Category: spotlight
‘Characterisation’ impacts ties, ‘pushing in infiltrators’ creates negative image of India—Bangladesh envoy
New Delhi: Discourse around allegedly illegal Bangladesh immigrants in India and their “characterisation” has an impact on ties, and the ongoing policy of arbitrarily “pushing [Read More…]
Pakistan must be held accountable for ‘horrific human rights violations’: India after 10 killed in PoJK
New Delhi: Pakistan must be held “accountable for its horrific human rights violations” India said Friday, as protests continue to roil illegally occupied territories of [Read More…]
Modi praises Trump as Israel & Hamas show readiness to implement US President’s Gaza peace plan
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised US President Donald Trump’s peace efforts in Gaza as “decisive progress”, hours after Hamas accepted major [Read More…]
Bangladesh seeking to shift blame: MEA slams Dhaka bid to link India to hill tracts violence
New Delhi: India Friday accused the interim government of Bangladesh of seeking to “shift the blame” for its inability to maintain law and order in [Read More…]
India-China to resume direct flights later this month as New Delhi-Beijing thaw gathers pace
New Delhi: Direct flights between India and China will resume by the end of the month, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement [Read More…]
Indian peacekeeping forces will not be deployed in Ukraine or Gaza outside of UN mandate
New Delhi: Indian peacekeeping forces will not be deployed outside of United Nations-mandated missions, a senior Indian defence ministry official said Wednesday. European countries including [Read More…]
Come to Germany but don’t trust your agents too much, suggests German envoy as ‘fraud’ cases go up
New Delhi: As Indians continue to flock to universities in Germany in recent years, Philipp Ackermann, the German Ambassador to India, has warned prospective students [Read More…]
Trump’s Gaza plan offers ‘path’ to Palestinian statehood talks—Israeli envoy; invites India to ‘build’
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s peace plan offers a path to “negotiations” for full Palestinian statehood, Israel’s Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said Tuesday. [Read More…]
Trade and tariffs were focus of Jaishankar’s meeting with Marco Rubio, says MEA
New Delhi: The focus of the discussions between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his American counterpart Marco Rubio during their meeting earlier this week [Read More…]
At UN, Jaishankar highlights India’s right to self-defence, calls out West for ‘lectures’ over energy
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Saturday took aim at Pakistan’s history of support for terrorism, while highlighting India’s right to self-defence and calling [Read More…]
