New Delhi: India-Russia friendship is “higher than the highest mountain and deeper than the deepest ocean”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. Both leaders expressed that the partnership between the countries holds immense potential and combined efforts will pave the way for remarkable outcomes,…
Johannesburg: South Africa will use the G20 Presidency that it assumed at the beginning of this month to further push the shared goals of member countries, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has said. Lamola delivered the opening remarks at the first G20 Sherpas meeting on Monday where he said that South Africa’s…
Dhaka/Kolkata: Bangladesh’s deposed premier Sheikh Hasina has launched a fierce attack on the interim administration, accusing its Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus of running a “fascist regime” that allows terrorists and fundamentalists to act without restraint. In a virtual address to a gathering of overseas Awami League supporters in London on Sunday, Hasina accused Yunus of…
Dhaka: India on Monday expressed concerns over the safety of minorities in Bangladesh and its desire for a “positive, constructive and mutually beneficial” relationship with the neighbour as Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held high-level talks with his counterpart in Dhaka. In the first high-level visit by an Indian official since August 5 when prime minister…
Washington: Observing the US is subsidizing its two neighbors Canada and Mexico to the tune of USD 100 billion and USD 300 billion, respectively, incoming US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that if that is the case then these two countries better be a part of America. Trump, 78, has threatened to impose hefty…
Manama: The relationship or absence of it between Israel and Iran has been a source of concern and some of India’s diplomatic efforts are focused on that aspect, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. In an address at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, Jaishankar, without directly referring to attacks on commercial ships in…
Damascus: Syrian rebels have secured complete control over Daraa province on Saturday. Daraa is the third city to come under their control after Aleppo and Hama; Homs and Sweida are on the radar. Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that local rebel fighters now controlled all of Daraa…
New York/Seattle: A bust of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in the State Capitol building in Nebraska, the first time a statue of the iconic Indian leader has been installed inside any such premise in the US Pacific Northwest states that come under the jurisdiction of the Indian Consulate in Seattle. Governor Jim Pillen unveiled the…
United Nations: India co-sponsored a UN General Assembly draft resolution that was unanimously adopted to proclaim December 21 as World Meditation Day. India, including Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mexico and Andorra, was a member of the core group of countries that guided the unanimous adoption of the resolution titled ‘World Meditation Day’ in the 193-member…
Washington: Bipartisan support and cooperation on security and defense is the most important dimension of India-US partnership, a top Indian American defense leader said amidst presidential transition. In an interview with PTI, Dr Vivek Lall, Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation, said “One of the most important strategic partnerships of the 21st century is…
