Sushma On Climate

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries to join hands to address global challenges and emphasized the need to fight terrorism, address climate change and promote connectivity and regional peace.

India is willing to take the lead in combating climate change as it poses significant developmental challenges, especially for developing countries, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has told a high-level UN meeting on the issue

Emphasising the economic importance of the Indian Ocean, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said nurturing a climate of peace and stability in this region is an important priority for India's foreign policy.

Reiterating India's commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said India's unflinching backing for the climate change pact was an outcome of a philosophy that was at least 5,000 years old. "This is not because we are afraid of any power, influenced by friend or foe, or tempted by some imagined greed," she de...

In a takedown of Pakistan for its non-stop support to terrorism, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's accusations of violating human rights, telling the United Nations General Assembly, "Look who is talking". "We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas our neighbour Pakistan se...

At the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly today, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is expected to deliver a stinging response to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, carrying forward New Delhi's effort to diplomatically isolate Pakistan. Setting the tone for the takedown of Pakistan at the international meet, an Indian diplomat ha...

India on Sunday formally ratified the COP21 Paris climate deal, marking a milestone in a treaty that binds nations to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of global warming due to human activities.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj told the UN General Assembly today that India will ratify the Paris climate agreement on October 2 - an announcement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made on Sunday on his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat.

Declaring that "war is not an option", India today said it had decided to hold dialogue with Pakistan as it is the only way to remove "the shadow of terrorism".

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in Parliament on the recent developments in India-Pakistan relations tomorrow, government said in the Lok Sabha today.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today embarked on a visit to Malta to attend the Commonwealth Summit beginning tomorrow which is likely to focus on combating terrorism and violent extremism as well as tackling climate change.

India and the US have signed a significant MoU on energy security, climate change and clean energy which Secretary of State John Kerry said reflects the commitment of the two countries to make the Paris summit later this year a success.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries to join hands to address global challenges and emphasized the need to fight terrorism, address climate change and promote connectivity and regional peace.

India is willing to take the lead in combating climate change as it poses significant developmental challenges, especially for developing countries, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has told a high-level UN meeting on the issue

Emphasising the economic importance of the Indian Ocean, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said nurturing a climate of peace and stability in this region is an important priority for India's foreign policy.

Reiterating India's commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said India's unflinching backing for the climate change pact was an outcome of a philosophy that was at least 5,000 years old. "This is not because we are afraid of any power, influenced by friend or foe, or tempted by some imagined greed," she de...

In a takedown of Pakistan for its non-stop support to terrorism, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's accusations of violating human rights, telling the United Nations General Assembly, "Look who is talking". "We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas our neighbour Pakistan se...

At the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly today, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is expected to deliver a stinging response to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, carrying forward New Delhi's effort to diplomatically isolate Pakistan. Setting the tone for the takedown of Pakistan at the international meet, an Indian diplomat ha...

India on Sunday formally ratified the COP21 Paris climate deal, marking a milestone in a treaty that binds nations to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of global warming due to human activities.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj told the UN General Assembly today that India will ratify the Paris climate agreement on October 2 - an announcement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made on Sunday on his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat.

Declaring that "war is not an option", India today said it had decided to hold dialogue with Pakistan as it is the only way to remove "the shadow of terrorism".

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in Parliament on the recent developments in India-Pakistan relations tomorrow, government said in the Lok Sabha today.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today embarked on a visit to Malta to attend the Commonwealth Summit beginning tomorrow which is likely to focus on combating terrorism and violent extremism as well as tackling climate change.

India and the US have signed a significant MoU on energy security, climate change and clean energy which Secretary of State John Kerry said reflects the commitment of the two countries to make the Paris summit later this year a success.