Category: spotlight
Gourangalal Das appointed as next Indian ambassador to South Korea
New Delhi: Senior diplomat Gourangalal Das was on Wednesday appointed as India’s next ambassador to South Korea. Das, a 1999 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) [Read More…]
US, EU pivot attention to China’s backing of Russia in Ukraine war. India not the focus of ire, for now
Kyiv: From Washington DC to Kyiv, the country under the scanner for its continued trade with Russia has changed. It is now China that the [Read More…]
India, US resume trade talks as Washington trade diplomat Brendan Lynch arrives in Delhi
New Delhi: Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch on Tuesday arrived at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry at Vanijya [Read More…]
Zelenskyy calls for ‘strong response’ against Russia’s trading partners, emphasises China’s role
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for “strong responses” to countries continuing to purchase Russian oil, calling for sanctions and tariffs while preserving the “isolation” [Read More…]
‘Need no lessons from a terror sponsor’—India slams Pakistan at UNHRC
Geneva: India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for cross-border terrorism, proportionate reaction to the Pahalgam terror attack, rejecting external lectures at the 5th Meeting of the [Read More…]
67 Nepal prison escapees held so far at India border
New Delhi: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has so far apprehended 67 inmates, including a woman, while they were attempting to cross into India through [Read More…]
Gen Z gets its way: Nepal’s 1st woman chief justice Sushila Karki takes over as interim govt head
Kathmandu: Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in as the head of an interim government Friday night after a breakthrough was made at [Read More…]
Indian Embassy in Beijing thanks China for reopening border crossings for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims
Beijing: India on Thursday thanked Chinese authorities for their prompt assistance, ensuring a smooth journey for Kailash Mansarovar devotees after the Indian Embassy in China [Read More…]
Rapper to mayor & now Nepal’s next hope? Balendra Shah is youth favourite amid national crisis
Kathmandu: After K.P. Sharma Oli’s resignation as Nepal Prime Minister, one name keeps coming up to fill the power vacuum—that of Balendra Shah or Balen, [Read More…]
India-US ties begin to thaw after weeks of fury. Trump says trade talks underway, Modi responds
New Delhi: After weeks of simmering diplomatic tensions between India and the US over Donald Trump’s claim of brokering India-Pakistan ceasefire and tariffs on Indian [Read More…]
