Kashmiris "full diplomatic, political, and moral support", and that the demolition of a mosque in Saharanpur was proof of Islamophobia in India.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India and Sweden discussed innovation in defence and operationalising the Strategic Partnership at the 11th India–Sweden Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting in New Delhi.
Moscow, Oct 5 (IANS) India on Monday reaffirmed that it remains committed to the welfare of Afghan people and supports Afghan sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity. The stance was asserted once again by the Indian delegation participating in the 8th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan.
