Diplomacy

Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar handed over the consignment of rice to Madagascar Foreign Minister Tehindrazanarivelo Djacoba at a function held at the Port Antsiranana.

Many Indians still struggle to find Armenia on the map, but Armenians know India well. Small compact nations tend to know their history well. So it was Armenians who told me how their first constitution had been drafted in the city of Chennai

India has received requests from several countries, including Bhutan, the Maldives, Iran and Italy, for assistance and essential supplies such as surgical masks and protective gear, and these are being processed, external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told a news briefing.

The event was marked by traditional Russian music (Balalaika recital, chorus, folk dances) was interweaved with Indian music (Bharatnatyam, Hindustani vocal, folk dances).

Holding the prime minister responsible for anything and everything that goes wrong, right from lack of monsoon rains to an increase in bus fares, is perhaps par-for-the-course in a country that has often seen histrionics and plebian play get the better of objective and dispassionate assessment of a socio-political crisis.

When CAA has been duly passed by both Houses of Parliament in the world’s largest democracy and the matter is in court, the UN body’s intervention could have been laughed away as overreach but for an obviously malevolent attempt to besmirch India’s reputation by the office of Michelle Bachelet, the former President of Chile who is now the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Mr. Jaishankar criticised the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for its criticism on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying its director had been wrong previously too and one should look at the U.N. body’s past record on handling the Kashmir issue.

The decision was taken at the meeting of the IOC Conference of ministers in Seychelles on Friday making India the fifth observer.

Close after President Donald Trump’s visit to India last month, the US secretary of defence Mark Esper is now slated to touch down in New Delhi on March 15 to discuss specific measures to further strengthen the already expansive military cooperation between the two countries.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India and the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, Republic of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), on cooperation in the field of health.