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Pakistan to address UNGA session today; India can reply on Sat

Pakistan will be addressing the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly during the morning session on Friday.

2023-09-22T07:11:30.502492+00:00 IST

“...Global governance in 2025 can’t be written with ink of 1945”

Reiterating India’s demand for expansion of the United Nations Security Council, Ministry of External Affairs, Secretary (West) Sanjay Verma said that the ‘architecture’ of the global governance in 2025 for the future, cannot be written in ink from 1945.

2023-09-22T06:48:38.169502+00:00 IST

US: Vivek Ramaswamy wants to expand ties with India

Indian American entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy said that he would be looking forward to expanding relations with countries like India, as he rolled out his trade policy aimed at achieving “economic independence” from China

2023-09-22T04:51:47.314914+00:00 IST

G4 nations call for UNSC expansion

The Foreign Ministers of G4 countries — India, Brazil, Germany and Japan — met on the margins of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and discussed the reformation of the UN Security Council.

2023-09-22T04:02:26.659411+00:00 IST

US: Two killed, multiple students injured in bus crash

Two adults were killed and multiple students were injured on Thursday (local time) after a bus carrying them “tumbled down a 50-foot ravine" on Interstate 84 in Orange County in New York, CNN reported citing New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

2023-09-22T01:44:10.350194+00:00 IST

US announces new security assistance for Ukraine

Blinken's announcement regarding security assistance comes amid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington, DC.

2023-09-21T22:47:13.687599+00:00 IST

President Biden, Zelenskyy meet at White House

US President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday (local time) held a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC. 

2023-09-21T20:57:04.577657+00:00 IST

We have been and will be in contact with Indians...: US

The US has been and will continue to remain in touch with Indians at high levels over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that the Indian government was behind the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Thursday (local time). 

2023-09-21T20:05:02.321589+00:00 IST

Don't have anything to announce on Biden's travel...: Sullivan

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday (local time) said he did not have anything to announce regarding US President Joe Biden's visit to India in January or any other time. 

2023-09-21T19:21:08.455681+00:00 IST

‘In constant touch with Canada, India’: US

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday (local time) said he will not be going into the substance of private diplomatic conversations. However, he said that the US is consulting with Ottawa closely and is in touch with the Indian government as well.   

2023-09-21T18:40:01.396137+00:00 IST

“Not looking to provoke, cause problems…” Canada PM Trudeau

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said that India is a country of growing importance, adding that Canada is not looking to provoke or cause problems and called upon the government of India to work with Ottawa to establish processes to uncover the truth in the murder of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

2023-09-21T18:00:17.702584+00:00 IST

ENEC discusses future collaboration with US businesses

Mohamed Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ENEC, spoke about the recently launched Net Zero Nuclear platform ahead of COP28

2023-09-21T17:57:03.958073+00:00 IST

Trudeau gives no evidence to back Nijjar killing

Repeating his charge on India's role in the killing of the Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that there are "credible reasons" to believe the same and that international rules-based order matter.

2023-09-21T17:37:29.223222+00:00 IST

"In Canada, we have this...:" Senior Journalist

Describing it as a major scandal, a senior journalist from Canada, Daniel Bordman has said that there is a big spectre of foreign interference from China in the country.

2023-09-21T16:59:46.134809+00:00 IST

"Freedom of expression does not mean..."; Ritesh Malik

National Convener of the Canada India Foundation Ritesh Malik on Thursday said the Canadian government should not support those spreading hatred between communities in the guise of freedom of expression and claimed that the government has failed to take appropriate action against them.

2023-09-21T16:30:23.328081+00:00 IST

'India and Canada, both are important partners for us': US

Amid the rising tensions between India and Canada, US State Department’s Hindustani Spokesperson Margaret MacLeod on Thursday emphasized that the US has their own relations with India and Canada, noting that both are important for the United States.

2023-09-21T16:12:53.555627+00:00 IST

UAE Foreign Minister meets counterparts on sidelines of UNGA78

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met separately with a number of foreign ministers participating in the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in New York

2023-09-21T14:51:37.357986+00:00 IST

78th UNGA session to see three high-level meetings on Health: WHO

"All three are among the eight flagship priority programmes that the WHO South-East Asia Region had identified in 2014 in discussion with Member countries," World Health Organization's Regional Director for South-East Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a statement on Thursday.

2023-09-21T14:47:35.108524+00:00 IST

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announces retirement

Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced his retirement from the Fox and News Corporation Boards, the New York Times reported.

2023-09-21T13:42:50.942967+00:00 IST

BRICS members strongly condemn terrorism in all forms

The Foreign Ministers of BRICS member nations held their annual meeting on the margins of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, chaired by the Russian Federation in its capacity as the incoming BRICS Chair for 2024.

2023-09-21T08:58:08.561084+00:00 IST

“Humanity has opened gates to hell”: UN Secretary General

“Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects. Distraught farmers watching crops carried away by floods. Sweltering temperatures spawning disease,” he said in a speech to open the Climate Ambition Summit, happening alongside the UN General Assembly in New York, as per CNN.

2023-09-21T05:46:42.823752+00:00 IST