Sushma's speech denouncing Pakistan riled up all-weather friend China, whose official media termed it as "bigotry".

In her attempt to defame India at the international forum, Maleeha tried to pass off picture of a Palestinian girl as of a pellet gun victim from Kashmir

Terming India as the "mother of terrorism" in South Asia, Pakistan's ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi accused it of sponsoring terrorism in various parts of her country

Rahul Gandhi on Sunday thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for “recognising his party’s great vision and legacy” in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly a day earlier

In her address earlier in the day, Swaraj said Pakistan was only interested in fighting India and sponsoring state terrorism.

Swaraj accused Pakistan of waging a war against India and said that if it used its resources to stamp out terrorists in its territory the world would get rid of the scourge of terrorism

Swaraj accused Pakistan of waging a war against India and said a country that has been the world's greatest exporter of havoc, death and inhumanity became a champion of hypocrisy by preaching about humanity from this podium.

During her speech, Swaraj also slammed Pakistan for creating terror groups like LeT, JeM, Hizbul Mujahideen and the Haqqani Network.

Sushma Swaraj delivered her speech in Hindi. She addressed the UN General Assembly for the second consecutive time.

Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Swaraj said that it was not just mere coincidence that the world has witnessed hurricanes, earthquakes, rains that inundate storms which terrify.

Prime Minister Modi on November 8, 2016, demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in a bid to clamp down on black money, fake currency menace, terror funding and corruption.

In 2015, the UN General Assembly had adopted a negotiating text by consensus for long-pending UN Security Council reforms, setting the stage for talks on the issue.

Sushma Swaraj said the contemporary world is trapped in a deluge of troubles of which, surely, the most dangerous is the relentless rise of violence.

Speaking in Hindi for the second consecutive year at the annual UNGA session, Swaraj said that India has risen despite being the principal destination of Pakistan's nefarious export of terrorism.

Sushma Swaraj delivered her speech in Hindi. Swaraj, 65, addressed the UN General Assembly for the second consecutive time.

Swaraj said India attaches the highest priority to the development and prosperity of the region under its "neighbourhood first" policy.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that Swaraj also raised the issue of H1-B visas strongly with Tillerson.

Turning to climate change, Sushma Swaraj suggested an alliance between International Solar Alliance and the BRICS Development Bank.

A decision in this regard was taken during a meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.

The brief interaction between Swaraj and Wang came two weeks after PM Narendra Modi had a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Xiamen.