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External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Sushma Swaraj, Shah Mahmood Qureshi will meet soon on sidelines of UNGA

The meeting is taking place on Pakistan’s request and the agenda for the meeting has not been finalised.

21 Sep 2018 12:58 AM

Pak for talks between Sushma Swaraj and Qureshi

Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said that no decision has been taken on the issue so far.

20 Sep 2018 2:22 AM

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Palliative care can ensure global health & well-being

The advances made by medical science have not only increased our life span but it is now possible to ensure good symptom relief.

18 Jul 2018 3:06 AM

The US has used the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act to obstruct Pakistani and Indian plans for the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.

US sanctions law is a bully’s tool, violates the UN charter

Each country — namely Iran, Russia, Syria and North Korea — is targeted because the US dislikes it or disapproves of its policies.

17 Jul 2018 5:23 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Of anti-incumbency & political one-upmanship

Going a step further, the Modi government is now posting yoga gurus in Indian embassies and cultural centres in different international capitals.

15 Jul 2018 5:52 AM

'I would like to place on record and reiterate that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India. No amount of empty rhetoric from Pakistan will change this reality,' First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Sandeep Kumar Bayyapu said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

J&K inalienable for us, Pak’s empty rhetoric won’t change it: India at UN

India exercised the Right of Reply, strongly rejecting Pakistan's reference to Kashmir in the 193-member UN body.

26 Jun 2018 12:02 PM

She defeated another woman — Honduras' UN Ambassador Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake — by 128-62 with two abstentions in the secret-ballot vote. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

UN General Assembly elects Ecuador's Foreign Minister as next president

Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces will be the fourth woman to lead the 193-member world body in its 73-year history.

06 Jun 2018 3:19 PM

Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and now Syria are living examples of the monumental failure of US foreign policy. Apparently, the US never learnt any lessons from the Vietnam war.

How not to learn the lessons of history

Smart people draw lessons from their failures and when faced with similar problems again, try to avoid those pitfalls.

26 Apr 2018 6:24 AM

India’s foreign policy and diplomacy vis-à-vis China will be severely tested beyond the obvious “flashpoints” like Doklam or Male.

‘Sinosphere’ growing, threat to India rising

Nepal has already voted in K.P. Sharma Oli’s “Left alliance” and the traditionally pro-India Nepal Congress sits on the Opposition benches.

01 Mar 2018 12:05 AM

Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Of pally netas & the charming Ms Swaraj

Modi has publicly praised Swaraj for giving a “human face” to her ministry and for her strong speech at the UN General Assembly.

31 Dec 2017 12:53 AM

The announcement made Guatemala the first country to follow the United States in saying it was moving its embassy. (Photo: AFP)

Moving embassy to Jerusalem a sovereign decision: Guatemala

Guatemala moved its Embassy despite a UN vote condemning US President Trump's decision to view Jerusalem as Israel's capital last week.

27 Dec 2017 10:05 AM

In September 2017, Gambhir had made a strong rebuttal by calling Pakistan a 'terroristan' at UN General Assembly. (photo: ANI | Twitter)

Eenam Gambhir, who called Pak ‘terroristan’, robbed of phone in Delhi

According to police officials, the accused snatched the phone from her on the pretext of asking for directions.

25 Dec 2017 6:04 PM

The Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound is seen in Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo: AP)

India, 127 UN member nations vote to reject US decision on Jerusalem

While resolutions by the General Assembly are non-binding, a strong vote in support carries political weight.

22 Dec 2017 4:29 AM

The issue was raised by Pakistan during a debate on decolonisation in the fourth committee of the UN General Assembly. (Representational image)

India slams Pakistan at UN for repeatedly raising Kashmir issue

Srinivas Prasad, Indian envoy to UN said, 'India considered it a diversion from the agenda and as a distraction not worthy of a response'.

10 Oct 2017 10:55 AM

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. (File Photo)

After being suspended, US resumes premium processing of all H-1B visa categories

In September, the country opened up some categories of the H-1B visas for the fast processing.

04 Oct 2017 1:05 PM

The picture used by Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN was reported by a number of media outlets as that of Rawia Abu Joma'a, a 17-year-old girl injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza city in 2014. (Photo: Twitter)

Pak dodges question on photo goof-up at UN, blames India for using pellets

Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Nafess Zakaria also accused India of playing the role of a spoiler in Afghanistan.

29 Sep 2017 10:36 AM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: AP)

An obsession or a reality?

As a rising power, India should not focus only on Pakistan at the UN and elsewhere.

28 Sep 2017 6:16 AM

US President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un (Photo: AFP)

Any claim of declaring war on North Korea absurd: White House defends Trump's tweet

North Korea's top diplomat said Monday that US President Donald Trump's weekend tweet was a 'declaration of war'.

26 Sep 2017 11:03 AM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in UNGA said, 'India and Pakistan became free within hours of each other. Why is it that today India is a recognised IT superpower in the world, and Pakistan is recognised only as the pre-eminent export factory for terror?' (Photo: AP)

Chinese media calls India 'bigoted', brands Sushma's speech 'arrogant'

Editorial said, 'There is indeed terrorism in Pakistan. But is supporting terror the country's national policy?'

26 Sep 2017 9:28 AM

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. (Photo: AP)

Recalibrate Pak policy, reach out to the world

The people of India, however, will have to decide in a little over a year if Trump or Roosevelt should be the preferred guide on diplomacy.

25 Sep 2017 5:31 AM

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