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New Delhi, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's visit to India, planned for later this week, has been cancelled, sources in Kabul told IANS on Tuesday. As Delhi and Kabul are facing a new tectonic shift in their bilateral relations after the takeover of the Taliban in 2021, both nations have enhanced their diplomatic relations, and it could have been a major development if Foreign Minister Muttaqi had visited Delhi. Sources in Kabul told IANS that the visit got cancelled because Muttaqi failed to receive a travel ban exemption from the United Nations Security Council. "The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has officially given an invitation to Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to visit New Delhi. All things were planned, but at the very last moment, the minister did not get a nod from the travel ban exemption from the UNSC. If the visit had gone as per the plan, that would've marked a new momentum in Delhi-Kabul relations," the source said. As reported by IANS earlier this week, a high-level delegation from Kabul was expected to visit New Delhi. This is the second time in the month that Muttaqi has failed to go ahead on a foreign travel due to the sanctions (travel ban) imposed on him, along with many other Taliban leaders. His earlier visit to Pakistan also failed a few days back due to the very same reason. Although India has still not recognised the Taliban regime, but has handed over Afghanistan's consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad to Taliban diplomats. Last month, Russia became the first country to formally recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government, which has been facing flak from human rights groups and at the global level for its treatment towards women, a key factor which is acting as a roadblock for the Taliban regime to get global recognition.
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Trinidad and Tobago on a two-day visit from July 3 as part of his multi-country eight-day-long tour that begins this Wednesday and will include visits to Ghana, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia. Addressing a special media briefing in the national capital on Monday, Secretary (South) in the Ministry of External Affairs Neena Malhotra, said that the entire indian community in the Carribbean country was "very enthusiastic" about PM Modi's upcoming visit. "PM Modi will be undertaking an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago from July 3-4 at th ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China has brought to the fore the contradictions and dilemmas of India's foreign policy. They relate to the growing affinity between China and Pakistan, which could upset the delicate balance of power in South Asia and India's balancing act with regard to the conflict between Israel and Iran. Whatever the political rhetoric of new regimes, continuity in foreign policy is almost unchangeable, while there will be room for making some changes or shifts. India, under successive NDA governments, has been making some ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a multi-nation visit to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia in the first week of July, with a primary focus on attending the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro and holding bilateral meetings with key global leaders, officials said on Monday. Addressing a special briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on the Prime Minister's visit to Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia, Secretary (Economic Relations) Dammu Ravi said, "The 17th BRICS Summit is taking place ...Read More >
New York/New Delhi, July 8 (UNI) India has abstained from voting on the UN Resolution on Afghanistan, and said the international community must direct its coordinated efforts towards ensuring that entities and individuals designated by the UN Security Council along with their regional sponsors who facilitate their operations, no longer exploit the Afghan territory for terrorist activities. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador P Harish, in his statement on the Resolution, welcomed the strong condemnation by Afghanistan of the Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22 and said Ind ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, JP Nadda, visited Dammam and Riyadh from July 11-13. His visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation with India in the field of Chemicals and fertilisers. He led a high-level delegation that included the Secretary and other senior officials from the Department of Fertilisers and Ministry of External Affairs. JP Nadda held discussions on Sunday with the Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, His Excellency Bandar bin Ibrahim Al Kh ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Friday welcomed the Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan in New Delhi for the 4th India-Central Asia Dialogue, as India continues to put a strong foot forward in enhancing anti-terror and de-radicalisation partnerships across the region. "4th India-Central Asia Dialogue begins in Delhi. EAM S Jaishankar warmly welcomed Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin of Tajikistan, Deputy Chairman of C ...Read More >
