Maritime Exercise Malabar 2024 is set to commence on October 8 in Visakhapatnam. The exercise, which is hosted by India this year, will also have participation from Quad nations, which include Australia, Japan, and the US.
Former Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussed the bilateral ties and future cooperation between the two nations.
He called it "important" that India clearly conveys to the Pakistani government that this is only a multilateral meeting and no bilateral discussions will take place between two nations.
"India has consistently advocated for a peaceful resolution to disputes and has sought to promote cooperation among nations in the Indo-Pacific, with a strong emphasis on the centrality of ASEAN in fostering regional dialogue, stability, and collective growth," Singh said.
He urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to appoint a special envoy to investigate the situation in Sindh, stating that this could potentially save millions of Sindhis from the pervasive racial discrimination they face in Pakistan.
Human rights activists condemned Pakistan on Thursday for a range of severe human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture aimed at silencing dissent.
He stated that the Maldivian President's visit to India is expected to lend further momentum to cooperation and robust people-to-people ties between two nations.
The report notes that unified data highways (UDH), the next frontier of digital public infrastructure will unlock an economic value of USD 3-4 trillion per annum for emerging nations by 2030.
The 8th edition of India Kazakhstan Joint Exercise KAZIND is presently underway at Surya Foreign Training Node, Auli, Uttarakhand, on Friday. The Kazind joint military exercise between India and Kazakhstan is based on the theme of conducting Joint Sub Subconventional Operations under Chapter
French Ambassador to India, Thierry Mathou, praises the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel Macron's relationship, calling it a "key asset" in today's challenging times.
During the meeting, Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed and the Russian official discussed several topics of mutual interest, focusing on ways to enhance cooperation between the two nations, particularly in the fields of police and security work