BSP MP Danish Ali & JD(U) leader KC Tyagi were among attendees at meeting held in Delhi Thursday. Resolution calls for govt to continue ‘long-standing pro-Palestinian foreign policy’.
Canada also conspicuous by its absence in joint statement issued by some Western countries — US, France, Germany, Italy, and UK — that expressed solidarity with Israel and denounced Hamas.
Evacuees from Kiryat Shmona will be put up in state-subsidised guesthouses, Israel said, joining tens of thousands of Israelis who have already left their homes near the southern Gaza border.
Sunak had previously visited Israel to meet leaders. In a joint press conference, he termed Hamas as “pure evil” and also asked Israeli leaders to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The Joe Biden administration is expected to send Congress a funding request of around $100 billion, including $10 billion and $60 billion for military aid to Israel and Ukraine.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had tweeted on 8 October about 'brutal attack' on people of Israel, but Congress Working Committee resolution next day skipped any mention of Hamas's attack.
In Qatar, China's envoy Zhai Jun reaffirms Beijing's alignment with Russia to help de-escalate Israel-Hamas war. Crisis has also increasingly put China, Russia in separate camps from US.
Being held in Gaza, the hostages include around 30 minors and young children. Hamas says they can be swapped for 6,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
The delivery of aid is set to be the first after Israel said it would impose a 'total blockade' on the narrow Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people, in response to the attack by Hamas.
In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, New Delhi’s net tax intake didn’t even hit the halfway mark of what it expects to collect by March 31.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Speaking at annual press conference, Army chief reiterated that India does not recognise 1963 Sino-Pakistan border pact under which Pakistan illegally ceded Shaksgam Valley to China.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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