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US envoy congratulates Sandhu on being sworn Lt Governor of Delhi
Updated : 4 days, 3 hours ago IST
Gor recalled Sandhu's stint as the former Ambassador of India to the United States, saying he has worked hard to promote US-India ties. A seasoned diplomat with over three decades of experience, Sandhu has played a key role in strengthening India-US ties, serving as India's Ambassador to
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"US-Israeli aggression against Iran has actually major global implications
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Former Indian Ambassador Sanjay Panda told ANI that US-Israeli strikes on Iran have "major global implications," shifting international geopolitics. Amid 40 days of mourning for Ayatollah Khamenei, reports vary from state-mandated grief to public celebrations. US President Donald Trump ha
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277 signatories including former judges, retired bureaucrats condemn IYC p
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Prominent personalities including former high court judges, retired bureaucrats, former ambassadors and retired senior armed forces officers have strongly condemned the "shirtless" protest by Indian Youth Congress workers in Bharat Mandapam during the AI Impact Summit, terming it "grotesq
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Back to the days of colonialism and gunboat diplomacy: Former Ambassador t
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
"It's quite astounding that the U.S. wants to run a country after they have failed in so many other countries," Sinha said, recalling Iraq and Afghanistan as cautionary examples. "Recent history shows that any power that tries to occupy or run another country... there are always going to be
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"There has been a consistent attack on minorities": Former Ambassador Veen
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Ambassador of India to Bangladesh, Veena Sikri, told ANI on Saturday that for three months, there has been a consistent attack on the minorities in Bangladesh. She said that the attack has been constant and began just after the former PM Sheikh Hasina's plane barely left Dhaka. Accord
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Why is West rattled by India-Russia 'Dosti'? Ex-Diplomat Talmiz Ahmad advo
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"Countries like India have been constantly saying that don't force us to make choices like this. We don't want a new Cold War. We want to retain the right to decide our own kind of relationship with different people. We are not hostile to the West, but we retain the right to shape and str
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"Days of hegemony are over, how dare US presume to tell India what we shou
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking with ANI, the former Indian envoy highlighted India's growing assertiveness and resistance to perceived US interference in its internal affairs. Ahmad stated that the US has lost credibility due to its failures in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
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Russian President Putin's visit underscores India's strategic autonomy, sa
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
As India prepares to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin, former Indian Ambassador to Russia Ajai Malhotra has said that the Russian leader's India visit is a reaffirmation of a "long-standing, deep-rooted and multifaceted partnership" at a time of shifting geopolitical currents and
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Rubio appoints former ambassador to Yemen to head US Centrer overseeing Ga
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The former US ambassador to Yemen, Steven Feigin, has been appointed by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to head the American command centre in Kiryat Gat, in the Southern District of Israel
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Former Ambassador Seshadri outlines global trade challenges, US tariffs an
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Ambassador V S Seshadri, speaking at IIULER Goa as part of the MEA Distinguished Lecture Series, outlined global trade challenges, highlighting US unilateral tariffs, China's economic strategies, EU protectionism, and India's limited trade share, while stressing India's four-pronged s
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"It was greatness of PM that he showed faith in opposition leaders to lead
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Seven groups of all party delegations, including Opposition MPs such as NCP-SCP's Supriya Sule, Congress party's Shashi Tharoor, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi, and former ambassadors, visited several nations across the globe to promote India's policy of zero tolerance against terrorism. Read More
"This was expected": Former diplomat Dilip Sinha on US strikes at Iran nuk
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Dilip Sinha said, "This was expected. President Trump had mentioned that he would be making a decision... He had given a two-week time to the Iranians, but this has come very quickly; the time factor may have been mentioned only to deflect Iran's attention... The US has join
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