NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar lashed out at Pakistan for its PM Shehbaz Sharif‘s remarks against India at the UN, saying that a dysfunctional nation coveting the lands of others must be exposed and countered.Countering Sharif’s “bizarre assertions” in which he had spoken about an alleged Hindu supremacist agenda and claimed that the people…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday tore into Pakistan at the United Nations and warned that its cross-border terrorism policy can and will never succeed. Citing Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif‘s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech where he accused New Delhi of “escalating tensions” in Kashmir, Jaishankar also warned that Islamabad’s…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday hit back at Pakistan Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif over his United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) address where he accused New Delhi of “escalating tensions” in Kashmir.Bhavika Mangalanandan, first secretary at India’s permanent mission to the UN, accused Pakistan of using cross-border terrorism as a key strategy against India, citing numerous…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on Friday accused India of “massive expansion of its military capabilities” and issuing threats to cross the LoC for taking over Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, as he raised the Kashmir issue again in his UNGA address. He demanded that New Delhi reverse the 2019 abrogation of Article 370.Pakistan routinely raises the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday delivered a fiery speech at the UNGA, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a fresh wave of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu’s remarks came amid rising tensions following a year of conflict with Hamas, and new reports of attacks involving Iran-backed groups, including Hezbollah and Yemen’s…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to raise long-standing issues on United Nations Security Council’s agenda which includes Jammu and Kashmir along with the war-torn Palestine. The PM will also address the rising tide of Islamophobia across nations, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement.“Will present Pakistan’s perspective to the world, advocate our…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution demanding that Israel end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months, “without delay”.The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution with overwhelming support, as 124 nations voted in favour, 14 against and 43, including India, abstained.The vote came…
Praising India for battling poverty and helping farmers, United Nations General Assembly chief Dennis Francis said that New Delhi has lifted 800 million people out of poverty in the last 5 or 6 years by smartphones. “India has been able to lift 800 million people out of poverty over the last 5 or 6 years…
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar is likely to participate in both Quad and Russia and China-led SCO meetings on the margins of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly later this month, during what will be his first visit abroad after the G20 summit in Delhi.Jaishankar was scheduled to travel to Cuba later…
