INTERNATIONAL LAW

Framing of laws is sovereign prerogative: India on FCRA changes

MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, “We have seen some comments by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on an issue relating to t...

Pakistan parliamentary panel approves bill to seek review of Kulbhushan Jadhav's conviction

Fifty-year-old retired Indian Navy officer Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terroris...

Government to completely withdraw border guarding forces from internal security duty

According to the proposal, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is working on a new "model" where the burden of internal security duties, inc...

Government issues draft rules for Rashtriya Raksha University Act 2020

The Rashtriya Raksha University is proposed to be a multi-disciplinary university to create new knowledge through research and collaboratio...

Pakistan should take ‘immediate & swift’ action to stop terrorist activities: India, US

Pakistan has been using the UN General Assembly platform for years to target India and the recent counter-terror meet aimed to put the ball...

Situation in Ladakh ‘very serious’; State of border can't be de-linked from state of relationship says Jaishankar

On Monday, Jaishankar described the situation on the LAC as "very serious", and that "deep conversations at the political level" were neede...

Geneva Conventions at 71: An in-depth look from the Indian perspective

In recent human history the most significant developments in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) happened wh...

China passes export-control law following U.S. moves

The Xinhua news report late on Saturday did not name any target countries, but the United States last month angered Beijing with curbs on e...

United Kingdom admits planned Brexit deal change 'breaks international law'

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis was speaking in parliament about legislation due to be published on Wednesday that will include at...

President gives assent to Taxation and Other Laws bill

The bill, which now becomes an Act, was issued as an ordinance on March 31, 2020, to defer compliance deadlines for direct and indirect tax...

President gives assent to Taxation and Other Laws bill

The bill, which now becomes an Act, was issued as an ordinance on March 31, 2020, to defer compliance deadlines for direct and indirect tax...

NGOs are expected to adhere to all our laws: MEA on action against Amnesty International

Amnesty International on Tuesday said it is halting all its activities in India due to freezing of its accounts and claimed that it is bein...

China hopes India, Pak can properly handle differences through dialogue, safeguard peace

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said peaceful coexistence between India and Pakistan serves the fundamental interests of bot...

Pak's new map shows Kashmir as its part, India terms it an "exercise in political absurdity"

“We have seen a so-called “political map” of Pakistan that has been released by Prime Minister Imran Khan. This is an exercise in political...

Foreign NGOs must adhere to Indian laws with respect to foreign funding: MEA

While reacting on government's action against Amnesty International (global human right organization), Ministry of External Affairs said, "...

Pakistan has 'taken note' of signing of BECA pact between US and India: Foreign Office

During the high-level 2+2 dialogue in New Delhi on Tuesday, India and the US inked a total of five agreements including the long-negotiated...

DP World’s deal with Shreyas Shipping ​​grounded in minority shareholder concerns

The shareholders have asked for a reversal of the transactions in representations made to Shreyas’s independent directors citing corporate ...