Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Canada's foreign minister in New Delhi on Monday, the most senior visit since both sides agreed to reinstate ambassadors after a bitter fallout.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held talks with US ambassador-designate Sergio Gor amid continuing strains in the relations over Washington's imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on Indian exports.

India fired a strong and clear message at Pakistan Friday over its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar referring to Afghanistan as a "contiguous neighbour".

India has restored full diplomatic relations with Afghanistan and will upgrade its 'technical mission' in Kabul to a 'full embassy status', Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said Friday morning, with his Afghani counterpart, Amir Muttaqi, by his side.

The Sri Lankan navy arrested 47 Indian fishermen, prompting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to write to Union minister S Jaishankar seeking their release.

Afghanistan's UN-sanctioned Foreign Minister landed in India on Thursday for a week-long visit.

Trade calculations are being overturned by "tariff volatility" globally, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday against the backdrop of economic disruptions triggered by Washington's policy on trade tariffs.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday emphasised that India has to be the go-to option for any crisis in this subcontinent.

Any trade deal between India and the US has to respect New Delhi's "red lines" and efforts are underway to find a "landing ground", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.

In its conduct, the UN seems caught in the quintessential cleft stick - a dependence on world's major powers and economies for its funding but a promise to the world to be democratic and unbiased.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand here, as he termed the appointment of envoys to Delhi and Ottawa as a "welcome" step to rebuild ties between the two countries.

Bharat will always maintain its freedom of choice, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, underlining that three key concepts of 'atmanirbharta', 'atmaraksha' and 'atmavishwas' guide India's approach in the contemporary world.

Addressing world leaders from the iconic podium in the UN General Assembly hall, S Jaishankar said that nations who can engage all sides must "step-up in the search for solutions".

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in a sharp attack at Pakistan, said that major international terrorist attacks are traced back to one country.

"Under leadership of PM Modi, India is pursuing a completely independent, sovereign policy and, most importantly, is achieving very good results in the economic sphere. India is demonstrating the highest economic growth rates," Russian President said

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday hosted a meeting of the BRICS Foreign Ministers in New York, highlighting the bloc's pivotal role in promoting multilateralism and constructive international engagement.

Italy's Deputy PM Antonio Tajani has met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and expressed Rome's commitment to the finalisation of the Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Union.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has offered India's expertise to Central American countries in the fields of digital payment system, information technology, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture to tackle shared problems.

In what seemed like a direct jab at US President Donald Trump's new H-1B visa diktat, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar underscored the importance of a global workforce, stressing that local populations of many nations cannot meet their labour demands.

Presenting the case for 'Operation Sindoor' before G20 Foreign Ministers on Thursday, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said that those taking on terrorism are performing a service to the international community.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that terrorism remains a "persistent threat" to development and stressed that the world must show neither tolerance nor accommodation to terrorist activities.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that today's changing world requires a global workforce, stressing that nations cannot escape the reality that demands for a global workforce cannot be met in many countries due to national demographics

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand is set to visit India next month, where she will meet External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, sources told NDTV.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.