In First Meeting After Biden Inauguration, Quad Foreign Ministers Ponder Over Myanmar
The usual buzzwords of free and open Indo-Pacific, the rule of law and ASEAN centrality also featured in the separate statements issued by India, the US, Japan and Australia.
The Quad foreign ministers S. Jaishankar (India), Marise Payne (Australia), Toshimitsu Motegi (Japan) and Anthony Blinken (the US). Photos: Twitter
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New Delhi: The continuing fallout from the Myanmar military takeover was one of the topics broached in the conference call between the foreign ministers of India, US, Japan and Australia, which also marked the first meeting of the ‘Quad’ after the new Joe Biden administration took over.
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Embracing new forms of protest in Asia: Daily Star contributor
The writer says there is a lot to learn from popular protests, especially the creative ways of communication and tactics of sustaining the steam for a prolonged struggle.
A demonstrator takes part in a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb 17, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS
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2021 Indiaspora government leaders list recognises over 200 public officials of Indian heritage in senior government positions ANI | Updated: Feb 18, 2021 18:14 IST
Washington, D.C., San Francisco, CA, United States, February 18: (ANI/BusinessWire India):Indiaspora, a nonprofit community of global Indian diaspora leaders from various backgrounds and professions, held a launch event on February 15 to kick off the release of their 2021 Indiaspora government leaders List recognizing public officials of the Indian diaspora who are leaders in their countries governments.
The virtual launch included a conversation with honorees from the List: U.S. Congressman Ami Bera, Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia; Ambassador NiermalaBadrising, Suriname s Ambassador to the U.S. and formerly Suriname s Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Lord Dolar Popat, Member of the House of Lords and the U.K. Prime Minister s Trade En
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THE Indian Government and Jamaica are engaged in talks to distribute the India-manufactured COVAXIN vaccine to Jamaica once it gets approval from the World Health Organization (WHO). Other Caribbean nations have also expressed interest.
High Commissioner of India to Jamaica Rungsung Masakui yesterday told members of the media, during a virtual interaction on
Zoom, that India’s Ministry of External Affairs is facilitating the bilateral processes which all medical products must go through before agreements are made. He also disclosed that governments across the Caribbean have been provided with data on COVAXIN for use in their own analysis of the product.