NEW DELHI: In the second leg of his South East Asian nations visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached Singapore, after a historic trip to Brunei. PM Modi received a warm welcome from the Indian diaspora upon his arrival in Singapore, with traditional Maharashtrian dance and drums greeting him at the airport. This is…
PM Narendra Modi spoke to his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese Monday about bilateral ties and also cooperation under the Quad mechanism that both countries are a part of along with the US and Japan. “Delighted to speak to my friend Anthony Albanese. We took stock of progress in our bilateral relations and cooperation in the…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing convergence on strategic issues, particularly the common agenda of ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific, India and Japan are in talks to revise and update the joint declaration on security cooperation they signed in 2008. The third India-Japan 2+2 foreign and defence industrial meeting on Tuesday will look to carry forward…
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s new foreign minister Arzu Deuba Rana on Sunday embarked on a five-day official visit to India during which she will meet external affairs minister S Jaishankar to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral ties and promote cooperation.Rana is visiting India at the invitation of Jaishankar, the foreign ministry said in a statement. This…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of a thaw in India-Maldives ties for the past few months, President Mohamed Muizzu met visiting India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar on Saturday and, as they presided over a ceremony for the inauguration of water and sanitation projects spread over 28 islands, called India one of Maldives’ closest allies and invaluable…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar is set to pay an official visit to the Maldives from August 9 to August 11. This visit marks the first high level engagement by India with the Maldives since Mohamed Muizzu assumed the presidency late last year.Jaishankar’s visit comes after the recent trip of President Muizzu to India, where…
Amid the ongoing violent protest in Bangladesh a total of 6,700 Indian students have returned to India, ministry of external affairs’ spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday adding that New Delhi hoped for the Dhaka situation to return to normal.Responding to a media query on Bangladesh situation, Jaiswal said, “So far, we have had over…
WASHINGTON/HAVANA: The US removed Cuba from a short list of countries the United States alleges are “not cooperating fully” in its fight against terrorism, a State Department official said on Wednesday. The official cited the resumption of law enforcement cooperation between Cuba and the US as one the reasons why the previous designation was deemed…
