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MoS External Affairs to visit US to participate in UNSC debate

New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V. Muraleedharan will be in the US from October 6 to participate in the High Level UN Security Council Debate, on…
‘India is willing to do whatever it can’ : Jaishankar on Ukraine crisis

Auckland: India is willing to do whatever it can to facilitate a solution to the Ukraine crisis, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, as he highlighted how India pressed Moscow on…

US believes Ukraine’s government authorised Moscow assassination

Washington: The US intelligence community believes the car bombing that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of prominent Russian political figure Alexander Dugin, was authorised by elements within the Ukrainian government, local media…
California Sikh family’s murder: Sherrif says “special place in hell” for suspect

Los Angeles: “There’s a special place in hell for this guy, the Sheriff of Merced County in California has said of the suspect who abducted four members of an Indian-origin Sikh family,…
Punjab CM seeks MEA intervention in murder of family in US

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday sought the intervention of the External Affairs Minister for impressing upon the US government to conduct a thorough probe into the gruesome murder of…
World currency reserves falling at fastest pace

In the current year, the global foreign currency reserves fell by around $1 trillion to $12 trillion. It is the biggest drop since 2003. The reserves still continue to fall. These reserves…
Jaishankar takes up student visa issue with New Zealand foreign minister

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar today said India and New Zealand have a particular responsibility in forging a post-colonial order, which is fairer and more equitable. He stressed that it will…

Strengthening the relationship between New Zealand and India

Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand says she is excited and looking forward to her bilateral meeting with honourable Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at Auckland war memorial…
34 people including children killed in attack on day-care centre in Thailand

Bangkok: At least 34 people, including children and adults were killed and 12 others wounded in an attack on a day-care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu district in Thailand on Thursday. The…
Suella Braverman objects to increasing visas for Indians

London: Suella Braverman has again risked upsetting No. 10 after saying she has “reservations” about Britain’s trade deal with India because it could increase immigration to the UK, The Guardian reported. Liz Truss…
US: Bodies of kidnapped Indian-origin family found, video emerges

Chandigarh: A Punjab-origin Sikh family of four, including an eight-month-old child, who were kidnapped from Merced County in California, was found dead, authorities said on Thursday. “It’s horribly, horribly senseless,” Merced County…
Probe ordered after WHO links children’s deaths in Gambia to made-in-India cough syrup

New Delhi: A probe has been initiated by India’s drug regulator after the WHO issued an alert saying cough syrups manufactured by an Indian firm could potentially be linked to the death…
‘A good person’: Friends remember slain Indian student Varun in US

New York: As students gathered at Purdue University campus in the US to hold a candlelight vigil in the memory of slain Indian American student Varun Manish Chheda, his friends, shocked and…
Death toll from Hurricane Ian in US exceeds 110, 300k still without power

Washington: The death toll from Hurricane Ian in the US has exceeded 110, while hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. At least 110 people, including 105 in Florida and five…
White House says OPEC+ ‘aligning’ with Russia

Washington: The White House on Wednesday (local time) expressed disappointment over the announcement of a cut in oil production quotas by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies. Criticizing…