India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while helming the stewardship of G20 leaders' summit, invited the Head of the African Union to take his seat at the summit, as the bloc consisting of 55 African nations became a permanent member of the G20 in New Delhi on September 9. The principal...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Friday (September 8), accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin who died in a plane crash in the month of August. He underlined that the incident showed that the Russian leader was now politically weak. “The fact that he killed Prigozhin -...
The Russian military has reportedly withdrawn a regional task force from neighbouring Belarus. This withdrawal has drawn attention from Ukrainian border authorities and independent Belarusian war monitors, shedding light on the evolving dynamics in the region. Background: Lukashenko's deployment The backdrop to this withdrawal lies in Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's announcement...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended a warm welcome to leaders and delegates from across the globe on Saturday (September 9), marking the commencement of the 18th G20 summit. The prestigious event is taking place at Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, where PM Modi personally greeted each arrival....
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday arrived in India to attend to G20 Summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 9, 10. He was received by Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said, “The...
In a significant development for international cooperation, Mari State University (MarSU) and India’s largest medical education provider Rus Education have joined hands in a formal partnership agreement. This landmark agreement was signed during the international exhibition “Eurasia is Our Home” (EAEU), held in June 2023 in the city of...
China on Friday sought to deflect criticism that its objections to the proposals on Ukraine and climate issues were blocking an agreement at the G20 summit in New Delhi, saying it is participating in the discussions in an “active and constructive way.” Replying to questions on criticism by British...
NEW DELHI: Allaying India’s concerns over activities of pro-Khalistan elements in the UK, British PM Rishi Sunak asserted on Wednesday that no form of extremism was acceptable, adding that the right to hold lawful protest did not extend to violent or threatening behaviour. Sunak said he takes the duty of the government to disrupt...
Taking a veiled swipe at China and Pakistan, India slammed the attempts being made at blocking the “evidence-based” proposals to blacklist globally sanctioned terrorists in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Calling for urgent reforms of the top UN body, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj on...
New Delhi: After a shake-up in the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) made news, PLA’s Military Court president Cheng Dongfang was removed from his position, barely after eight months in office. Cheng was removed after the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) voted on a group of changes...