Arul Louis

Arul Louis

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The author a New York-based journalist, is a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Society for Policy Studies

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For second time this week, Blinken discusses Afghanistan with Jaishankar

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Afghanistan with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for the second time this week during the latter’s stay in New York and agreed to continue coordination over responses to the rapidly evolving situation in that countr

India to take pivotal role in anti-terror fight as head of UNSC panel

India will assume a pivotal role in the global fight against terror when it takes over the chair of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) next year, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced on Thursday

Don’t justify terrorism, avoid double standards, says India at UNSC

As events in Afghanistan elevate concerns about international security, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Thursday the global community should call out the hyprocrisy of countries that protect terrorists “with innocents' blood on their hands.”

Afghanistan situation evolving; India's priority is getting its citizens home safely: Jaishankar

India's priority in Afghanistan is safely getting back home its citizens in the country that has been overrun by the Taliban and it is discussing the matter with UN and US officials, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday

India proposes use of modern technology for UN peacekeeping to meet 21st century challenges

India on Wednesday proposed a multi-pronged plan to bring the peacekeeping operations to the 21st century by deploying technologies to face the evolving threats

Tributes to peacekeepers killed in service of UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar paid tributes on Wednesday to Indian peacekeepers who laid down their lives in the service of the global organisation

Blinken discusses Afghanistan situation with Indian, Pakistani foreign ministers

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the Afghanistan situation with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts as he made calls to foreign ministers with direct interests in the country overrun by the Taliban

It's up to Taliban to reassure neighbours through zero tolerance for terror, says India at UNSC

India told the Taliban on Monday that it was up to it to reassure its neighbours by ensuring that Afghanistan - where it has wrested power militarily after two decades - has zero tolerance for terrorism

Eleven countries won't recognise government imposed militarily in Afghanistan, says US

Under the looming threat of a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan militarily, at least eleven countries - including India and perhaps Pakistan - oppose any military solution to the conflict and declared it will not recognise any government imposed by force, according to US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price

With China the elephant in the room, Quad officials discuss cooperation on supply chain, critical technologies

In a long-term plan to reduce dependence on China, senior officials of the four Quad countries - US, Japan,Australia and India - on Thursday explored collaboration to ensure “resilient supply chains” and enhance cooperation in areas of emerging and critical technologies