After China’s Masood Azhar snub, rebel Uyghur leader gets Indian visa
In retaliation to China’s move to block the listing of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist at the UN, India has issued a visa to a Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa to visit Dharamsala for a conference in the last week of April.
Nepal’s President Bhandari to visit India, participate in Simhasth Kumbh
Making her first overseas trip after assuming office, Nepal’s first woman President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will visit India in May seeking to reinvigorate bilateral ties. The relations between the two countries had deteriorated after the blockade at the border by the Madhesis community in Nepal, which is opposing the new constitution. The Madhesis, who are […]
175 nations sign landmark Paris deal on climate change
The historic agreement on climate change reached a major milestone with a record 175 countries, including India, signing on to it. However, world leaders made clear that more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global temperatures.