External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was among nine MPs who took the oath as members of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The oath was administered by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Rajya Sabha chamber in Parliament House. Jaishankar took the oath in English. This is his second term as a Rajya Sabha MP. He was first elected in 2019. Besides… Continue reading "Jaishankar and eight others take oath as Rajya Sabha members"
Three candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, were on Monday declared elected “uncontested” to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, officials said. Apart from Jaishankar, the other two BJP candidates elected to the Upper House of Parliament for a 6-year term are Kesridevsinh Jhala and Babubhai Desai. For the career diplomat-turned-politician, who was inducted… Continue reading "Three BJP candidates including S Jaishankar elected to Rajya Sabha"
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday met his Myanmar counterpart Than Swe and discussed expediting projects, especially the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway, and underlined the importance of ensuring peace and stability in the border areas. Jaishankar, who arrived here from Indonesia on Saturday on an official visit, also met Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. “Our discussions… Continue reading "Jaishankar, Thai, Myanmar Ministers discuss trilateral highway"
Indian economic growth cannot be built on Chinese efficiency and there is a need for businesses to stop looking for a “China fix”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday while strongly calling for boosting the domestic manufacturing sector. In an address at a book release event, Jaishankar said no major country in the world has sustained or enhanced… Continue reading "Indian economic growth cannot be built on Chinese efficiency: Jaishankar"
Everyone is hopeful that this World Hindi Conference will be a “Hindi Mahakumbh” where people from all over the world can connect and will become a partner for the “global networking platform” in the subject of Hindi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said. Addressing the closing ceremony at World Hindi Conference here, S Jaishankar said, “I think everyone is hopeful… Continue reading "World Hindi Conference will be Mahakumbh: Jaishankar"
BJP state president K Annamalai on Thursday wrote a letter to Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention in connection with the attack on Tamil Nadu fishermen by persons who came in four Sri Lankan boats on the high seas on Wednesday. Annamalai, in the letter, said a few people travelling in four Sri Lankan boats attacked Murugan… Continue reading "Attack of TN Fishermen: Annamalai seeks Jaishankar’s intervention"
India will encourage greater investments in Sri Lanka’s economy, especially in areas of energy, tourism and infrastructure, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today, as he expressed India’s solidarity with debt-ridden Sri Lanka during its “difficult moments”. Mr Jaishankar, who is in Colombo on a two-day visit, called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday morning. “My primary purpose to visit… Continue reading "India to extend greater investments in Sri Lanka’ economy: Jaishankar"
India on Monday stoutly defended its import of crude oil from Russia amid the Ukraine conflict with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserting that New Delhi’s procurement was just one-sixth of the European purchase in the last nine months, in comments that came as a G7 price cap on Russian crude at $60 a barrel came into effect. At a… Continue reading "S Jaishankar targets Europe Over Russian oil"
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday wrote to Union External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to secure the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy on November 5. In his demi-official letter to the MEA, Stalin drew the immediate attention of the Union government to arrest of 15 Tamil Nadu fishermen and seizure of two mechanised boats… Continue reading "Stalin writes to Jaishankar for release of fishermen"
The United Nations Security Council reforms is like a “hard nut”, but hard nuts can be cracked, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Sydney on Tuesday as he cautioned that the world body will become “irrelevant” without much-delayed reforms. Jaishankar made the remarks while responding to questions after his address at the Lowy Institute on the growing importance of… Continue reading "UN will become irrelevant without reforms: S Jaishankar"