Morning Digest: April 16, 2023

Morning Digest: April 16, 2023

Forensic experts outside the hospital where gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three assailants in Prayagraj on Saturday, April 15, 2023.  | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf shot dead in Prayagraj  Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at … Read more

India expected to send ‘positive’ message on debt during Jaishankar’s visit to Sri Lanka

India expected to send ‘positive’ message on debt during Jaishankar’s visit to Sri Lanka

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Colombo on Thursday will focus on “supporting Sri Lanka” in its current economic crisis, government sources said, adding that talks are ongoing in the field of energy security, food security, currency swap arrangements as well as talks about restructuring … Read more

India tried to defuse Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant situation: EAM Jaishankar 

India tried to defuse Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant situation: EAM Jaishankar 

India tried to defuse the situation around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and quietly helped in the grain deal between Moscow and Kyiv, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said even as he vehemently rejected charges of New Delhi being a war profiteer over its procurement of discounted Russian oil. The External Affairs Minister also … Read more

India’s G20 Presidency ‘very big deal’: EAM Jaishankar to critics

India’s G20 Presidency ‘very big deal’: EAM Jaishankar to critics

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna on January 1, 2023 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Terming India’s G20 Presidency a “very big deal”, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said the country has taken up the responsibility to host the meetings of the powerful grouping at a time … Read more

Russian President Putin praises India by calling its people talented and purposeful

Russian President Putin praises India by calling its people talented and purposeful

Vladimir Putin’s comments come just ahead of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow on November 7 and 8 Vladimir Putin’s comments come just ahead of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow on November 7 and 8 For the second time in a week, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised India’s growth story … Read more

Internet and social media platforms now toolkits of terror groups: EAM Jaishankar 

Internet and social media platforms now toolkits of terror groups: EAM Jaishankar 

Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Terrorism is still one of the “gravest threats” to humanity said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, highlighting terror threats from the use of emerging technologies … Read more