Cross-border terrorism from Pakistan has gone down in the past couple of years, Kashmir is moving towards normalcy and the Modi government retains a lot of support within the country, a senior US official has said

Hours after India had abstained a fourth time on a United Nations vote on Ukraine, an influential Republican senator cautioned that it would be “foolish” to harm bilateral ties because of it while the US government remained cautiously circumspect and said New Delhi’s position on Ukraine was “evolving” and refrained from outright criticism

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to censure Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while India abstained on the vote once again

India has offered to help evacuate citizens of neighbouring and other developing countries stranded in Ukraine but has said that efforts to evacuate its citizens from the war-hit country have been hampered by "adverse conditions" at the borders

Staying true to its traditionally neutral and nonaligned stand, especially on global issues outside its sphere of influence or core security interests,  India abstained for the third time on a Security Council vote on Ukraine and said it welcomed the decision by Ukraine and Russia to hold talks

The United Nations Security Council is to meet on Sunday (early Monday India time) in a hastily convened session to vote on a resolution to convene an emergency meeting of the General Assembly to take up the Ukraine crisis

The US has said it is "okay" with India's "distinct" relationship with Russia, referring to its strong defence and security ties, and suggested countries like India and Pakistan use their “leverage” with Moscow to protect a rules-based international order

India has been assigned a key role in the US Indo-Pacific strategy which says it would "support India's continued rise and regional leadership". Now, ironically India has found itself alongside China in the Security Council balancing act

India, along with China and the United Arab Emirates, abstained on a Security Council resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The UN resolution would be a test of India's position in a post-Cold War world that is quickly plunging into a new Cold War