External Affairs Minister Jaishankar spoke with US State Secretary Anthony Blinken yesterday. During their talks, the two leaders discussed the recent attacks on merchant ships by Yemen-backed Houthi groups in the Red Sea.
The opposition parties may ask questions of the foreign minister and the suspended deputy ministers in the Maldivian Parliament over the controversy that erupted after three suspended ministers criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his tour to Lakshadweep.
Sheikh Hasina will take the oath as prime minister of Bangladesh at a ceremony in Dhaka at 10 a.m. tomorrow. With this, Sheikh Hasina is officially the longest-serving leader in Bangladesh’s history.
Meanwhile, a severe cold wave and dense fog engulfed Bhopal this morning, resulting in low visibility. The Met office in Bhopal has predicted the same weather conditions in the state for the next few days.
The night curfew has been imposed to ensure better area domination by Border Security Force (BSF) troops and deter all illegal activities near the India-Pakistan international border.
The Israel Defence Forces said that weapons and games designed to inspire children to violence were found in a Hamas commander's home on the outskirts of Khan Yunis. The IDF forces asserted that 3 Hamas operatives were killed inside the school in Khan Yunis's Bani Suheila neighborhood.
Sharad Sharma said that the movement took around 500 years to give a clear-cut final shape to the construction of the Ayodhya temple of Lord Ram Lalla.
China's state-run media has praised India's economic policies and diplomatic achievements during the past four years under Prime Minister Modi's leadership. This favorable opinion was expressed in an article titled "Bharat Narrative."