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7Sep

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EAM Jaishankar’s 6-Day Visit To Saudi Arabia, Germany, Switzerland From Sunday To Boost Ties

New Delhi, Sep 7 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will on Sunday embark on a six-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Germany and Switzerland with a larger aim to boost overall bilateral ties and deliberate on pressing regional and global challenges. He will first travel to the Saudi capital Riyadh on a two-day trip primarily to attend the first India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers' meeting, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The GCC is an influential grouping comprising the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. The total volume of India's trade with GCC countries stood at USD 184.46 billion in the financial year 2022-23. In Riyadh, Jaishankar is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of several G...

4Sep

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Rise of Germany’s far-right AfD stokes fears at concentration camp site – Times of India

The historian running the memorial at Germany's former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald is no stranger to hate crime and threats, but he fears more trouble ahead after the far-right AfD's election triumph.Jens-Christian Wagner says the rise of the anti-immigration party, which won Thuringia state elections with 33 percent of the vote Sunday, reflects a hardening of attitudes that could spell new dangers."My colleagues and I have been upset and depressed since Sunday evening," said the director of the foundation that administers the site.Wagner said he worries about worse to come after a spate of attacks in recent years, both on social media networks that have been "flooded with revisionist content" and on site, including swastika graffitis.The Nazi symbol has also been scrawled into the ...

2Sep

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German Far-Right Party Scores Lead In State Polls For 1st Time Since World War 2

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party is set to win a state election for the first time since World War 2, projections showed on Sunday. Meanwhile, a new populist force on the left has secured a strong position in the country’s political landscape. The AfD emerged in the top spot in Thuringia, with 32.8% of the vote, and second place in Saxony, with 30.6%, according to preliminary results, AFP reported. Speaking about the results, Alice Weidel, the AfD’s co-leader, said that it was a “historic success”, and that the party had become the biggest force in a state election for the first time. “It is a requiem for this coalition [in Berlin],” she said, as quoted by The Guardian. The conservative Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) got the second place with around 24.5% ...

31Aug

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Another Mass Stabbing In Germany: Six Injured In Knife Attack On Bus In Siegen

In yet another mass stabbing in Germany, at least six people were wounded after a woman started attacking people with a knife in a bus on its way to the city festival in Siegen on Friday evening. The suspect, a 32-year-old German national, was reportedly arrested after the attack. Three of six of the victims injured in the attack are in life-threatening condition, German publication Deutsche Welle reported quoting authorities. As per the report, around 40 people were on the bus travelling to a city festival at the time of the incident. Meanwhile, authorities are probing the motive behind the crime. Asserting that there were no indications that it was a terrorist attack, police have appealed to citizens to "not to spread false reports" on social networks or other channels. As per a report b...