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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met nine leaders from across the globe in a whirlwind of bilateral interactions and spoke at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summity. She began her day on Monday by attending the high-level event on counter-narcotics convened by US President Donald Trump, where she was seated at the front row. India is one of 129 countries that have signed the pledge drafted by Trump on commitment towards international fight against drugs. Although it was not a formal meeting, she greeted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she came to the UN, India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin tweeted. Sushma Swaraj met the Foreign Ministers of Australia , Spain, Ecuador, Colombia, Mongolia, Nepal, Morocco, Lichtenstein and Federica Mogherini, the European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs. The topics discussed during the meetings with the foreign ministers depended on the relations with those countries and ranged from

BJP national president Amit Shah will inaugurate the three-day national executive meeting of the BJP Mahila Morcha at Puri on Monday. Ahead of executive meeting, Morcha’s national office-bearers’ meeting was held on Sunday evening. Around 200 women office-bearers from across the country would attended the meeting, informed an official release. According to the schedule, Shah would first attend the women workers’ conference and discuss various issues with them at Puri. Later, he would inaugurate the executive meeting at 3 pm. Among senior leaders, Union Ministers Jual Oram, Dharmendra Pradhan, State president Basanta Panda, BJP Legislature Party Leader KV Singh Deo would attend the meeting, informed Morcha national president Vijaya Rahatkar at a Press meet here. “The Odisha Government is anti-women. It has failed provided health , education and security to women. A Mahila Yatra had been taken out to make women aware about the State Government’s failure. As it

After the French government and Dassault Aviation contradicted former President Francois Hollande's claim in choosing Indian industrial partners in the multi-million dollar Rafale jet deal , the Congress on Saturday said the French statement "conceals more than it reveals". "The French statement conceals more than it reveals. The French government knows verbal interactions between former President Francois Hollande and Indian interlocutors are minuted and would emerge. "Speculation of French Parliamentary hearing into Rafale and access to administration documents under France's Freedom of Information Law 1978 rife," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari tweeted. "What French government/corporate entity has just ended up doing is making Rafale procurement a veritable domestic issue in French politics also. "By saying Hollande is being economical with truth they have set the stage for facts/documents to become a torrent."

The United States Friday hailed India's acceptance of Pakistani proposal for talks between the foreign ministers on the sidelines of the ongoing annual UN General Assembly session in New York and termed it as a "terrific news". "We saw that (reports of meetings between Indian and Pak leaders). I think that's a terrific news for the Indians and Pakistanis to be able to sit down and have a conversation together," State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at her daily news conference. On Thursday, spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, Raveesh Kumar announced that India has agreed to a meeting between Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Pakistan's request. He, however, made it clear that it was not the resumption of the Indo-Pak dialogue. Nauert also welcomed the exchange of messages between Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "

The Delhi Police has launched the third edition of the 'School Road Safety Awareness Campaign' and has also decided to keep the city clean. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amulya Patnaik on Wednesday said the Road safety campaign this year is coinciding with 'Swachchhta Mission' of Central Government to make the city roads clean as well as safe for the commuters. “This is a special occasion as our Road Safety Campaign this year is coinciding with Swachchhta Mission of Government of India and both these habits should be our prime responsibility as even after being the Capital, Delhi is still far from achieving the ideal tag. Good habits get inculcated at a young age and in due course become persistent habits. Awareness on road safety and cleanliness are intricately interconnected and these two need to be inculcated and cultivated at a very young age and should be imparted as a part of our academic curriculum as well as in upbringing, as a step towards preparing good

The  Bharatiya Janata Party   will apply the “T20 formula” to ensure victory in the 2019 general elections, a senior party leader said. The T20 here, differs from the one popular in cricketing parlance as the party has set a target for every worker to visit at least 20 houses in their area and publicise the  Narendra Modi  led government’s achievements while having tea. As the party targets to secure another term, it has asked its workers to promote the government’s achievements to each and every house through “Har Booth Das Youth” (roughly translated as ‘each booth ten youth’), NaMo app contact initiative, and booth ‘toli’, apart from the T20 formula. The BJP has asked its MPs, MLAs, local and booth-level workers to spread awareness among people in their respective area about the government’s schemes. “The party workers have been asked to visit every village in their area and have tea at at least 20 houses there,” a senior BJP leader told PTI-Bhasha. He said the initiative

Plastic bottles suspected to be injections of oxytocin, a drug misused by dairy operators and some  farmers , were seized during a surprise check at a departmental store by central drug regulator CDSCO and Delhi Government’s drug Control department in east Delhi, the  Union Health Ministry  said Sunday. A case has been registered against the person who runs the store, which, the ministry said, did not have license to sell or distribute the drug, under provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 & Rules, 1945. On Sunday, a surprise check was carried out in chemist shops, departmental stores and dairies in Ghazipur in east  Delhi  by a team of officers of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation and Drug Control Department, NCT Delhi. During the search, the team seized plastic bottles (200 ml and 100 ml), suspected to be oxytocin injection, from a departmental store run by Rajinder Pal Sethi. “The samples of seized bottles have also been collected for test/analysis as pe

The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India Wednesday called for a clear and stable policy framework to enable the automobile industry to prepare for future mobility. Speaking at the annual convention of Auto Component Manufacturers of India (ACMA), Maruti Suzuki India Managing Director and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa also said India may need a technology neutral approach to meet its energy security goals. "Technologies are big ticket investments for original equipment manufacturer (OEMs) and auto component manufacturers," he said. A short-term, medium-term and long-term policy road map will be useful to plan capacities and align capital investments, Ayukawa added. Stressing on the need for a well defined road map, he said, "A clear and stable policy framework for the new technologies will give confidence to the principal investors in OEMs and component manufacturers." Commenting on new technologies and government's efforts to provide energy sec