India on Wednesday rejected the 2025 Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), saying the panel continues its pattern of issuing biased and politically motivated assessments.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs under their Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program and the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA), is organising the “International Workshop on Land Governance” from 24-29 March in Gurugram.
''Conversations and dialogues have been going on (with China) and they have been moving forward in the right direction," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a media briefing.
He was responding to President Trump's remarks suggesting India will face reciprocal tariffs on April 2, a move likely to hurt the country's exports of agricultural and pharmaceutical goods.
The Government of India has successfully repatriated 266 Indian nationals who were released from cybercrime centres in Southeast Asia, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Wednesday.
The government on Tuesday confirmed the death of an Indian national from Kerala in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and said it has again raised with Moscow its demand for the early discharge of Indian nationals still serving in the Russian Army.
Two recent reports emerging in the American media are intended to lower India’s image at a time when there is a government change in the US.
Earlier on Thursday, 95 Indian fishermen were handed over by Bangladesh authorities to the Bangladesh Coast Guard for handing over to the Indian Coast Guard on January 5.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks in Washington with Mr Michael Waltz, US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for the post of National Security Adviser.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had fruitful meetings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and consul generals of India in the US.
