The experts, including former Indian foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon and President of Center for China Analysis and Strategy Jayadeva Ranade, made the comments during a virtual panel discussion organised by The Hudson Institute think-tank here

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while addressing the UN Security Council meeting on COVID-19 on Wednesday, announced a gift of 200,000 COVID-19 doses for the UN peacekeepers

The virtual meeting will be the first hosted by Johnson as part of the UK's G7 Presidency this year and the first gathering of G7 leaders since April 2020

In a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov cautioned that the world must be prepared to disrupt such new attacks

Twitter memes on Pakistan power blackout: As Pakistani authorities try to ascertain the exact cause behind this blackout and bring the situation back to normal, Twitter users decided to have some fun

India, which has been at the forefront of the years-long efforts to reform the UNSC, began its two-year tenure at the Council on Friday last

The US State Department also said the US is looking forward to work closely with India during the latter's upcoming UNSC term, starting January 1, 2021

India has said that Islamabad has not yet taken any action against several terror groups and individuals comprising those proscribed by UNSC (United Nations Security Council) like Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Masood Azhar, Dawood Ibrahim

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as a founding signatory of the UN Charter, India was part of that noble vision, which reflected India's own philosophy of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', which sees all creation as a family

In recent years, the Security Council has held a meeting on a theme chosen by its rotating president for September during the General Assembly high-level meeting which usually brings thousands of people to UN headquarters in New York

74th Independence Day: PM Modi said that the coronavirus pushed Indians to realise the importance of a self-reliant nation. He said that Indians united to match the requirements when the world could not help the nation

PM Modi Speech Highlights on Independence day 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 74th Independence Day speech today, warned China adding that India gave it a befitting reply in Ladakh. PM Modi further stated that the world has been a witness to India's capabilities

Pakistan has been unsuccessfully trying to drum up international support against India for withdrawing Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcating it into two Union territories

Others fell to their deaths in the freezing waters of the Galwan river in the western Himalayas, relatives have learned from witnesses. Twenty Indian soldiers died in the June 15 clash on the de facto border separating the two armies

On a question about what role India can play, together with the UN, to promote access to affordable medicines and vaccines, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said, India can be helpful because it has a \"very strong\" relationship with its neighbours

With India's accession into the SCO as a full member, new opportunities for further development and deepening of full-scale cooperation have opened up, the Secretary-General of the grouping said

India on Wednesday overwhelmingly won the election to the Security Council for a non-permanent seat

India, Norway, Ireland, Mexico and Kenya were elected as the non-permanent members of the UNSC for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2021 on Wednesday

India was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term on Wednesday, winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly; In light of the recent clash between India and China, the trade relations between the two Asian giants are poised for a rough ride; Under its initiatives to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital, Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended to the Delhi government to cap the price of coronavirus testing at Rs 2,400. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Fitch Ratings revises India's outlook to negative from stable; retains sovereign rating 'BBB-'

Coronavirus test price in Delhi capped at Rs 2,400Under its initiatives to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital, Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended to the Delhi government to cap the price of coronavirus testing at Rs 2,400. The rate has been suggested by an expert committee on rates to be charged by testing laboratories.India elected non-permanent member of UNSC with absolute majorityIndia was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Cou...