NEW DELHI: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John kerry will be in India from April 5 to 8 during which he will discuss the next Leaders‘Summit on Weather hosted by President Joe Biden as well as key climate issues in the context of the COP26 meeting to be held later …
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NEW DELHI: India on Saturday called on China for a faster disengagement in the Gogra, Hot Springs and Demchok areas, while affirming the need for Chinese soldiers to stop blocking Indian patrols on the Depsang Plains to reduce tensions generals in eastern Ladakh. There was no official news on the …
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The US State Department has “recognized” the steps India is taking toward agricultural reforms, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in its response to the former’s reaction to protests by farmers in India. He also said that any protest should be seen in the “context of India’s democratic politics and …
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The news about the Indian protest in Pakistan, in a written communication, the destruction of a temple in the Teri village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aroused some public interest. But my tweet went viral when I posed the obvious question: “What kind of unilateralism is this? India questions the destruction of …
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India on Friday called for “urgent, practical and time-limited” assistance for 39 Indian sailors stranded aboard two ships in Chinese waters, considering the “grave” humanitarian situation unfolding on the ships. Foreign Ministry (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the Indian bulk cargo ship MV Jag Anand has been anchored near the …
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About 150 Army soldiers who traveled to Delhi to participate in the Republic Day and Army Day parades tested positive for COVID-19, according to an Army source. “Soldiers who came to participate in various parades were tested before being put into a secure bubble. Some of them tested positive. Almost …
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WASHINGTON: A group of seven influential American lawmakers, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, has written to the Secretary of Mike Pompeo Stateurging him to raise the question of farmers‘protest in India with his Indian counterpart. India has called the statements by foreign leaders and politicians about the farmers’ protests “misinformed” …
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NEW DELHI: India said on Thursday it looked forward to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit next month, amid reports that travel may not be possible due to the rapidly spreading mutated version of the coronavirus in the UK. “We had invited the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday he sold hard to his government reforms ranging from manufacturing to taxes to labor, saying they have changed the world’s perception of the country from ‘why India’ to ‘why not India’ and continued to cite record foreign investment during the pandemic as …
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NEW DELHI: India said on Friday that the military standoff in eastern Ladakh over the past six months has been the result of actions by China seeking to effect a “unilateral change” in status along the Royal Line of Control ( LAC). Comments from ministry of foreign affairs spokesman Anurag …
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