India has unique position on how AI could play out in the Global South: UN tech envoyAmandeep Singh Gill said India can take the "leadership" in championing responsible applications of AI for development, for leap-frogging m...
13 Dec, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
UN AI report to close gaps in government responses: tech envoy Amandeep Singh GillThe U.N. last week created a 39-member advisory body to address issues in the international governance of AI. The body expects to submit a ...
01 Nov, 2023, 10.57 AM IST
Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed by UN chief Guterres as his Envoy on TechnologyGill, who was India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2016-to 2018, is the Chief Ex...
11 Jun, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
AAP declares 15 more candidates for Punjab pollsFrom Rupnagar, the party gave ticket to Dinesh Chadha. Currently, Amarjit Singh Sandoa is AAP's MLA from this constituency.
26 Dec, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Pankaj Sharma appointed India's ambassador to UN Conference on DisarmamentPankaj Sharma is currently the joint secretary (Disarmament and International Security Division) in the Ministry of External Affairs.
06 Oct, 2018, 09.26 AM IST
Vienna meet may give fresh hopes for India's NSG dreamsFor NSG aspirant India, a positive decision in its favour appears unlikely this time. China's opposition is entrenched, and two rounds of d...
12 Jul, 2018, 09.00 PM IST
Narendra Modi to pitch for global efforts to deal with nuclear terrorismThe Nuclear Security Summit beginning Thursday in Washington will deliberate on various aspects of nuclear threats including from terror ne...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.29 PM IST
India, China hold first dialogue on disarmament, arms controlThe two sides agreed that this mechanism is an important new element in the bilateral dialogue architecture and decided to continue discuss...
12 Jul, 2018, 03.49 PM IST
India's role needed to curb autonomous weapons use: ICRCSlim said the ICRC wanted that nations should focus on three key operating principles for autonomous weapons to ensure minimum human contro...
21 Jan, 2018, 02.20 PM IST
UN to host first talks on use of 'killer robots'Proponents of a ban, including the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots pressure group, insist that human beings must ultimately be responsible f...
10 Nov, 2017, 10.42 PM IST
Narrow national interests obstructing disarmament work: IndiaIndia also observed that the recent missile tests conducted by North Korea has added to the complexities of disarmament and non-proliferati...
10 Oct, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
Almost every movie gets leaked on its release day: ExpertsPiracy of films is damaging the business, but such leaks before the release are much more catastrophic as they kill the excitement of the f...
20 Jul, 2016, 03.37 PM IST
Would see deeper cooperation with India on nuclear issues: USThe US would like to see "deeper bilateral cooperation" with India on nuclear issues, the White House has said, ahead of the Nuclear Securi...
30 Mar, 2016, 09.36 AM IST
India, China hold inaugural dialogue on maritime cooperationThe dialogue assumes significance as China has been critical of oil and gas exploration projects by Indian companies in the South China Sea
04 Feb, 2016, 09.13 PM IST
Senior Indian diplomat in US ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visitAhead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, a senior Indian diplomat has arrived here to hold talks with State Department offi...
08 Sep, 2014, 10.56 AM IST
India, Sri Lanka hold talks on comprehensive civil nuclear cooperationDiscussions were held in a warm, friendly and cordial manner on the draft text of a comprehensive agreement on bilateral civil nuclear coop...
06 May, 2014, 12.17 PM IST
Salman Khurshid to represent India at Nuclear Summit next monthIndia will be represented by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid at the third Nuclear Security Summit to be held in the Netherlands n...
18 Feb, 2014, 10.21 PM IST