Perth: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Madagascar counterpart Rafaravavitafika Rasata on the sidelines of the 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth on Saturday.The two leaders, as they met, discussed bilateral relations shared by India and Madagascar.In a post on social media platform X, Jaishankar wrote, " Nice to meet FM@rafaravavitafi1 of Madagascar on the sidelines of the 7th

New Delhi: Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, will be on an official visit to India from February 11 to 15, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a press release.This will be the first official visit by Kao to India since assuming charge in January 2023.During the visit, Secretary-General of ASEAN is scheduled to have meetings with the External Affairs Minister and other dignitaries in

New Delhi: In a testament to collaborative global efforts on climate action, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti expressed pride in joining hands with India, saying that he is very "proud" of not telling India what to do but listening to New Delhi’s leadership in this regard.Garcetti was delivering an address at the 2024 World Sustainable Development Summit.Commending India’s leadership, he

Islamabad: Although two main political leaders from two different parties claimed victory in the general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has not yet announced the final poll results.Meanwhile, according to the unofficial provisional results reported by Geo News for 241 out of 266 seats, the independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) are leading

An ISIS operative from Kerala’s Palakkad was handed a 10-year rigorous imprisonment by a special NIA court for promoting the terror group’s agenda and conspiring to carry out suicide bombings in Kochi.Riyas Aboobacker was arrested by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on September 24, 2019, and a chargesheet was filed against him in October of that year.A special NIA court has sentenced an

Baluchistan: At a time when general elections in Pakistan remained a burning issue globally, at-home politics portrayed a totally different picture, with protests and boycotts across the nations, especially Baluchistan.Against the backdrop of armed conflict, a sizable segment of Baluchistan’s population voiced a vehement rejection of the electoral process through demonstrations and boycotts.Quite