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India, Tanzania to work together on reform of UNSC through expansion: MEA

India and Tanzania on Monday discussed issues related to reforms of the United Nations, a Ministry of External Affairs official said on Monday

'Terror attacks declined after Pakistan's inclusion in FATF grey list'

Major terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir declined after Pakistan was included in the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list, a senior Indian government official said here on Friday. The United Nations Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee should examine this correlation, said joint secretary Safi Rizvi. Making a presentation at a special meeting of the UNSC panel, which India is hosting, Rizvi, however, did not name Pakistan at any point. But he noted that after the chances of Pakistan getting delisted from the grey list increased, terrorist activities too increased. Jammu and Kashmir recorded five attacks on 'hard targets' -- well-defended places like government offices, military and police camps -- in 2014, eight attacks in 2015 and 15 in 2016. The number fell to eight in 2017 and declined further to three in 2018, Rizvi said. In 2019, there was a very big aberration in the form of the Pulwama attack while in 2020, no hard target was attacked, the official ...

China harps on 'package solution' for India's UNSC permanent seat bid

China has been blocking India's efforts to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council

Best of BS Opinion: Beyond a seat at UN high table, mining watchdog & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

We back India's permanent membership of UNSC: Afghanistan foreign minister

Rabbani says our friendship with India doesn't mean hostility towards other countries in its neighbourhood