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Ganesan wants only financial support from Delhi for upcountry Tamils

report in The Island, July 15, 2023Leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA), MP Mano Ganesan on Friday said that his party did not want political support from India’s Modi government for the Hill Country Tamils.What the TPA wanted was social progress assistance from Modi, Ganesan said. Ganesan said in a tweet that his party had submitted a request to High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay earlier this year, for a Teacher…

Biden and Modi urge Pakistan to act against extremist attacks

Reuters report in The Express Tribune, June 23, 2023WASHINGTON DC: US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called on Pakistan to act to ensure that its territory is not used to launch extremist attacks, the White House said in a joint statement. “They strongly condemned cross-border terrorism, the use of terrorist proxies and called on Pakistan to take immediate action to ensure that no territory under its control is used…

Nepal’s ambassadors wait—months on end—for political access in Delhi, Beijing

Report in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 17, 20223Published at : March 17, 2023Updated at : March 17, 2023 07:50The “neighbourhood first” policy that New Delhi adopted after the election of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister in 2014 has proven to be no more than lip service, at least when it comes to the South Block’s treatment of the Nepali ambassador. Nepal’s Ambassador to India Shankar Sharma has been trying—without success—for 10 months to sit…