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Quad grouping of the United States, India, Japan and Australia called on Tuesday for the perpetrators of an Islamist militant attack that killed 26 in India-administered Kashmir to be brought to justice without delay. The April 22 attack sparked heavy fighting between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in the latest escalation of a decades-old rivalry as India blamed it on Pakistan, which denied responsibility while calling for a neutral investigation. The U.S. State Dep ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP leader Amit Malviya on Monday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diplomacy and India's rising global stature for the BRICS grouping's strong condemnation of the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed, and solidarity with New Delhi against terrorism. Malviya, incharge of BJP's National Information and Technology Department, took to social media to list key takeaways for New Delhi from the Summit and captioned his message 'India shines at BRICS Rio de Janeiro summit'. The 31-page, 126-paragraph BRICS Rio Joint Statement mentions India 10 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in India on Thursday morning after wrapping up a highly productive and successful five-nation tour to Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), PM Modi's five-nation visit was a "productive and successful" tour. PM Modi has reached a significant milestone in his diplomatic journey, having now delivered 17 speeches to foreign Parliaments, matching the cumulative record of all Congress Prime Ministers before him. This achievement was marked by his recent addresses in Ghana, Tri ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) India has evacuated over 3,400 Indian nationals from Iran so far in 14 flights under Operation Sindhu launched on June 18 to bring home its citizens amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, according to data shared by the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday. At his weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in response to queries on Operation Sindhu, also said, New Delhi was "assessing the situation on ground" and depending on that a decision would be taken whether to "continue with it or not". On June 24, while India remained "deeply concerned about ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a multi-nation visit to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia in the first week of July, with a primary focus on attending the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro and holding bilateral meetings with key global leaders, officials said on Monday. Addressing a special briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on the Prime Minister's visit to Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia, Secretary (Economic Relations) Dammu Ravi said, "The 17th BRICS Summit is taking place on July 5 and July 6 in ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday called on the international community to stand united against terrorism, stressing that there must be "no impunity to terrorists", "no treating them as proxies", and "no yielding to nuclear blackmail". His comments came while inaugurating a digital exhibition titled "The Human Cost of Terrorism" at the United Nations headquarters.Addressing diplomats, senior UN officials and envoys gathered at the venue, Jaishankar highlighted India's firm response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, and pointed to the bro ...Read More >
Brasilia: India's Ambassador to Brazil, Dinesh Bhatia, presented credentials to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discussed deepening of bilateral strategic partnership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Brazil. PM Modi is travelling to Brazil at the invitation of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. This will be the Prime Minister's fourth visit to Brazil. The 17th BRICS Leaders' Summit will be held in Rio de Janeiro from July 6 to 7. In a post on X, the Indian Embassy in Brazil stated, "Amb @dineshbhatia presented credentials to President @LulaOficial and discussed d ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a significant five-nation diplomatic tour today, starting with Ghana, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the West African country in three decades. The eight-day tour aims to deepen India's strategic, economic, and development partnerships across Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, both sides will explore enhanced cooperation in key areas such as: India and Ghana enjoy longstanding diplomatic relations, with India contributing to Ghana's development through technical traini ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Keeping the door open for diplomacy, Iran has stated that any negotiation process with the US is meaningless until Washington provides a 'credible guarantee' to prevent future acts of aggression by Israel and the US. In an email interview with ANI, Iran's Ambassador to India, Iraj Elahi emphasised Tehran's conditions for resuming dialogue with Washington. 'As for negotiations with the United States, considering their betrayal of diplomacy and complicity with the Zionist regime in launching illegal attacks on Iran -- while a diplomatic process was still ongoin ...Read More >
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will be on a three day visit to China starting July 13, sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) revealed on Friday. They stated that EAM Jaishankar will begin his China visit from Beijing and then visit Tianjin for the Foreign Minister's Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries. China is the current Chair of the grouping. While the External Affairs Minister has met his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of multilateral events, this would be his first trip to China since bilateral relations wer ...Read More >
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New Delhi: Twelve days of war. Three direct U.S. strikes. One bill. One signature. That is all it took to change the tone in Tehran. Iran's parliament passed a new law last week. President Masoud Pezeshkian signed it into force. With that, Iran began cutting ties with the world's nuclear watchdog - the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This is not merely another diplomatic rebuke. It is the beginning of a different phase. One that nuclear experts say could lead somewhere far more dangerous. After the United States dropped bunker-busting bombs on Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, Washingto ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Tomy Thomas, husband of Nimisha Priya, the 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala who faces execution in Yemen on July 16 after being convicted of murder in June 2018, informed about the ongoing efforts to save her life. Thomas met with the Kerala Governor, Rajendra Arlekar, recently, who offered support to Nimisha's mother through video conferencing. According to Thomas, the Central government, the State