This is the edited transcript of ThePrint Cut The Clutter Episode 1338, published on 30 October 2023, on how India has historically voted on the Israel-Palestine issue at UN.
India among 88 nations who voted in favour. This comes amid India & Canada's diplomatic row following Canadian PM Trudeau's claim of India link to killing of Sikh separatist Nijjar.
Apart from India, UK, Canada & 42 others also abstained from voting. Canada proposed an amendment to the resolution seeking explicit condemnation of Hamas, which India supported.
Experts say that while it may be too early to comment, meeting between India's Ruchira Kamboj & Canada's Robert Rae can be seen as a ‘positive sign’, believe back-channel talks ongoing.
During a discussion in New York, external affairs minister refers to Sikh extremist Nijjar's killing, says India informed Canadian govt that it was not 'its policy' to engage in such acts.
PM Justin Trudeau said last week that Ottawa had credible intelligence linking Indian agents to the murder, prompting an angry initial reaction from India, which denies the allegation.
India was among the 32 nations that abstained as the 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution Thursday, put forward by Ukraine and its supporters.
Saying New Delhi's decision is 'consistent' with its 'well thought out national position', India said it stood ready to support all efforts of de-escalation & peaceful solution.
Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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