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Wednesday, June 26, 2024
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Topic: MEA

11 Sikhs and Hindus arrive in India from Afghanistan with MEA help

The 11 include Sikh leader Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who had been kidnapped by terrorists and was released earlier this month. MEA granted visas and facilitated their travel.

India asks China to ‘sincerely work’ on Ladakh disengagement amid hints it is ‘slowing down’

MEA says India and China will ‘soon’ convene another meeting of the WMCC, a mechanism for bilateral talks on border issues.

India struggled to gain influence due to 3 foreign policy ‘burdens’, says Jaishankar

Partition, delayed economic reforms and prolonged exercise of the nuclear option are ‘three major burdens’ from India’s past, writes External Affairs Minister in his new book.

India says Jadhav was under stress, Pakistan didn’t allow ‘unimpeded’ consular access

Pakistan Foreign Ministry had earlier said two Indian High Commission officials were given ‘unimpeded and uninterrupted’ consular access to Jadhav.

UAE mission extending all cooperation in Kerala gold smuggling probe: MEA

Last week, customs authorities at Thiruvananthapuram airport seized 30 kgs of gold from a diplomatic bag that was addressed to the UAE consulate in Kerala.

MEA dismisses Pakistan claim that Kulbhushan Jadhav refused to file appeal, calls it farce

Pakistan Wednesday said that Jadhav was offered to file an appeal in June in the Islamabad High Court for review and reconsideration of his death row conviction.

Modi govt needs to come clean on China. India must win information wars too

The Modi govt should not dither in accepting what has happened. A strategic communication is needed to counter China, which is gaining ground with its narrative.

Assessing impact of US order suspending H1B visa on Indian nationals, industry: MEA

The Trump administration Tuesday said it was extending a 60-day ban on immigration and non-immigrant worker visas till the end of 2020.

India pledges $10 million to UNRWA over next 2 years to help Palestinian refugees

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said a medical shipment to Palestine would be sent to aid its fight against Covid, in addition to developmental assistance.

Nepal map row: Has India provoked Kathmandu or is China instigating trouble for New Delhi?

India Wednesday sharply reacted to Nepal’s new official map that includes disputed territories, saying “such artificial enlargement of territorial claims will not be accepted”.

On Camera

Pakistani fundamentalists closer to controlling state. Now the battle is over baby milk bank

Islamic clerics push back against human milk banks as Shari’a proscribes marriages between so-called milk siblings. But several Islamic countries, including Iran, operate them.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.