Arul Louis

Arul Louis

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The author a New York-based journalist, is a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Society for Policy Studies

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Tributes to peacekeepers killed in service of UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar paid tributes on Wednesday to Indian peacekeepers who laid down their lives in the service of the global organisation

Blinken discusses Afghanistan situation with Indian, Pakistani foreign ministers

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the Afghanistan situation with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts as he made calls to foreign ministers with direct interests in the country overrun by the Taliban

It's up to Taliban to reassure neighbours through zero tolerance for terror, says India at UNSC

India told the Taliban on Monday that it was up to it to reassure its neighbours by ensuring that Afghanistan - where it has wrested power militarily after two decades - has zero tolerance for terrorism

Eleven countries won't recognise government imposed militarily in Afghanistan, says US

Under the looming threat of a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan militarily, at least eleven countries - including India and perhaps Pakistan - oppose any military solution to the conflict and declared it will not recognise any government imposed by force, according to US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price

With China the elephant in the room, Quad officials discuss cooperation on supply chain, critical technologies

In a long-term plan to reduce dependence on China, senior officials of the four Quad countries - US, Japan,Australia and India - on Thursday explored collaboration to ensure “resilient supply chains” and enhance cooperation in areas of emerging and critical technologies

After India-led UNSC maritime session, Pakistan threatens continued militarisation for its national security

Pakistan has warned that it will continue militarisation in land, air and sea to achieve “full spectrum deterrence” against what it said was “geo-strategic competition and the pursuit of military dominance by some states” like India with “hegemonistic designs”

China strikes discordant note at UNSC maritime session, attacks Quad nations

China struck a discordant note at the Security Council high-level meeting on maritime security, attacking the Indo-Pacific initiative in which India is active, along with the United States and Japan, while dispensing with normal diplomatic courtesies to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who chaired the session

Modi presides over UNSC meet virtually; five principles for maritime safety proposal gets Council backing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday proposed five basic principles for a holistic approach to maritime security that holds the “key to the planet's future”, and the Security Council in a show of support adopted India's Presidential Statement reflecting them

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of continuing to aid 'Taliban war machine', provide safe haven

In a damning indictment of Islamabad in the world’s top global forum, Afghanistan once again accused Pakistan of assisting the “Taliban war machine” that has launched an all-out attack on the Afghanistan government as the United States is pulling out of the country, and warned about the activities of organisations like the Lashkar e Taiba (LeT…

Biden, Harris commemorate gurdwara mass killing anniversary: Sikh groups condemn hate politics and racism

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the ninth anniversary of the mass shooting at a gurdwara in Oak Creek that took the lives of seven Sikhs, with Biden telling Americans to “stand up to hate and bigotry”