Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reaffirming the strong and time-tested nature of relations between Moscow and New Delhi last week. The Russian leader disclosed details of the exchange during a meeting with members of the Russian Government, according to the official website of the Kremlin….
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on BRICS to defend the multilateral trading system amid increasing protectionism and tariff volatility during a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. “When multilateralism is under stress, BRICS has stood firm as a strong voice of…
United Nations: India has said Pakistan’s military “pleaded” with it for a cessation of fighting during Operation Sindoor and that there is no room for any third party to intervene in any issue between New Delhi and Islamabad. The remarks were made by First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot, on…
United Nations: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said his country was ready for a “composite, comprehensive and result-oriented” dialogue with India on all outstanding issues, as he criticised New Delhi over the situation in Kashmir. In his address to the General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Sharif also…
Greater Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday underscored India’s “time-tested” partnership with Russia, highlighting long-standing defence cooperation between the two countries — a remark that comes amid ongoing US concerns over India’s continued oil trade with Moscow. The Prime Minister — who made the remarks at the UP International Trade Show, where Russia is…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday hosted a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation, reaffirming a “people-centric” agenda emphasising health, technology and capacity building. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly here. “Delighted to host the…
Melbourne: United States President Donald Trump is well advanced in his systematic campaign to undermine the American media and eviscerate its function of holding him and others in power to account. Since the late 18th century, this function has often been called the fourth estate. It’s the idea the media is a watchdog over the…
Beijing: Super typhoon Ragasa left 14 people dead and 18 injured in Taiwan, while China’s southern Guangdong province, a key global manufacturing hub, evacuated over a million residents in preparation for the powerful storm’s landfall expected later on Wednesday. Described as the most powerful storm to hit the Chinese coast this year, Ragasa, the 18th…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called for greater solidarity among Global South nations, a renewed commitment to multilateralism, and a collective push to reform the United Nations and other global institutions. He made the remarks at a High-Level Meeting of Like-Minded Global South countries here on Tuesday on the sidelines of the…
United Nations: In his first meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres after beginning his second term as US president in January, Donald Trump on Tuesday said, “Our country is behind the United Nations 100 per cent.” After lashing out at the UN in his address to the General Assembly, Trump said he supports the…
