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Topic: S. Jaishankar

Dr. S. Jaishankar is a diplomat-turned-politician who has served as India’s External Affairs Minister since 2019. He is a member of the BJP and a member of parliament representing Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha.

Dr. Jaishankar had earlier served as India’s foreign secretary between 2015-2018, after serving as ambassador to the United States, China, and the Czech Republic and as high commissioner to Singapore. He is well known for his assertive speeches and comments in the international media, such as the one when he addressed the UN, advocating for India’s permanent membership in the UNSC. Jaishankar is said to have played a major role in negotiating the India-US civil nuclear agreement. He has authored over three books, including ‘The India Way’ and ‘Why Bharat Matters’.

In 2019, he was conferred with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in the country.

Jaishankar set to visit Sri Lanka tomorrow, likely to push for stalled Colombo Port project

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The East Container Terminal (ECT) development project at Colombo Port got stalled after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered a review in July 2020.

Jaishankar arrives in Qatar on first visit, to ‘strengthen bilateral relationship’

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During the visit, the External Affairs Minister will hold talks with his counterpart on bilateral issues as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest.

Denying the idea of Indo-Pacific is tantamount to refuting globalisation, says Jaishankar

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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar also said that Indo-Pacific isn't a forecast for tomorrow but yesterday's reality and stated as being central to India's exports and imports.

India welcomes UK’s ‘Indo-Pacific tilt’ as Foreign Secretary Raab visits New Delhi

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Dominic Raab confirmed UK PM Boris Johnson will accept Narendra Modi’s invite to be chief guest at next month’s Republic Day celebration.

Need to press ‘refresh’ button on United Nations, says External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

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At Carnegie’s Global Technology Summit, Jaishankar says the world is becoming more bilateral and plurilateral in the absence of reform of the multilateral UN.

Cross-border terrorism ‘perennial problem’, says Jaishankar on Parliament attack anniversary

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Speaking at the Second Manohar Parrikar Memorial Lecture, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also said India’s foreign policy has witnessed ‘conceptual changes’ since 2014.

Events at LAC pose ‘real danger’ of goodwill between India and China dissipating, says Jaishankar

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Speaking at the 93rd Annual Convention of FICCI, S. Jaishankar said that events along the LAC have been very disturbing and it happened because China did not abide by agreements.

Common efforts needed to maintain good ties, says China after Jaishankar’s remarks on Ladakh

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The External Affairs Minister Wednesday said China has given India 'five differing explanations' for deploying forces at LAC and has 'significantly damaged their relationship'.

‘Most difficult phase’ — Jaishankar says India-China ties ‘significantly damaged’ this year

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says today’s China is ‘much more nationalistic’ and that it cannot be business as usual with Beijing as long as there is a border stand-off.

Jaishankar to skip Canada-led Covid meeting days after Trudeau’s remarks on farmers protest

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India is learnt to have informed Canada that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar won't attend the 7 December meeting due to scheduling issues. India had said Trudeau’s comments were 'ill informed'.
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