Morning Digest | EAM Jaishankar meets newly appointed U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron; Delhi most polluted city in world, says Swiss survey, and more

Morning digest | External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with former U.K. Prime Minister and newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Cameron during his official visit to London.

Jaishankar meets newly appointed U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar official visit to London had a surprise twist on Monday, when he met with former U.K. Prime Minister and the country’s newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Mr Jaishankar was scheduled to meet with Mr Cleverly as Foreign Secretary , but Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had undertaken a major cabinet reshuffle on Monday morning prior to Mr Jaishankar’s meeting.

Congress ‘opposed Mandal Commission report’, says Amit Shah

Even as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi continues to push his party’s plank with the promise of a caste-based population survey in Madhya Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday accused the grand old party of “insulting” the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and “opposing and suppressing” the Mandal Commission report.  

Votes on UN draft resolutions criticising Israel were ‘routine’; regular stance maintained: Government

India’s position on the United Nations’ votes that dealt with draft resolutions criticising Israel last week were “routine” and reflect its position on the same resolutions that are passed regularly each year, officials said, differentiating these from the UN General Assembly ceasefire resolution in October, where India had abstained.

Home Ministry asks States to use tracking devices on prison inmates released on parole or leave