Around 40 Indians are understood to have died and over 50 are injured in a tragic fire incident at a labour housing facility in the Mangaf area of Kuwait on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Earlier, Kuwait's ambassador to India Meshal Mustafa J Alshemali expressed his condolences and sympathy to the victims of the fire incident, which led to the loss of at least 49 lives.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, while thanking Secretary Blinken affirmed that the India-USA partnership is among the most consequential in the world and New Delhi looks forward to building on its momentum.
Jaishankar took oath as Union Cabinet Minister at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. The BJP leader served as External Affairs Minister during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term from 2019-2024.
He stated that India is not in favour of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it goes against New Delhi's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The discussions between the officials of India and Eritrea focused on further promoting developmental cooperation and capacity building in the spirit of South-South cooperation, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.
Noting that China violated agreements in 2020 by bringing a number of forces along the LAC in Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that India responded by counter-deploying troops and there is "very abnormal deployment" along the Line of Actual Control.
"So, both Maldives and India have engaged quite some time to see how best they can continue the operation of aviation platforms. And in that regard, you have seen developments in first and second batches of people who were providing their support there, they had come back," MEA official s
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal noted that there has to be the right balance between freedom of expression, a sense of responsibility and public safety and order in every democracy.