External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held a bilateral meeting with his Mexican counterpart Alicia Barcena Ibarra on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Sunday addressed legal professionals during 'International Lawyers Conference 2023' held in Delhi and said India's criminal justice system was imprinted with colonial laws.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bharti wrote to PM Modi over the tabling of the women's reservation Bill, demanding that of the 33-per cent reservation assured for women in the legislative bodies, 50 per cent should be set aside for ST, SC and OBC communities.
United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp, while lauding India’s G20 presidency and its New Delhi Declaration which emphasised achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said “I’d like to call it an SDG20 Presidency”.
In an interview with ANI, Sharp said, "We also were very pleased on behalf of the United Nations in India, to launch or to have an exchange of Letter of Intent with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a brand new partnership to help amplify Indian South South Cooperation.
"When the government called for the special session, there was no mention of the Women's Reservation Bill. Discussions on changing the name of the country were doing rounds. They wanted to create a dispute between India and Bharat," said Rahul Gandhi.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday (local time) held a bilateral meeting with Cambodia's Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Manet Hun.
During his visit to Indonesia, Al Mazrouei was received by President Joko Widodo, who expressed his country's welcome for the UAE's commitment to developing bilateral relations, affirming Jakarta's readiness to support all aspects of cooperation between the two countries
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was brought and passed in Parliament because women's empowerment is an inseparable part of Indian culture.