COVID-19 hits Modi’s travel plan: India-EU summit in Brussels deferred
The rapid spread of coronavirus across Europe has hit travel plans of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Brussels, leading to the cancellation of the planned India-EU summit in the Belgian capital. India and the 27-nation European Union were scheduled to hold their 17th summit in Brussels on March 13. However, in view of the […]
Foreign MPs raise heat over CAA after UNHCR move
A plea filed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has triggered a fierce debate whether the law is just and does not infringe upon the international human rights conventions. While India has maintained that it is an internal matter, and asserted […]
US hits Taliban with airstrikes after peace deal
A new peace deal to end the war in Afghanistan seemed to be falling apart as the US carried out fresh air raids against the Taliban this week.“The US conducted an air strike on March 4 against Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, who were actively attacking an ANDSF (Afghan National Defence and Security Forces) […]