EAM Jaishankar participated in 2nd India-Australia-Japan-USA Ministerial meeting today in Tokyo. The Foreign Ministers followed up on their discussions in Sept'19 & discussed the post #COVID19 international order: Ministry of External Affairs (Pic Courtesy: EAM's Twitter account)
The leaders called for a coordinated response to challenges including financial problems emanating from #COVID19, need to share best practices to combat it, increasing the resilience of supply chains & enhancing access to affordable vaccines, medicines & medical equipment: MEA
The Foreign Ministers exchanged views about regional issues of mutual interest, and issues related to connectivity, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, maritime safety and security, health security and counter-terrorism: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
They reaffirmed their collective vision of maintaining a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. They reiterated their firm support to ASEAN centrality and highlighted their readiness to work towards realizing a common vision for Indo-Pacific: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
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This Hall heard incessant rant of someone who had nothing to show for himself, who had no achievements to speak of, & no reasonable suggestion to offer to world. Instead, we saw lies, misinformation, warmongering & malice spread through this Assembly:Mijito Vinito,First Secy(2/5)
This is the same country that provides pensions for dreaded and listed terrorists out of State funds. The leader whom we heard today, is the same person who referred to the
terrorist Osama Bin Laden as a “Martyr” in his Parliament in July: First Secy, India Mission to UN (3/5)
The same leader who spewed venom today admitted in 2019 in public in US that his country still has about 30,000-40,000 terrorists who have been trained by Pakistan & have fought in Afghanistan & in Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir: First Secy, India Mission to UN (4/5)
Increased presence of people online & on social media has been targeted by terrorists to disseminate misinformation through hate speeches, fake news & doctored videos: Pawan Badhe, First Secretary at Permanent Mission of India to UN at 45th Session of Human Rights Council, Geneva
The intent has been to entice and establish links with vulnerable individuals and recruit them in their cadres. Terror groups have also exhorted supporters to target security forces and health workers: Pawan Badhe, First Secretary at Permanent Mission of India to UN
Another disturbing trend has been the collection of funds by proscribed terrorist outfits ostensibly for undertaking charitable activities, but which, in reality, would be used to finance terror: Pawan Badhe, First Secretary at Permanent Mission of India to UN
PM Narendra Modi chairs a high-level virtual meeting with Chief Ministers & Health Ministers of seven #COVID19 high burden States/UT to review COVID response and management.
These States/UT are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, & Punjab.
There are more than 700 districts in the country but only 60 districts in 7 states are a cause of worry. I suggest CMs to hold virtual conference with people at district/block level for 7 days. We've to learn from the best practices from across the states: PM in meeting with CMs
We need to increase our focus on effective testing, tracing, treatment, surveillance and clear messaging: PM Modi during his meeting with Chief Ministers & Health Ministers of seven #COVID19 high burden States/UT to review COVID response and management.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'proposed privatisation of JNPT
(Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) ports and concern over national security.'
PDP MP Nazir Ahmad Laway has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'MPLAD funds and poor condition of National Highway from Jammu to Srinagar.'
BSP MP Veer Singh has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'increase in unemployment due to lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic.'
It has become a habit for Pakistan to malign my country with false and fabricated narratives for its self-serving malicious purposes: Pawan Badhe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India in Geneva during Right of Reply at 45th Session of the Human Rights Council
Neither India nor others deserve this unsolicited lecture on human rights from a country that has consistently persecuted its ethnic & religious minorities, is an epicenter of terrorism...:Pawan Badhe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India in Geneva
...(Pakistan) has distinction of providing pensions to individuals on UN Sanctions list & has a PM who proudly admits training tens of thousands of terrorists to fight in Jammu & Kashmir: Pawan Badhe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India in Geneva