Delivering the keynote address at the conference on The Future of India's Foreign Policy organised by the Center for the Advanced Study of India of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, Sen said this was particularly imperative in the context of today's world that is "shaped by globalisation, inter-dependence, inter-connectedness and rapid changes."
Indian Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen has said that India is seriously concerned about the maritime challenges posed by piracy, terrorism and trafficking of narcotics, arms and human beings in the Indian Ocean region, where it has the vital stakes in the security and stability of the region.
Sen was given the notice after members from most of the non-Congress parties slammed him for his reported 'derogatory' remark in connection with the controversy over Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
In a veiled attack on people who are against the Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen has said those who opposed the use of technology have proved wrong time and again.
India's Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen offered his unqualified apology to the Rajya Sabha Privileges Committee on Friday over his 'headless chicken' remark. Sen is likely to be let off after a reprimand. The next meeting of the Privileges Committee will be held on November 16. On Monday, Sen had apologised to the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee for his comments.
The nearly 100 workers, who began their march -- Journey for Justice -- in New Orleans on March 18 to protest the "slave-like treatment" at a Mississippi shipyard, met Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen and also demanded that necessary steps be taken to prevent abuse of workers under H2B visa programme. The workers have also alleged that the Indian government is not doing anything to protect them.
India's High Commissioner to Pakistan Satyabrata Pal, known as 'Sato Pal' amongst friends, is a top contender for the most crucial postings for an Indian diplomat in the India embassy in Washington DC. Ronen Sen, India's Ambassador to US, is expected to retire in this March. According to sources, he is not keeping good health and his family insisted that they should return home.
Sen, who was summoned before both the Committees last month, had expressed his unqualified apology and reports suggested that he might be let off with a reprimand. Lok Sabha Committee sources said that a draft on the issue involving Sen, whose remarks created a furore in the both Houses of Parliament in the monsoon session, was ready and could be considered on Friday.
India's Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen on Monday appeared before the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee and tendered an apology for his "headless chicken" comments. In an interview to rediff.com on August 20 titled 'We will have zero credibility', Sen had said: "It has been approved here (in Washington, DC) by the President, and there (in New Delhi) it's been approved by the Indian cabinet. So why do you have all this running around like headless chicken?"
"And in this overall context," he added, "it is against India's own national security interests to have another nuclear weapons state in our region."
Ronen Sen has been asked to continue as India's Ambassador to the United States.
The glimpses of release of prisoners during the hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel amid a temporary four-day truce.
A formation of Israeli tanks and other military are positioned near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.
An installation with pictures of hostages abducted by Hamas in Tel Aviv.
Kamlesh Sharma will be India's next high commissioner to the United Kingdom.
The dogs of war have been unleashed, bringing in their wake, death and devastation.
Religious Jewish men play music from a van and dance to encourage Israeli soldiers near Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns -- the chief interlocutor of the US-India civilian nuclear deal -- who will resign in March, has said he is elated that India has asked its Ambassador to Washington Ronen Sen to stay on for another year, describing it as "good karma".
"In view of Sen's acceptance of having made the impugned remarks and that the same were unwarranted, and having tendered his unconditional apology, the Committee recommends that the matter should be allowed to rest here," the Rajya Sabha Committee said in its report tabled in the House. The Lok Sabha Privileges Committee, which had summoned Sen last month after the remark rocked Parliament during the monsoon session, last week decided to close the issue.
Mourners pray next to bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes during their funeral.
In days of smart, networked technology and no shame over collateral damage, what will blow up next -- cars, mobile phones, TV sets, refrigerators? And where?, asks Shyam G Menon.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Tuesday moved privilege motions in both Houses of Parliament against Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen Sen for his reported "unwarranted" and "derogatory" comments on Parliamentarians.
Indian envoy to US Ronen Sen said one of the tangible manifestations of this dramatic improvement in relations between Washington and New Delhi was the consummation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal "because this agreement shows a number of aspects to it."
Speaking at the 26th annual convention of AAPI held in Las Vegas, Sen said, "It's been a privilege for me to be associated with AAPI because I recognise the tremendous role that is being played by AAPI in promoting friendship between India and the United States. And, I am also glad that AAPI is also unabashedly promoting India in the United States."
The Israeli military has begun preparations to attack the Gaza Strip soon with tens of thousands of soldiers ordered to capture Gaza City and destroy the current leadership of Hamas, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
'Israel is counting on the United States to enter the fray on their behalf and perform destructive strikes against these targets that are beyond Israel's conventional capabilities.' 'They may well get their way if they start a war, because the United States is still committed to Israel's security, and it won't matter whether it is Trump or Harris in the White House.'
Stressing India's commitment to the Indo-US nuclear deal, Sen said that the deal was mutually beneficial to both countries. He said that the deal was aimed and establishing a solid relationship between India and the United States in the long run. He also noted that the deal would only go through after discussions in both countries, and the deal would go through the democratic process.
Indian Ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen on Monday condoled the death of US Congressman Tom Lantos, by saying India has lost a "true friend" in his death.
The Indian Ambassador to the US said the people of India recognised the role played by Bush in giving a new impetus to the bilateral relationship and taking it to new strategic heights.
India on Sunday said it is seriously concerned over escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran, and called for immediate de-escalation of the situation.
Bar, in his first comments following the surprise attack that has left everybody shell-shocked in Israel, said the ISA 'failed to generate' a warning.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF), under the command of the Givati (infantry) Brigade overnight carried out a targeted raid using tanks in the territory of the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
As residents of Gaza flee their homes to escape an Israel invasion, Israelis mourn their dead a week after the Hamas attack.
Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant on Monday ordered a "complete siege" of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, two days after shock attacks by the militant group killed more than 700 Israeli civilians.
The war between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas raged for a fifth day on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, as Israeli warplanes hammered neighbourhood after neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety.
'This is a sad and painful event for all of us, and the IDF bears responsibility for everything that happened'
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