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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicSushma Swaraj

Topic: Sushma Swaraj

Terrorism is an enemy of human rights: Sushma Swaraj says in China

Swaraj argued for stronger security measures and rejection of all forms of protectionism in her speech at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Karachi stadium hosts cricket match after 9 years but with 8,000 security guards

India to send a team of doctors to Pakistan for prisoner repatriation and Sikhs leave to visit Pakistan's religious sites.

Hope for a better future had taken Indians to Mosul. Now, their families have none left

Most of those killed by the IS belonged to landless families, and had taken loans far beyond their means to be able to go abroad to work.

Swaraj swore by Goddess Kali that Mosul missing would be brought back alive, say families

A day after minister confirmed that the 39 Indians were dead, their families can’t shake off the feeling that they were misled by the govt for 4 years.

The lone survivor on how 39 Indians were killed in Iraq’s Mosul

In an excerpt from the most authoritative inside account of the abduction of 40 Indians in Iraq, the only survivor recalls the events as they happened.

They fooled us: Families of Indians killed in Iraq question why they weren’t told earlier

Over a dozen meetings with the external affairs minister, the families were assured that their missing kin were alive. But now, Swaraj has declared them dead.

A timeline of what happened with the 39 men in Iraq India ‘forgot about’

After three years of denying it, Sushma Swaraj announced Tuesday that the 39 Indians missing in Iraq since 2014 are dead.

Sushma Swaraj says bodies of 39 Indians abducted by ISIS in Iraq in 2015, found

As many as 40 Indians were originally abducted by terrorist organisation ISIS in June 2015 from Mosul in Iraq.

Ahead of Macron’s visit, Sikhs write to Modi & Swaraj against ‘unjust’ French law

The law in question bars Sikhs from wearing turbans in every official ID, and was discussed with ex-President Sarkozy on his visit to India too.

Sushma Swaraj lands in Nepal with ‘no message’ for the nation’s politics stuck in a limbo

In a month or so, none of the political figures Sushma Swaraj meets in Nepal will remain what they are now – Oli, Prachanda, Deuba or even President Bhandari.

On Camera

Pushback against globalisation shouldn’t make us withdraw from it

As geopolitical tensions prompt serious calls for 'de-globalisation' and reduced import dependence, a more measured path may lie in regional globalisation.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.