The question of veto powers has come to the fore in recent days because of Russia, which has invaded Ukraine, vetoing in the Council any criticism of it for violating the UN Charter and demands that withdraw its troops
The author a New York-based journalist, is a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Society for Policy Studies
The question of veto powers has come to the fore in recent days because of Russia, which has invaded Ukraine, vetoing in the Council any criticism of it for violating the UN Charter and demands that withdraw its troops
India has regretted that despite appeals to Russia and Ukraine a safe corridor has not been set up for a few hundred students trapped in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy even as nearly 20,000 Indians, mostly medical students, have been evacuated on more than 80 flights
The United Nations Security Council has condemned the terrorist bombing that killed 62 people at a Shia mosque in Peshawar, in northwest Pakistan, for which the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIL-K) has accepted blame
After a Russian attack on a nuclear facility in Ukraine, India said it attaches “highest importance” to ensuring the safety of its own atomic plants
India's Pujani was exercising the right of reply in Geneva to Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari's statement at the High-Level Segment of the Council's 49th session
Cross-border terrorism from Pakistan has gone down in the past couple of years, Kashmir is moving towards normalcy and the Modi government retains a lot of support within the country, a senior US official has said
Hours after India had abstained a fourth time on a United Nations vote on Ukraine, an influential Republican senator cautioned that it would be “foolish” to harm bilateral ties because of it while the US government remained cautiously circumspect and said New Delhi’s position on Ukraine was “evolving” and refrained from outright criticism
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to censure Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while India abstained on the vote once again
India has offered to help evacuate citizens of neighbouring and other developing countries stranded in Ukraine but has said that efforts to evacuate its citizens from the war-hit country have been hampered by "adverse conditions" at the borders
Staying true to its traditionally neutral and nonaligned stand, especially on global issues outside its sphere of influence or core security interests, India abstained for the third time on a Security Council vote on Ukraine and said it welcomed the decision by Ukraine and Russia to hold talks