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.

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.