The Foreign Ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) met informally for the ‘Council of Ministers Meeting’ at New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The meet was chaired by Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, the Foreign Minister of Nepal. Foreign Ministers of SAARC Member States,…

 The terrorist attack on Ahvaz in Khuzestan province of Iran has further escalated the already volatile situation in the Gulf region. Armed terrorists had opened fire during a military parade of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and killed at least 24 people including children and wounded 60 others. The attack…

  India, Brazil and South Arica (IBSA) countries share common values, aspirations, and vision for development. Values of democracy, pluralism, multiculturalism, tolerance, social-inclusion; rule-based international order, UN reforms, and shared commitment to 2030 agenda are enshrined deeply in IBSA cooperation. The three countries share a lot more in common than…

Tensions have heightened after Syrian forces gunned down a Russian aircraft mistakenly, thinking it to be a Israeli plane. This has led to a bitter war of words between Moscow and Tel Aviv. Both Israel and Russia have a deconfliction system that has proven itself effective many times in recent…

  In a major boost to India-Bangladesh bilateral relations, the Bangladesh Cabinet has approved the draft of the proposed Agreement with India to allow it to use the Chittagong and Mongla ports for transporting goods to and from India. This agreement shall especially facilitate the two-way movement of goods from…

  The Maldivian joint opposition candidate, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih defeated incumbent President Abdulla Yameen in the Presidential Elections held on Sunday. The Election Commission of Maldives has not yet declared the official results; but as per interim results declared by the Commission, Mr. Solih got 58.3 per cent and Mr.…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 23rd of September launched the health assurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) or the ‘Ayushman Bharat’ at Ranchi in Jharkhand.  He emphasised that the Union Government is working with a holistic approach to improve the health sector in the country with a focus…

The government has virtually set in motion the much-talked about  consolidation of the public sector banks (PSBs), when it announced the amalgamation of Bank of Baroda (BoB), Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank. This will put in place the country’s third largest bank with a business turnover of Rupees 14.82 lakh…

  South Korean President, Moon Jae-in paid a three-day historic visit to the North Korean capital Pyongyang for the third Inter-Korean Summit which culminated to the adoption of Pyongyang Joint Declaration. The first Inter-Korean Summit was hosted in April 2018 and led to the adoption of the Panmunjom Declaration which…

The Vice President of India, Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu was on a three-nation visit to Serbia, Malta and Romania. Advocating the issue of greater cooperation between India and Serbia, Mr. Naidu held detailed discussions on a range of bilateral and multilateral issues with President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic…