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Taiwan detects Chinese military aircraft, vessel

Taiwan's Minister of National Defence (MND) detected 29 sorties of PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels around its territory on Friday.

2025-06-27T01:30:11.657967+00:00 IST

EAM Jaishankar speaks to Australian FM Wong ahead of QUAD Meet

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held a conversation with the Foreign Minister of Australia, Penny Wong ahead of the QUAD Foreign Ministers' meeting.

2025-06-27T01:16:03.122364+00:00 IST

EAM Jaishankar speaks to Qatar PM Al Thani

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar spoke to the Prime Minister of Qatar on Thursday, he shared the details in a post on X.

2025-06-27T01:15:43.220926+00:00 IST

Thailand: MoS Nityanand Rai highlights India's civil registration

Minister of State Nityanand Rai delivered India's country statement at the 3d Ministerial Conference on Central Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific on Thursday, the Embassy of India in Thailand shared.

2025-06-26T21:08:26.158768+00:00 IST

Operation Sindhu under full swing: Special evacuation flight

The special evacuation flight from Yerevan, Armenia, landed on Thursday evening with 173 Indian nationals from Iran.

2025-06-26T20:03:07.088554+00:00 IST

Khamenei rebukes Trump's "surrender" remark

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump's call for Iran's surrender, describing it as "too big to come out of his mouth".

2025-06-26T19:31:23.201488+00:00 IST

India's oil import from Iran "depends on market factors, prevailing global situation": MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs clarified India's position on importing crude oil from Iran on Wednesday, stating that energy purchases are based on "market factors and the prevailing global situation."

2025-06-26T17:01:44.807106+00:00 IST

Rajnath Singh meets Kazakhstan counterpart on sidelines of SCO

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with Kazakhstan's Defence Minister Lieutenant General Dauren Kosanov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' meeting in Qingdao, China, on Thursday.

2025-06-26T15:25:49.060442+00:00 IST

India closely monitoring China-Pakistan-Bangladesh trilateral

Speaking at a press briefing, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We maintain a constant watch on the developments in our neighbourhood that have a bearing on our interests and our security, our relations with individual countries, while they stand on their own footing, take into account the evolving context as well."

2025-06-26T15:00:54.120169+00:00 IST

Shashi Tharoor meets Dy Chairman of Russian Federation in Moscow

"An excellent and remarkably candid discussion with Konstantin Iosifovich Kosachev, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council (the Upper House). Ranged from #OperationSindoor to regional geopolitics and relations between our Parliaments. A first-rate exchange of views," Tharoor posted on X.

2025-06-26T14:22:29.560560+00:00 IST

India in touch with China over rare earth supply chain issues

The Ministry of External Affairs said that India is in touch with China on several economic and trade issues, including the supply chain issue of rare earth materials.

2025-06-26T13:42:11.878063+00:00 IST

Pakistani Frontier Corps blamed for extrajudicial killing

The mother of 17-year-old Ehsan Shah, who was fatally shot by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel near Lak Pass Tunnel on June 3, delivered an emotional and defiant address at a press conference held by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) at the Mastung Press Club.

2025-06-26T13:20:27.262931+00:00 IST

Paank condemns fresh wave of enforced disappearances

Paank, the human rights organisation, has emphatically denounced the recent wave of enforced disappearances occurring in several districts of Balochistan, labelling them as serious breaches of human rights and the rule of law.

2025-06-26T13:20:23.923649+00:00 IST

BYC calls for global action as Pak illegally detains activists

The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has charged that Pakistani authorities are unlawfully prolonging the detention of its central leadership, such as Dr. Mahrang Baloch, beyond the constitutionally permitted duration under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law, as reported by The Balochistan Post.

2025-06-26T13:19:36.349805+00:00 IST

Two ex-Taiwan military personnel charged for leaking data

A former member of the coast guard was charged on Wednesday for allegedly gathering and transferring sensitive military data to China in exchange for financial compensation for two years, before his resignation in 2024, as reported by the Kaohsiung prosecutors according to Central News Agency (CNA).

2025-06-26T13:14:09.887521+00:00 IST

India, Canada working on reinstatement of High Commissioners: ME

The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday stated that India and Canada are working to reinstate the High Commissioners to each other's capitals, who were expelled last year after relations between the two countries deteriorated.

2025-06-26T13:11:06.938048+00:00 IST

All visa applications treated on merit basis, MEA on US visa

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has taken note of the new guidelines issued by the US Embassy, requiring visa applicants to provide details of their social media identifiers and emphasised that Indian nationals' visa applications should be evaluated based on merit.

2025-06-26T12:15:18.080252+00:00 IST

“India’s concern on terrorism was not acceptable to one country’"

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said India refused to sign the joint declaration at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in China as its concerns on terrorism were not included in the document, a proposal that was "not acceptable to one particular country", preventing the consensus required for adoption.

2025-06-26T12:09:21.837556+00:00 IST

India evacuated 3,426 Indian nationals from Iran, 818 from Israel

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India, so far have evacuated 3,426 Indian nationals from Iran and 818 Indian nationals from Israel in Operation Sindhu.

2025-06-26T11:47:57.415363+00:00 IST

Montana students embark on India Trek 2025

The Consulate General of India in Seattle has flagged off the India Trek 2025 delegation, comprising eight students from Montana, who will visit India from June 26 to July 9.

2025-06-26T10:57:35.569483+00:00 IST

Iranian woman arrested for $700 currency swap fraud

Iranian national Fatemah Akbari was arrested at Delhi's IGI Airport for duping a US citizen of $700 using a fake currency swap. Her husband fled. Police are investigating their involvement in multiple fraud cases and working to trace their network.

2025-06-26T09:22:15.327280+00:00 IST