India highlighted risks to energy supply and global trade at the UN as attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz intensify, stressing diplomacy, safety of navigation, and protection of civilians.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in what was the first high-level contact between the two countries after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was dislodged from power last month.
The resolution was passed on Saturday, two days after its draft was approved on Thursday.
The total number of climate change court cases has more than doubled since 2017 and is growing worldwide, a new report has revealed.
A resolution piloted by India at the UN General Assembly to establish the memorial received a record 190 co-sponsorships. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar called it a testimony to faith in India's contributions and intent.
Even so, Japan – a fellow island country which formed an alliance with Britain in the early years of the last century – is nervously watching the eventual course of the roller-coaster Brexit ride, and not just for its short-term economic interests.
Bayyapu stressed on the need of the IAEA to continue its programmes of support to member states who are embarking on or expanding their nuclear energy programmes.
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi proposed four ways to strengthen cooperation among BRICS at the meeting.
India has already told the US that it could not bring oil imports from Iran to zero, given the country’s over-dependence on Iran for meeting its oil and energy needs.
In the presidential election to Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party held on September 20, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was comfortably…
