PM Modi to hold bilateral talks with Xi Jinping today

IANS | October 23, 2024 5:55 AM

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping -- their first since the 2020 Galwan clash -- on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Russia's Kazan on Wednesday.

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.