NEW DELHI: The rumours about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s health have intrigued the world for the last few months, especially since the February 2022 conflict in Ukraine.The rumours gathered momentum recently after a Telegram channel claimed that the Russian President suffered a massive heart attack and died. Kremlin has repeatedly denied these claims. Now, a … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has invited Pakistan for a meeting of home ministers and also defence ministers and NSAs in the run-up to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit likely to take place in the first week of July.The government will soon also send an invite to Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif for the SCO summit which … Read more
NEW DELHI: PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the “cascading effects” of the war in Ukraine, especially goods shortages in developing countries, in a meeting late Thursday and agreed to play a constructive role in addressing these challenges. While India expectedly didn’t join France, a key European and Indo-Pacific partner, in condemning Russia’s … Read more
NEW DELHI: Liechtenstein is convening the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to debate a draft resolution — backed by the US — requiring the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Russia, China, US, UK and France) to justify their use of the veto. Besides the five permanent members, the UNSC also has 10 … Read more