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Sino-Indian military stand-off tops Pompeo-Jaishankar talks

The meeting was held in four-nation 'Quadrilateral' format, involving India, the US, Japan and Australia

07 Aug 2020 5:13 PM

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar. (PTI Photo)

India will never join any alliance: Jaishankar

The EAM said that the world is heading for a “protectionist global economy” and that coronavirus pandemic would “accelerate” this trend

21 Jul 2020 9:57 AM

Govt to soon take decision on OCI card holders to allay fears of temporary suspension of visas. (PTI Photo)

Indian government will soon take decision on OCI visa issue: Minister

Muraleedharan urged the diaspora to invest in India given the opportunity being offered by the major economic reforms

18 May 2020 12:17 PM

'Cordial meeting with FM of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Deeply value our historical friendship and the strong bilateral relations,' Jaishankar tweeted. (Photo: ANI)

Jaishankar meets counterparts from Kuwait, Bahrain

The 18th NAM Summit commenced on Friday, bringing together the heads of 120 member countries.

26 Oct 2019 4:04 PM

"Of course everyone wants to talk to their neighbour. The issue is, how do I talk to a country that is conducting terrorism and which frankly I would say follows a policy of implausible deniability," Jaishankar said. (Photo: File | ANI)

'They do it, only pretend they don't,' S Jaishankar comments on Pak terrorism

He said the issue for India was not whether it talks to Pakistan, but how it can talk to a country that is conducts terrorism.

26 Sep 2019 3:01 PM

Jaishankar said that socio-economic changes have taken place in the last five years in the country such as growth of awareness, literacy, changes in gender gap, skills and connectivity. (Photo: File)

India can't replicate China, has to invent its own path: S Jaishankar

Prior to the interactive session, Jaishankar met the Foreign Ministers of the G4 countries - Japan, Germany, Brazil.

26 Sep 2019 10:19 AM

‘Whether Pakistanis carried out in letter and spirit what International Court of Justice wanted them to do, I think the answer is obvious to all of you but nevertheless there was the well-being factor in our mind,’ he said. (Photo: ANI)

Ascertaining well-being of Kulbushan Jadhav was priority: External Affairs Minister

Jaishankar said that India considered various factors after Pakistan was unwilling to provide unhindered, effective access to Jadhav.

17 Sep 2019 7:42 PM

India’s trade deficit with China was $53.6bn in fiscal year ended March 2019. The 2 nations are set to identify and focus on non-tariff barriers.

India, China hold economic talks amid policy criticism

The EAM mentioned one-sided trade policies by China and cast doubts over the progress of negotiations for a pan-Asian free trade deal.

10 Sep 2019 2:38 AM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Beijing on Sunday on a key three-day visit to hold talks with the Chinese leadership on a host of issues including finalisation of arrangements for President Xi Jinping’s visit to India later this year for the second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: File)

Foreign minister S Jaishankar arrives in Beijing for key talks with Chinese leaders

His visit was finalised much before India’s move to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

11 Aug 2019 4:06 PM

'I could not sleep the whole night when I was informed that Sushma Ji is no more. It is very upsetting for me. She helped me so much. I could not eat or sleep. I had no hope that I will be able to come to India but only because of her efforts, I was able to see my family in India,' she said. (Photo: ANI)

Two Hyderabadi women rescued by Swaraj devastated on ex-EAM's demise

Swaraj breathed her last on Tuesday night at the AIIMS, New Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest.

07 Aug 2019 5:49 PM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday urged Islamabad to release and repatriate him immediately. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

We will once again call upon Pak to release Kulbhushan Jadhav: Jaishankar in RS

The bench also ruled by 15 votes to 1 that Pakistan had violated India's rights to consular visits after Jadhav's arrest.

18 Jul 2019 11:38 AM

India also called for fast-tracking of the process of re-admission of the Maldives to the Commonwealth. (Photo: Twitter | @DrSJaishankar)

India to fulfill CHOGM 18 commitments before deadline: Jaishankar

Union Minister S Jaishankar, just concluded a three-day London visit to attend Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting on Thursday.

11 Jul 2019 4:16 PM

Jaishankar to attend Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' meet in London today

The EAM is likely to meet his British counterpart Jeremey Hunt among other foreign ministers during the conference.

10 Jul 2019 12:27 PM

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday wrote a letter to S Jaishankar congratulating him on his appointment as the External Affairs Minister of India. (Photo: File)

Pak Foreign Minister congratulates Jaishankar on taking charge of MEA

The message from Qureshi comes in the backdrop of Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood's visit to New Delhi on the occasion of Eid.

07 Jun 2019 11:49 AM

The newly appointed ministers said that the national education policy is only a draft and will have to go under various stages to get implemented. (Photo:FIle)

Amid controversy, Jaishankar, Sitharaman assure no language will be imposed

The draft national education policy recommends a range of reform measures and favoured teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.

03 Jun 2019 11:32 AM

Swaraj was addressing a meeting organised in support of the BJP's candidate in the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency, N Ramachandra Rao. (Photo: File)

India achieved success in getting Pakistan isolated: Sushma Swaraj

PM Narendra Modi has made relations with Islamic countries so strong and this is the benefit of his foreign visits, Sushma asserted.

06 Apr 2019 9:48 AM

Hamid Nihal Ansari, who was accompanied by his mother and other family members, also thanked Sushma Swaraj and the Ministry of External Affairs for persisting with the case and taking it up with Islamabad. (Photo: ANI)

With teary eyes, Hamid Ansari meets Sushma Swaraj, shares tough phase in Pak

33-year-old Ansari, who returned to India on Tuesday, became emotional while talking about the difficult phase of his life in Pakistan.

19 Dec 2018 2:25 PM

PM Narendra Modi interacts with former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga during the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect of Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, in Male, Maldives. (PIB photo via PTI

India assures full support for Maldives’ development

A meeting was held on Monday between visiting Maldivian foreign minister Abdulla Shahid and external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in the capital.

27 Nov 2018 12:11 AM

Sushma Swaraj is the Lok Sabha MP from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: File | PTI)

Sushma Swaraj won’t contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections, cites health reasons

'I have made up my mind not to contest next elections,' Sushma Swaraj told media in Madhya Pradesh.

20 Nov 2018 2:55 PM

Attempts to reunite Geeta with her family proved futile as none of the families that had come to claim Geeta as their own could establish the claim. (Photo: File/AFP)

‘Matchmaker’ Sushma Swaraj seeks groom for Pak-returned Geeta

Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired girl, was brought to India from Pakistan after she accidentally landed there when she was a child.

20 Apr 2018 12:37 PM

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