India on Tuesday opposed Pakistan’s plans to hold elections in the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region and make it the neighboring country’s fifth province, saying Islamabad would not be able to make material changes to the areas under its illegal occupation. The two countries have clashed several times in recent weeks over …
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India on Monday rejected Pakistan’s criticism of the human rights situation in the country, calling on Islamabad to do more to address issues such as persecution of minorities, enforced disappearances and the influx of outsiders into Pakistani-occupied Kashmir ( PoK). Also read: Surgical Strike Day: How Army Soldiers Destroyed The …
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SHANGHAI: Chinese President Xi Jinping Such levels of happiness among all ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang are increasing and that China plans to continue teaching its residents a “correct” perspective on China, Xinhua News Agency reported late on Saturday. China has come under scrutiny for its treatment …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed frustration at the pace of United Nations reform and its response to challenges such as terrorism and the Covid-19 pandemic, and questioned how long India would be kept away from a seat in the high table of the world body. In a pre-recorded …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the annual UN General Assembly. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday for general debate at the 75th session of the General Assembly. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s UN General Assembly is taking place virtually, as …
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This year’s UN General Assembly is being held largely online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the world’s leaders are delivering prerecorded speeches at the New York summit. Some of the priority issues for India at the ongoing 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly will be to …
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 27, 2019. (REUTERS / Brendan Mcdermid) In a pre-recorded video statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will promote greater transparency in the process of inclusion and exclusion …
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UNITED NATIONS: The “only supreme glory” Pakistan has to show the world over the past seven decades is terrorism, ethnic cleansing, majority fundamentalism and clandestine nuclear trade, India said in a scathing response on Friday, criticizing the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech “incessant spiel” and “poison” in the UN …
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The Indian delegate at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York walked out of the room as the pre-recorded statement from Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was heard on Friday. The delegate, a junior diplomat named Mijito Vinito from the Indian Foreign Service group of 2010, gathered up his …
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GENEVA: India again gave an adequate response to Pakistan at the 45th meeting of the Human Rights Council in the United Nations on Friday saying the world does not need lessons on human rights from a country that has been known as a “hotbed and epicenter of terrorism.” At the …
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