China is not following agreements to honor LAC : Foriegn Minister S. Jaishankar
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said on Saturday that India was being tested in the seven-month-old tensions with China along the border in eastern Ladakh, but the country would face national security challenges. Describing the incidents on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as extremely disturbing, he said that what happened is not in China’s interest as they are likely to lose the goodwill in India that was carefully developed in recent decades. Much effort was made from both sides to develop these relations. The External Affairs Minister said that these incidents raised some very basic concerns as the other side
India Launches Phase-IV of US $ 80 Million Community Development Projects in Afghanistan
India has launched Phase-IV of high impact community development projects worth $ 80 million for Afghanistan on 26 November 2020. These new development initiatives include 150 community projects and a dam for water supply in Kabul. This was announced by Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar during the Afghanistan Conference of the year 2020, which was held in Geneva through video conference. Jaishankar also announced the construction of a mulberry dam in the Kabul River Basin with Afghanistan, with the aim of providing drinking water to the two million inhabitants of Kabul city. He informed that India had built a 202