Kamboj was also the topper of the 1987 Civil Services batch and has handled key diplomatic positions in her career, even directing the special swearing-in ceremony of PM Modi in 2014. She became the first Indian woman to become the Permanent Representative to the UN in 2022.
India expressed strong disappointment over Pimchanok Vonkorpon Pitfield's remarks saying that India's rice procurement programme at Minimum Support Price (MSP) aims to capture the export market. Indian negotiators refused to participate in some deliberations where she was present.
According to Kamboj, the UN Security Council will continue to face "a crisis of credibility" unless it undertakes comprehensive reforms and steps in the direction of reformed multilateralism. She said that India's conviction of UN reform is backed by several countries of the Global South.
Adnan Abu Al-Hija, the Palestinian envoy to India, said that 260 Palestinians were killed by Israel in this year. He said that anyone who condemns Hamas should also condemn the Israeli action against Palestine.
In an unexpected intervention, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace suggested that Ukraine was not showing enough "gratitude" for the financial support from the West for its war against Russia, adding that, " people want to see gratitude."
A man desecrated the Holy Quran in a protest near a mosque in Stockholm late June, around the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, after being granted allowance by the Swedish authorities.
Eric Garcetti, former mayor of Los Angeles, has been appointed as the new ambassador of the United States to India. Garcetti, who is a loyalist of President Joe Biden, was appointed after the US Senate adopted a cloture motion on the matter.
India buying oil from Russia is none of our business. If you get it at a low price, I can't blame India for it, German Ambassador to India Dr Philipp Ackermann said.
Emanuel was also a former 3-term congressman who served as Prez Barack Obama’s 1st White House chief of staff and was a senior adviser in President Bill Clinton’s administration.
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American attorney Rashad Hussain as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
Russian Envoy Nikolay Kudashev on April 14 said that India and Russia ties remain equal, solid, comprehensive, coherent and forward looking despite any global turbulence.
In an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, Israel’s ambassador to India Ron Malka talked about the bomb blast outside embassy in Delhi and the present relation between the two countries at global level.
Babita Tade, who won Rs 1 crore on quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', has been appointed as the Amravati district ambassador for the Election Commission's SVEEP programme ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls.
Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has been appointed as India's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of External Affairs announced Tuesday. Kapoor, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, will replace Navdeep Suri as India's Ambassador to the UAE. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said in a statement.
The resignation of Kim Darroch came a day after Trump lashed out at him on Twitter describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool" after leaked documents revealed the envoy's dim view of Trump's administration. "I am grateful to all those in the UK and the US, who have offered their support during this difficult few days," Darroch said in a letter.
In a Twitter tantrum, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed his attack on the British ambassador labeling him a "very stupid guy" and a "pompous fool".
India’s new ambassador to Japan believes the two countries can complement each other in terms of talent and technology, and that cooperation could lead to new innovations.
Kenneth Juster replaces Indian-American Richard Verma as the top American diplomat to India.
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