Author: Pranay Lad
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M.K. Stalin slams Amit Shah over Hindi Diwas Speech
M.K. Stalin, the chief minister and president of the DMK, criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday for saying that “we must study Hindi to comprehend the essence of our culture and history.” Mr. Stalin noted in a statement that Mr. Shah had made the comment during a celebration honouring Hindi Diwas. “Talking about…
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SCO Summit 2022: Modi, Xi unlikely to meet, says Chinese Foreign Ministry
The Chinese foreign ministry restated its position on September 13 after declining to comment on the possibility of a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the fringes of the SCO summit in Uzbekistan the following week. Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization…
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Jaishankar takes dig at China, says countries blocking UNSC listings of terrorists threat to Int’l community
The UNSC lists terrorists because they pose a threat to the whole world community, but some nations refuse to do so “at risk to their own interests and their own reputation,” said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday. Following his conversations with Catherine Colonna, the French foreign minister, Jaishankar made these statements during a…
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India expresses concern with US on $450 mn sustenance package to Pak
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed concerns over the United States’ decision to provide a $450 million sustenance package for Pakistan’s F-16 jet fleet in a telephonic conversation with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in the conversation with the Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh about a number of recent…
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SCO Summit 2022: PM Modi to meet Russian Prez Putin tomorrow
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2022 is due to begin today, September 15, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is prepared to visit the international conference to hold bilateral talks with a number of world leaders. According to sources and media reports, PM Modi will meet privately with foreign leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin…
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SCO summit to commence today, member countries to hold several bilateral meetings
After two years after the COVID-19 epidemic, the 22nd Summit of the Council of Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States (SCO-CoHS) is scheduled to begin on Thursday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The event would mark the first SCO-CoHS Summit in person since the last one, which was held in June 2019 in Bishkek before…
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India criticises Pakistan for comments before the UNHRC and denounces “unwarranted comparisons” in OIC statement
India has asked the UN Human Rights Council to push Islamabad to take serious steps to eliminate its state-sponsored terrorism and demolish the terrorist infrastructure in the areas it controls. India has slammed Pakistan for “again exploiting” the UNHRC platform to spread its “malicious propaganda.” First Secretary of India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva Pawan Kumar…
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Begusarai firing: “Morale of criminals on rise in Bihar under Nitish govt,” says Shahnawaz
Former Union minister and BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain criticised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s administration for the law and order situation in the state following two bike-borne criminals’ shooting at nine people and the death of one in Begusarai, Bihar. The BJP leader paid the injured at Sadar Hospital a visit on Tuesday night. Strongly…
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Ashok Gehlot questions BJP for their remarks on the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot reacted to the BJP’s recent statements made against Indian National Congress’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra” today. Gehlot said, “Why does BJP have a problem with Bharat Jodo movement, Rahul Gandhi had said that BJP is the politics of hatred and we are working to unite the country, what is the issue…
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Ravi Shankar Prasad claims Bengal has turned into “lawless, bankrupt state” under Banerjee’s leadership
In response to the violence that broke out during the BJP’s protest march to the state secretariat “Nabanna” on Tuesday, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed that under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal has turned into a “lawless and bankrupt state.” “Atrocities and political internal warfare reached a peak in Bengal…