Sanjay Jain
Chief Sanjay Jain is the President, Indian Cultural Association (ICA), Lagos, Nigeria. He spoke on the significance of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) Non Resident Indian Day where his association got the ‘Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award’ (Non Resident Honour Award) from Government of India at the 16th PBD Convention held in New Delhi, India. to GREGORY AUSTIN NWAKUNOR writes
JANUARY 9 is significant to India, as it was the day Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation, returned to India from South Africa. To give cognisance to the date, Government of India decided to celebrate ’Pravasi Bhartiya Divas’ (Non Resident Indian’s Day) on this date.
Leaking classified info act of treason : Cong on Arnab chat (Ld)
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New Delhi, Jan 20 : Upping the ante against the government over journalist Arnab Goswami s purported social media chat leak, the Congress on Wednesday described it as an act of treason and demanded an immediate inquiry into the leak of such classified information about the Balakot air strike. It said that the party will raise the issue during Parliament s Budget Session.
The Congress brought out several senior leaders to corner the government over the issue including former Defence Minister A.K. Antony, former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, former Law Minister Salman Khurshid, Congress Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and party spokesperson Pawan Khera.
Maldives thanks India for providing COVID-19 vaccines ANI | Updated: Jan 20, 2021 19:15 IST
Male [Maldives], January 20 (ANI): The Maldives on Wednesday thanked India for providing a consignment of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines.
India dispatched the first consignment of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from Mumbai s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Male today.
Taking to Twitter, Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India for the gift, saying that it renewed hopes for a quick resolution of the COVID-19 crisis.
A short while ago, a flight from India with 100,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine arrived in the Maldives, renewing our hopes for a resolution to the Covid-19 crisis soon. Our heartfelt thanks to PM @narendramodi, government and people of India for this most generous gift, he tweeted.
As nominees begin confirmation process, pointers to Biden policies on India China, Russia, emerge
India is a “bipartisan success story” said U.S. President Joseph Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at his confirmation hearing at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, making it clear that strategic ties with India will remain strong, especially on the Indo-Pacific, and continuity in dealing with China’s aggressive actions from the Trump administration.
“During the Obama administration, we deepened cooperation with India, particularly in the defence procurement area and also on information sharing, and I think the Trump administration carried that forward including with this concept of an Indo-Pacific and to make sure that we were working with India so that no country in the region, including China, could challenge its sovereignty, and also working with it on concerns that we share about terrorism,” said Mr. Blinken to a specific question