Focusing on the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, PM Modi said the crisis in the war-ravaged country in wake of the recent developments reflected the challenges posed by extremism and radicalisation.
The Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in person and also met with his counterparts to discuss bilateral developments. Prime Minister Modi to virtually participate today.
Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation met in Dushanbe, Tajikistan Wednesday to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan where the Taliban claims it controls nearly 85 per cent of the territory.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet for foreign ministers on Wednesday
Naidu also said terrorism is the biggest challenge that the region is facing right now
India, which hosts the SCO summit on November 30, should lay out a fresh template to revitalise the Eurasian grouping.
India has accused Pakistan of presenting a 'fictitious' border map at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet.
The Foreign Ministers of the two countries are meeting at a time when the Indian Army has accused the Chinese troops of attempting to close in on an Indian position near the southern bank of Pangong lake.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaks with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in Tehran. Amongst other issues, Chabahar port project was also discussed.
The focus of the talks between Rajnath Singh and Chinese Defence Minister that lasted nearly two and a half hours was on ways to resolve the prolonged border standoff in eastern Ladakh.
It was the first high-level meeting between the two sides after the border row escalated in eastern Ladakh in early May.
The Chinese side is understood to have conveyed to the Indian mission its keenness to have a meeting between the two defence ministers.
Harsh Vardhan emphasised on how the Indian traditional system of medicine has also contributed substantially in 'boosting the immunity of general population during COVID-19'.
The SCO is an intergovernmental organisation founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001. Both India and Pakistan are part of the group.
'India has to make this decision, we are neither in haste, nor troubled. When India prepares itself, it would find us prepared, but we will hold talks on the basis of equality, in a dignified manner,' said Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
The exchange of pleasantries came over two weeks after Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi wrote separate letters to their Indian counterparts, pushing for restarting the bilateral talks.
Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that unilateralism and protectionism has not benefitted anyone.
In the viral video, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is seen sitting, while the rest of the world leaders and dignitaries at the event in the Kyrgyz capital stood, when head of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation arrived for the opening ceremony.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.