Dr Jaishankar

The EAM will also inaugurate the 3rd edition of the Nigeria-India Business Council meeting, deliver a speech at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, interact with CII Business delegates and inaugurate the bust of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu stated on Thursday that Jaishankar and Foreign Affairs Minister of Nepal NP Saud also witnessed the handover of the fifth tranche of post-Jajarkot earthquake relief supply provided by the Indian government.

EAM Jaishankar slammed the journalist and said that it was nothing difficult to understand. "I think it answers the question if you would be objective enough to understand it. I think it says very clearly that the people who are writing these reports have a strong bias, often they distort facts. Many of these reports are riddled," Jaishankar was heard saying.

“No other G-20 presidency has tried to get together developing countries who are not on the table and say-please come, sit with us, tell us what are your concerns. And we will distil those concerns and place them before the G-20. That is a unique exercise,” the EAM said.

Jaishankar said that Russia is looking more towards Asia and for India, it means broadening of engagement between the two nations which was overly dependent on military, nuclear and supply space cooperation.

Consuming tobacco with lime is the most common practice among tobacco consumers in India and easy to adopt than the other mixtures.

"There's no doubt role or salience of Asia will increase. Asia is growing because Asia has been global, what we shouldn't fall for is 'Asia for Asians', that rhetoric is misleading, and appeals to primitive chauvinism. It actually has deep strategic intent behind it," Jaishankar said while addressing the presser.

Jawhar Sircar, the former Prasar Bharati head, spends his time as Rajya Sabha MP from TMC peddling fake news against PM Modi.

In an interview with ANI, Jaishankar talked about his journey from foreign service to politics and said he had always aspired to be the best officer and get elevated to the post of Foreign Secretary.

In a strong rebuttal to Congress over allegations pertaining to China, he said its leaders must have some problem understanding words beginning with 'C'.