Top US diplomat Wendy R Sherman to visit India next month
India | September 28, 2021 7:16 ISTBefore arriving in Delhi, Sherman will also visit Switzerland and Uzbekistan, beginning September 29.
Before arriving in Delhi, Sherman will also visit Switzerland and Uzbekistan, beginning September 29.
On Wednesday, Blinken will hold extensive talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and meet National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. He is also scheduled to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi before leaving for Kuwait as part of his two-nation tour.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has called off a planned visit to India and the Philippines apparently due to a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Japan.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during his upcoming India visit in April, is also expected to travel to Chennai.
The new citizenship law did not come up for discussion between visiting US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday, noting that the two leaders talked about religious harmony in a "positive way".
US President Donald Trump, seeking re-election, on Monday criticised the Opposition Democratic Party, some 13,000 kilometres away from America in India, and suggested that Senator Bernie Sanders could be his likely rival in the presidential poll in November.
Hours before the visit of US President Donald Trump to Agra on Monday, the entry to the Taj Mahal will be closed to visitors in view of high security arrangements, top officials said on Sunday.
Donald Trump will be the sixth US president ever to travel to India and the first one to land in Ahmedabad, where he will be joined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an unprecedented roadshow and a historic joint address before a record crowd of more than one lakh people.
US President Donald Trump will join the list of heads of states who have stayed at the ITC Maurya here during their visit to India.
With the hype around Donald Trump's maiden visit to India as US President reaching a crescendo, here's a trip down the memory lane on tours by previous American presidents.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Sunday, arrived in Varanasi and offered prayers at the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple.
US President Donald Trump could visit India in February. Reports suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could host a grand event on the lines for the event that was hosted for him in Houston, Texas. Ahmedabad seems to be the most likely location for the event.
It will be the first visit by a senior Chinese leader to India after the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram in October. During Wang's visit, the two sides are likely to review implementation of decisions taken at the summit.
This is not the first time that Modi is hosting a foreign leader outside the national capital, which earlier used to be the norm.
Wang is scheduled to visit Islamabad on September 7 amid the hue and cry raised by Pakistan over the Indian government's decision to end special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August.
The BRI, which is boycotted by India as it comprises the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, has come under constant criticism of the US which say that the massive loans being doled out by Bejing for different projects, specially in smaller countries over and above their capacity to pay, has resulted in long term indebtedness.
The US envoy to the UN also met Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi yesterday and reiterated America’s commitment to end child trafficking.
She said her comments that there is anecdotal evidence and some research to suggest that "women are unfortunately more swayed by men than the other way around" received negative feedback from various quarters.
From inking 14 crucial agreements to inaugurating the biggest solar power plant of Uttar Pradesh, Macron and Modi are headed to a closer understanding between the two nations.
The two sides are also expected to sign a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreements in diverse areas of bilateral cooperation.
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