Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he never saw his counterpart Sushma Swaraj as an “important political player” but got along famously with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, hitting it off with him in their first meeting itself. In his latest book ‘Never Give an Inch: Continue Reading
Jaishankar hails Vajpayee's handling of diplomatic situation post 1998 nuclear tests
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday lauded then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s handling of the diplomatic situation following the nuclear tests in 1998 and said that within a space of two years India had engaged all the major countries of the world. Presiding over the third Continue Reading
Free movement visa offers for Indians unlikely, says British trade minister
London: The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) is expected to be clinched this year but it won’t involve any boost of free movement visa offers for Indians, British trade minister in charge of the negotiations has said. Kemi Badenoch, who was in New Delhi last month to kick off the Continue Reading
Japan Flu case numbers in surge, signal epidemic beginning
Tokyo: The average number of flu patients per medical institution in Japan in the week through January 15 came to 7.37, signaling the beginning of an epidemic, a health ministry survey said. About 5,000 medical institutions in all of Japan’s 47 prefectures reported 36,388 cases of seasonal flu during the Continue Reading
Russia claims progress in eastern Ukraine, heads to Bakhmut
Kyiv: Russia claimed Friday to have captured a village in its intense, monthslong push toward the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut, as military analysts cautioned that tanks that may be sent by Kyiv’s Western allies wouldn’t be a magic wand in the almost 11-month war. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Continue Reading
Russia, China to conduct naval drills near South African shore
Johannesburg: Russia and China will conduct naval drills in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa next month, in another indication of their strengthening relationships with Africa’s most developed country amid the war in Ukraine and global financial uncertainty. The South African armed forces said Thursday that they Continue Reading
Chinese Embassy in Colombo accuses US of sowing discord between China, Sri Lanka
Colombo: Launching a major diplomatic counter-attack on the US, China Wednesday charged that the US envoy in Colombo was “sowing discord between China and Sri Lanka” “‘China, China, China!’, our US colleague starts chanting this infamous mantra and blaming China as a ‘spoiler’ to the island’s negotiation with the IMF Continue Reading
EAM Jaishankar to visit Maldives, Sri Lanka
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be on a three-day visit to the Maldives and Sri Lanka beginning Wednesday to further expand bilateral engagement with the two key maritime neighbours of India. Jaishankar’s first destination will be the Maldives, where he will sign several agreements to bolster bilateral Continue Reading
Paris station stabbings: probe opened for attempted murders
Paris: The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation Sunday into “attempted murders” after seven people were injured with a sharp metallic hook at a crowded Paris train station Wednesday. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement that her office asked for the man suspected in the attack to Continue Reading
PM Modi announces project 'Aarogya Maitri' to provide essential medical supplies to developing nations
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday announced a project under which India will provide essential medical supplies to developing nations in case of natural disasters or humanitarian crisis and proposed to set up a ‘centre of excellence’ to facilitate development solutions to these countries. In his opening address at Continue Reading