S Jaishankar

FS Shringla calls for greater interaction among strategic affairs analysts of India and Russia

4:45 pm February 18, 2021

Moscow: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday highlighted the unique nature of India’s close and trust-based partnership with Russia, as he called for greater interaction among the think tanks and strategic affairs analysts of the two nations in line with their strong comprehensive bilateral cooperation. Shringla arrived in Moscow on Tuesday on his first foreign trip this year and […]

Stop vaccine nationalism, encourage internationalism: India at UNSC meeting on COVID-19

11:25 pm February 17, 2021

United Nations: India, which has shipped ‘Made In India’ COVID-19 vaccines to 25 countries, on Wednesday appealed the international community to stop ”vaccine nationalism” and actively encourage ”internationalism”, underlining that hoarding superfluous doses will defeat global efforts to attain collective health security and combat the deadly pandemic. Addressing the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar outlined nine points […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

PM Modi calls for immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan

11:56 pm February 9, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for an immediate and a comprehensive ceasefire to end violence in Afghanistan as he said ”no external power” can stop India’s friendship with it and both countries want to see the region free of ”grave threat” of terrorism. He was speaking at a virtual meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that saw both sides […]

Nine rounds of military talks held with the Chinese, will continue: Jaishankar

8:35 pm February 6, 2021

Amaravati : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said senior military commanders of India and China have held nine rounds of talks on the process of disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh and the parleys will continue in future also. Addressing reporters in Vijayawada, he said so far there was no ”visible expression” of […]

US will hold China accountable for its abuses of international system: Blinken

2:38 pm February 6, 2021

Washington: The US will hold China accountable for its abuses of the international system, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said as he spoke to his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and raised with him the issue of human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. The two leaders spoke on Friday. It was the first conversation between the top officials since President Joe Biden took office on January […]