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India slams China-Pakistan for reference to J&K in joint statement

India excoriated China and Pakistan for reference to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement released by them and said it expects other countries not to comment on its internal matters and respect its sovereignty

Indian American heads US telemedicine push

Seema Verma, a top Indian American official, is leading a major US push for a path-breaking telemedicine initiative using laptops and phones and apps like Skype to ease the burden of growing coronavirus cases and the threat of infections

'India constitutionally secular; CAA doesn't violate fundamental rights'

The Indian government, in a point-by-point response to the criticism against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), said India is constitutionally secular, and also told the Supreme Court that the CAA does not violate any fundamental right provisions of the Constitution

India-Pakistan nuclear war may lead to global food crisis

A war between India and Pakistan using less than one per cent of nuclear weapons available in the world could lead to the worst global food crisis in modern history, say researchers

India needs to open channels of communication with Taliban

Recent developments over Afghanistan are throwing up a number of issues and questions that India may need to address to evolve a new approach to dealing effectively and usefully with possible regime change or modification

Pakistan to now promote digital diplomacy

IThe Pakistan government has decided to set up a 23-member media team to devise and lead strategy around digital diplomacy

Pakistan must comply with 13 points to come out of FATF grey list

IPakistan will have to comply with remaining crucial 13 points till June 2020, including prosecution and conviction of banned outfits and proscribed persons, for which the list already provided to Islamabad in order to come out of grey list of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Divided opposition pushes Indian democracy into crisis

Democracy or a democratic polity thrives and survives on autonomous institutions which include a powerful opposition keeping the ruling party on its toes by remaining vigilant to serve and further people’s interests

India's efforts against COVID-19 praised

Even as some of the world's most powerful countries like China, the US, Italy and South Korea are struggling against the COVID-19 onslaught, India's efforts on this front have attracted praise

Rare SAARC joint action on aid, led by India

The eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), long been considered moribund because of disputes between India and Pakistan, Sunday evening in a rare joint action called to create a fund to fight the threat of COVID-19

Amid global criticism, India scripts a new foreign policy path

As India continues to script a new foreign policy path, skirting unprecedented levels of foreign criticism for a series of domestic policies and incidents of violence, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed a new spokesperson, Anurag Srivastava, to take charge as the nodal voice on foreign policy issues from Raveesh Kumar, who completes a three-year stint and will proceed to Vienna

Fresh hopes in Jammu & Kashmir

Some wise and old heads seem to be working on India's Kashmir policy, finally. The release of former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and attempt to present a new model of development by a group are two attempts in this direction

Modi’s SAARC strategy to combat COVID-19 well received

Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis across the globe, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the SAARC nations to chalk out strategy to fight it and set an example to the world.

Activists ask UN to break silence on genocide of Baloch

In a strong indictment of the United Nations for its apathy towards Baloch people, human rights activists have set up a pavilion right outside the United Nations office in Geneva, highlighting their genocide committed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Khalilzad hopes intra-Afghan talks conclude in '100 days'

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has expressed hope for the intra-Afghan talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban would conclude in 100 days.