US embassy sees personnel changes before Segio Gor's arrivalSergio Gor is set to become the new US ambassador to India. He plans to bring his own team to assist in managing the important Indo-US part...
07 Dec, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
China's top trade negotiator removed from WTO post: ReportChina's top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, has been dismissed from his role as the country's permanent representative at the World Trade O...
20 Oct, 2025, 08.02 AM IST
Another surprise!! Trump abruptly fires IRS commissioner Billy Long, installs Scott Bessent as acting head — what’s fueling this explosive leadership shake-up?Billy Long removed as IRS Commissioner in a surprise move by President Trump just weeks after his confirmation. The decision comes amid gro...
09 Aug, 2025, 01.49 AM IST
Arun Goel appointed as India's new Ambassador to CroatiaThe Government of India has appointed Arun Goel as the next Ambassador to Croatia. Goel, a retired IAS officer, previously served as India'...
07 Sep, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
China's former envoy to India Sun Weidong appointed as Vice Foreign MinisterSun, 56, recently returned to Beijing after a stint of over three years in New Delhi and has been appointed as the Vice Foreign Minister, o...
15 Nov, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
Never stand down or stand back: CB Muthamma’s advice to Indian women diplomatsCB Muthamma's mantra was simple: never stand back or stand down to anyone. Ever. "I never stood second to anyone in my life," she would tel...
18 Jun, 2022, 01.03 AM IST
Hillary Clinton appointed first female chancellor of UK's Queen's University, to serve for five yearsThe former US secretary of state said she is proud to be an ambassador.
03 Jan, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
Imran Khan's relations with mentor Gen Qamar Bajwa enter trouble zoneGen Bajwa, the all-powerful Pak army chief, has been unhappy with overall performance of Khan-led govt.
19 May, 2019, 05.08 PM IST
New Pak Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua could toe civilian leadership line for time beingJanjua, who holds a masters degrees from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, and Columbia University, New York, is serving as ambassador an...
14 Feb, 2017, 11.15 PM IST
2017 to see number of key appointments in MEASwarup is expected to be replaced by Gopal Baglay, currently looking after (Pakistan-Iran-Afghanistan) in the ministry.
29 Dec, 2016, 09.43 PM IST
Donald Trump's pick for US envoy to China an 'old friend': BeijingIowa Governor Branstad has had a working relationship with Xi since 1985, when the Chinese leader first visited Iowa as an agriculture offi...
07 Dec, 2016, 07.58 PM IST
Barack Obama names Indian-origin Swati Dandekar as Asian Development Bank directorThe first-ever Indian-American to be elected to Iowa House of Representatives in 2003, Dandekar, 64, would replace Robert M Orr, who has he...
20 Nov, 2015, 12.58 PM IST
Australian envoy to France offers to quit after 'bizarre' airport incidentStephen Brady was on the airport tarmac with his male partner of 32 years Peter Stephens, waiting to meet Abbott as he arrived in Paris on ...
05 May, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
Jaishankar was Manmohan Singh's first choice, but Sujatha was appointed by Sonia GandhiAn officer of the 1977 batch of the Indian Foreign Service, Jaishankar is the son of strategic guru K Subrahmanyan, a former consulting edi...
29 Jan, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
Unhappy with Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, Modi government replaces her with S JaishankarSingh is the first foreign secretary to be removed unceremoniously after Rajiv Gandhi removed AP Venkateswaran 28 years ago in 1987.
29 Jan, 2015, 12.18 PM IST
Barack Obama appoints Indian-American to key administration postShefali Razdan Duggal, a top Indian-American fund raiser has been appointed as the member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council.
04 Jun, 2014, 08.24 AM IST
Syed Ibne Abbas: Low-key diplomat knows how to handle IndiaLast posting of Syed Ibne Abbas in Delhi saw many highs & lows in India-Pak relations.
11 Oct, 2013, 04.50 AM IST