Atul Keshap has been appointed the US' interim Chargé d’Affaires in India. His mother Zoe Calvert had also served at the US Embassy in New Delhi from 1958-1960.
Jaishankar, who arrived in Italy from Greece on the second leg of this two-nation tour, also met US Secretary of State Blinken and discussed the Indo-Pacific and Afghan situation.
A career member of US Senior Foreign Service, Keshap will be departing for New Delhi to serve as Charge d'Affaires following the retirement of Daniel Smith, US State Department said.
Addressing the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Italy, Jaishankar said vaccine equity will be the immediate test and real economy needs decentralised globalisation.
Special Secretary V S K Kaumudi noted that the 7th review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy is over and Pakistan's false narrative was summarily negated by the UN membership.
In his two-nation tour, the external affairs minister also met OECD Secretary-General and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor on the sidelines of G-20 ministeral meetings.
Speaking at a UN Security Council debate, Harsh Shringla said closures of school due to Covid pandemic has given terrorist groups opportunities to target children, via online avenues.
In exclusive interview to ThePrint, Afghan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay also said Taliban will have no justification for ‘jihad’ after the exit of US, NATO troops.
Police said that 10,025 refugees have entered Mizoram so far following the military coup in Myanmar and that the new entrants were mostly civilians like pregnant woman and children.
Aguad has many reminders of the price of freedom, such as the wall of plaques commemorating fallen fighters and the solitary cell of TB Cunha, the ‘Father of Goan Nationalism’.
Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.
Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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