UN:Sushma discusses strategic cooperation, trade, development at bilaterals
By Arul Louis
United Nations-- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met nine leaders from across the globe in a whirlwind of bilateral interactions and spoke...
India reiterates commitment to Afghan-led peace process
New Delhi-- India reiterated its commitment and support to Kabul's efforts towards an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled peace and reconciliation process at a meeting...
No Sushma-Qureshi meeting at UN
New Delhi-- No meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been scheduled yet on the sidelines...
Chicago Congress: Paeans to Hindu unity in shadow of ‘nemesis’ long deceased
By Ashok Easwaran
At its best, speeches at the recently concluded World Hindu Congress echoed the soaring spiritual ideals evoked by Swami Vivekananda in Chicago...
Pakistan denies opening Afghan trade route for India
Islamabad-- Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has dismissed reports that Islamabad has expressed readiness to talk on restoring the India-Afghanistan trade route through...
Pakistan says India-US statement violates diplomatic norms
Islamabad-- Pakistan on Thursday took "strong exception to the unwarranted reference" against it in the joint statement issued following the 2+2 India-US dialogue in...
Revoke Suu Kyi’s Congressional Gold Medal: Ro Khanna Congressman
Washington-- Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said that he wants to revoke Myanmar State Counsellor Suu Kyi's Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honour...
821 mn faced food shortage in 2017: UN
Geneva-- The number of people facing food shortage and undernourishment increased in 2017 to 821 million, according to a report released by UN organisations...
Global climate summit to push countries to reduce emissions
By Vishal Gulati
San Francisco-- The three-day Global Climate Action Summit here from September 12 will see 4,000-plus business leaders, investors, citizens and government representatives...
Zuckerberg ‘Twitter account’ pledges $5 mn for Pakistan dam
Islamabad-- An imposter, claiming to be Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has pledged, on microbloging site twitter, to contribute $5 million for Pakistans dam fund.
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