government, and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) are making efforts to secure Nimisha's release. While speaking to ANI, Thomas said, 'I am in contact w ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, 26 Jun: India has evacuated over 3,400 Indian nationals from Iran so far in 14 flights under Operation Sindhu launched on 18 June to bring home its citizens amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, according to data shared by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday. At his weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in response to queries on Operation Sindhu, also said that New Delhi is "assessing the situation on ground" and depending on that a decision would be taken whether to "continue with it or not." On 24 June, while India remained "deeply concerned ab ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30: India and Bhutan held the latest round of Development Cooperation Talks in New Delhi on June 30, 2025, reaffirming their enduring partnership based on trust, mutual understanding, and deep people-to-people ties. The Indian delegation was led by Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Tanmaya Lal, while Foreign Secretary Aum Pema Choden headed the Bhutanese side. The meeting served as a key bilateral mechanism to review the full spectrum of India's development assistance to Bhutan, aligned with the priorities of Bhutan's 13th Five Year Plan (2024-2029). The Gov ...Read More >
Brasilia/New Delhi, July 8 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm welcome from Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, and was accorded a guard of honour and ceremonial welcome, ahead of their bilateral talks. PM Modi said after the ceremonial welcome that his state visit to Brazil, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in nearly six decades, will add momentum to the bilateral ties. "This state visit to Brazil will add momentum to our bilateral relations." The Brazilian President said in a post on X that the two sides are set to ink important ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed with a special performance of Ram Bhajan at Brasilia's Alvorada Palace besides the grand ceremonial welcome ahead of the official talks with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal took to X to share a 2.48-minute video and wrote: "Upon arrival at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia ahead of official talks, PM @narendramodi was welcomed with a special performance of 'Ram Bhajan'." In the video, classical singer Meeta Ravindra Kumar Karahe is seen presenting a devotiona ...Read More >
A violent clash between Bangladeshi security forces and supporters of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari resulted in one fatality on Tuesday. The incident occurred after Brahmachari, an outspoken monk and spokesperson for a newly-formed Hindu advocacy group, was denied bail on sedition charges. According to AFP, citing Nurul Alam, a police inspector stationed at Chittagong Medical College Hospital, public prosecutor Saiful Islam Alif succumbed to injuries sustained during the altercation. "He had deep injuries on his head," confirmed hospital director Taslim Uddin. The clashes erup ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong on Wednesday said that China is ready to work with India and put into action the understandings between Indian and Chinese leaders. The comments come ahead of the 23rd meeting of the Special Representatives between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. In a post on X, Ambassador Xu Feihong, "China is ready to work with India to implement the important common understandings between the leaders of China and India, respect each other's core interests and major concerns, str ...Read More >
"India's gateway into Europe" - that's how Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described Athens' relationship with New Delhi during his visit to India in 2024, a phrase frequently used by Greek officials whenever they discuss the ties between the two countries. The same phrase was echoed by Greece's foreign minister during an interview with Indian newspaper The Hindu ahead of his two-day visit to New Delhi on Thursday and Friday. But how does India view its relationship with Greece? To understand India's perspective, Kathimerini English Edition spoke with The Hindu's diplomatic editor Su ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, cricket stadium in-charge, additional commissioner of police, commissioner of police have been susp ...Read More >
Pakistan's former Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, recently faced public embarrassment at a United Nations press briefing after he was fact-checked by a reporter for making unsubstantial claims that Muslims were being 'demonised' in India. Bilawal Bhutto, part of Islamabad's diplomatic team at the UN, made the remarks during a press conference to clarify Pakistan's stance on Kashmir. Pahalgam attack was politicised to demonise Indian Mus ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday debunked all allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about rigging and match-fixing in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. In his articles titled 'Those Rejected by the People Deny the Mandate', published in the same three newspapers where Gandhi's write-ups appeared, CM Fadnavis advised the Congress MP to "accept defeat, introspect on where you went wrong, why your connect with the people is lacking, and what needs to be done." He taunted Gandhi, saying that the latter was preparing excuses for "defeats ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) India has so far evacuated more than 4,400 Indian nationals from Iran and Israel in 19 special flights under Operation Sindhu launched on June 18 to bring home its citizens amid an ongoing conflict between the two countries, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The evacuated Indian nationals included "more than 1,500 women and 500 children", the MEA said in a statement on Friday. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi To Begin 5-Nation Tour on July 2 To Strengthen Global Partnerships. "The government of India is deeply committed to the safety and well-being of ...Read More >