INDIA on Tuesday severely condemned attempts being made by the Chinese vloggers to portray impoverished neighbourhoods in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka as New Delhi through misleading content, saying such efforts to peddle false narratives undermine the credibility of those undertaking and backing them. Addressing a bi-weekly press briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal urged the authorities concerned to take action against those involved. “We have seen media reports in this regard. Such efforts to present a distorted picture of any country are unfortunate. Insofar as efforts to buy foreign elements to portray Dhaka as Delhi are concerned, the peddling of false narratives only undermines the credibility of those who are undertaking such actions and those who are behind them. And we would urge the authorities concerned to take action against such people,” he said.

 

‘FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT, FABRICATED ATTACKS’: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday rejected the “fabricated and malicious attacks” on Indian officials and rejected the lawsuits filed by proscribed terrorist and Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in a US court, terming them as ‘frivolous’. “We reject the fabricated and malicious attacks on our high officials. As also, we reject the frivolous lawsuits. A request for the service of judicial documents in India can only be routed through India’s designated central authority, which is the Ministry of Law and Justice,” said Jaiswal while responding to a question on the US State Department reportedly serving summonses to the Government of India in a civil lawsuit filed by terrorist Pannun.

 

INDIA STEPS UP DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, ENGAGES WITH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TO END PROLONGED WAR: Reiterating its position that the Russia-Ukraine conflict must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, the MEA highlighted New Delhi’s continued engagement with both Moscow and Kyiv to explore ways to restore peace in the region. BIASED, ILL-INFORMED: INDIA SAYS ‘PREJUDICED ENTITIES’ LIKE USCIRF CAN HARDLY BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY: India on Tuesday slammed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as a “biased and ill-informed organisation’ with a ‘blatantly political agenda’, saying it has consistently kept silent on attacks on religious places and hate crimes targeting the Indian community in the US. “The USCIRF is a biased and ill-informed organisation with a blatantly political agenda,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.