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Topic: Harsh Shringla

Indian diaspora event in Delhi looks to set tone for G20 summit, aims to become ‘Davos of India’

Being held from 22 to 24 August, Indiaspora G20 Forum in New Delhi aims to create dialogue around diaspora & its contributions to Indian economy as well as foreign policy.

Yoga, beach cleanup — how India kicked off G20 curtain raiser in Andaman & Nicobar

Set to officially assume G20 presidency on 1 December, India plans to hold more than 200 meetings across 56 locations, culminating in G20 Summit in September 2023.

US & India should ‘indemnify’ economic ties from risks like Ukraine, says Atul Keshap

Keshap, president, US-India Business Council, tells ThePrint that closer economic ties between the ‘stable democracies’ can lessen Ukraine war’s impact on energy, commodity prices.  

India sending teams from Moscow, alerts Red Cross to evacuate students from Kharkiv, Sumy

Indian students stuck in Kharkiv and Sumy are most at danger as these north-eastern cities of Ukraine are the main conflict areas.

Sanctions imposed on Russia likely to impact bilateral ties, India studying them, says Shringla

Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla said impact of sanctions on India’s interests will have to be gauged. Soon after, PM Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone.

No unease in ‘extraordinary’ India-Bangladesh relationship, says Foreign Secretary Shringla

On the eve of President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to Dhaka, Shringla said India and Bangladesh relationship is multifaceted & recent communal riots there have not impacted ties.

Stalled Indian projects, Tamil cause take centrestage on Shringla’s Sri Lanka trip

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, on four-day visit to Lanka, meets PM Mahinda Rajapaksa & Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, discusses post-pandemic economic recovery.

FS Shringla will ask Sri Lanka about slowing Indian projects while Chinese are moving fast

During the four-day visit, which began on 2 October, the Foreign Secretary is expected to take stock of every infrastructure project India is running across the island nation & assess reasons for delay.

Need to pay closer attention to illicit rise of nuclear weapons network — India at UN

Speaking at a UNSC briefing on Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla said India is committed to the goal of complete elimination of nuclear weapons.

India concerned about Afghanistan being used by LeT & Jaish, Foreign Secy Shringla says

India's external affairs ministry says the international community must stand with the people of Afghanistan in their desire to live in peace and dignity.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.