Munich: Addressing the rise of BRICS and other middle powers in the evolving geopolitical landscape, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday applauded the intergovernmental organisation, stating a large number of countries "willing to join" the platform."Like any product, you test at a market, we tested it (BRICS) last year in the market, asking how many of want to join BRICS, and we

Munich: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his counterpart from Norway, Espen Barth Eide, on Saturday and had a "big picture chat" with him in Munich, on the sidelines of the ongoing security conference in the German capital.The two ministers discussed reformed multilateralism, and the world order."A big picture chat with FM @EspenBarthEide of Norway on sidelines of MSC 2024," the EAM

Munich: Calling Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7 an act of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that Israel should have been "very mindful" of civilian casualties in its response and emphasised its "obligation to observe international humanitarian law."He outlined key dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict so as to have a long term and a permanent solution to the

Lalduhoma said his government wanted the Free Movement Regime to continue and added that Mizos living in India and Myanmar still dream of re-unification under one administrative unitAIZWAL: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma reiterated on Saturday that his government is opposed to the fencing of the Indo-Myanmar border and the scrapping of the Free Movement Regime (FMR).During an interaction with

Gwadar: A protest erupted on Saturday in the Kuntani Hor area of Gwadar, Baluchistan, after the Pakistani coast guard killed a local Baloch labourer at sea. Reportedly, the coast guard killed the labourer by hitting their speedboat onto his kayak, The Baluchistan Post reported.The dead body of the victim of the Coast Guard could not be recovered from the sea. After the event, the members of the

New Delhi: India on Saturday sent the second humanitarian aid to Zambia amid the ongoing cholera outbreak in the country.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the aid, weighing approximately 3.5 tonnes, comprises water purification supplies, chlorine tablets, and other things."India sends Humanitarian Assistance to Zambia in wake of the cholera outbreak. The aid weighing approx 3.5