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  • Slovakia expresses support for India’s candidature for UNSC non-permanent seat

    Slovakia has backed India’s candidature for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat for the 2028–29 term after Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar met EAM S. Jaishankar in New York. The countries discussed strategic partnership, multilateralism, UNSC reforms and global security cooperation

  • US backs permanent UNSC seats for India, Japan, Germany

    Washington also supports creating two permanent seats for Africa in addition to non-permanent membership for African countries

  • Editorial: UNSC reform much needed

    If there is any one issue on which Russia and Ukraine are in total agreement, despite being engaged in a fierce war, it is the need to make India a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Both countries have rooted for a greater role for India in world affairs and structural reforms in […]

  • Opinion: The ‘veto problem’ plaguing the UN

    The problem of veto has been a bleeding sore for the UN, effectively dashing hopes and expectations of using the United Nations to maintain a truly collective security

  • Ukraine President Zelenskyy dials PM Modi, seeks India’s support in UNSC

    New Delhi: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday over the current situation in his country and urged India for its political support in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against Russia which is continuing its military operations in Ukraine. Taking to Twitter, Zelenskyy said, “Spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]

  • Editorial: Challenging times ahead

    The East-West face-off over Ukraine has reached dangerous levels following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s provocative move to recognise the independence of the two restive regions — Donetsk and Luhansk — in Eastern Ukraine and a strong response from the western nations in the form of sanctions. This is by far the most intense confrontation since […]

  • Editorial: Cautious engagement

    Pragmatism, caution and national interests must guide India's new strategy while engaging with the Taliban

  • Editorial: Pak must stop the charade

    Islamabad must stop misleading the international community with a farce to cover up its sponsorship of terror

  • FATF blow to Pakistan

    Pakistan, which has been in and out of the FATF grey list, seems to be doing just enough to avoid the blacklist

  • The long wait

    With permanent members of the UN Security Council putting their own interests above global benefit, the much-needed reforms to address aspirations of developing nations fail to take off

  • Dragon’s devious plan

    China is trying to use the festering border dispute as a pretext to meddle in India’s affairs and mislead the international community

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