India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan at Commonwealth foreign ministers meet after Islamabad raked its anti-India Agenda. Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs Vikas Swarup said, "it was unfortunate that today’s Commonwealth Meeting was misused by one of our south Asian member state to pursue its own bigoted, ill-conceived, narrow and unilateral agenda on a multilateral platform.

New Delhi slams Pakistan at Commonwealth foreign ministers meet after it rakes anti-India agenda

The Commonwealth which is the third biggest organisation in the world after the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement had lauded India's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, saying there is lot to learn from India.

Commonwealth lauds New Delhi's handling of COVID-19 crisis; says lot to learn from India

In a super exclusive interview, Secretary-General of the 3rd largest organisation in world--the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland has spoken to WION on COVID crisis, India's response, India's role in the body. Speaking exclusively to Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal from London, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said, PM Modi "led from the very beginning" and "followed WHO guidelines really faithfully".

WION in conversation with Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland

The Commonwealth of Nations is a unique association of 54 free and equal member states, including India and the UK. It represents a network of over 2.4 billion people spanning six continents, a third of the World Trade Organisation, a quarter of the G20, and a fifth of all global trade.

Commonwealth links and a wealth of knowledge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Maldives for its return to the Commonwealth as its 54th member. The Maldives had joined the Commonwealth in 1982 but withdrew its membership in 2016.

We warmly welcome Maldives in the Commonwealth: PM Modi

The Maldives rejoined the Commonwealth, three years after the neighbouring island quit the organisation over criticism of its human rights record, country's President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced on Saturday.

As UK leaves European Union, Maldives rejoins Commonwealth

Protesters clad in masks rallying outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong today requested the United Kingdom to declare that China has breached the Joint Declaration and allow it to rejoin the Commonwealth.

Hong Kong: Protesters ask UK for dissolution of Joint Declaration, demand reabsorption into Commonwealth

India's external affairs minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has called for fast-tracking the Maldives' re-admission into the Commonwealth at the 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London.

India urges Commonwealth to fast-track Maldives' re-admission

The Maldives has applied to rejoin the Commonwealth, reversing a policy of isolation under autocratic leader Abdulla Yameen who suffered a shock defeat in September.

Maldives applies to rejoin Commonwealth: President's office

Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan were greeted by rapturous applause on Saturday when they arrived for the final day of the Invictus Games in Sydney. The royal couple watched most the wheelchair basketball final and then presented gold medals to the US team which comfortably beat the Netherlands by 29 points to 17.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend Invictus Games final in Sydney

Mugabe angrily pulled Zimbabwe out of the bloc of former British colonies in 2003 after its membership was suspended over violent and graft-ridden elections the previous year

Zimbabwe applies to rejoin Commonwealth

The medal was stolen from his car in Auckland

New Zealand boxer Nyika's Commonwealth gold medal stolen

Ram Venuprasad had brought the case against Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland for unfairly disciplining him over leaks of information to the media, which he denied responsibility for

Indian Commonwealth official wins unfair dismissal case in UK

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The Indian prime minister had a busy day in London on Tuesday, meeting the British Prime Minister Theresa May and Prince Charles including Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.

'We never hid surgical strikes, it was 100 per cent successful,' says PM Modi at Central Hall Westminster

The Commonwealth, thanks to a combined economy of more than $10 trillion and an annual growth in excess of 4%, provides a perfect platform for achieving growth aims and is probably one of the best alternatives to manage a post-Brexit scenario for Britain.

Opinion: Post Brexit, Indian subcontinent can be vital role for the UK

Boris Johnson expressed UK's disappointment as Male announced its decision to leave Commonwealth

Maldives quits Commonwealth: UK will continue to work with Male, says Boris Johnson?

'Yameen's abrupt decision to leave the Commonwealth after CMAG's scrutiny shows that he is temperamentally unfit to lead the country'

Maldives quits Commonwealth over 'unfair treatment'

The idea of countries coming together and forming unions slowly fades as each one struggles to protect what it owns

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