India Following 5-Point Approach to Combat Terrorism: Jaishankar

INDIA'S MILITARY ACTION against Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack marked a "new normal" in combatting cross-border terrorism with a five-point approach that included a firm response to terror acts, not yielding to nuclear blackmail and that blood and water cannot flow together, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

During a special discussion on Operation Sindoor, Jaishankar also vehemently asserted that Washington did not play any role in ending the India-Pakistan conflict in May and said there was no phone call between PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in those crucial weeks.

Though a combative Jaishankar took on the previous Congress governments on a range of issues, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and the policy on China and Pakistan, a major highlight of his nearly 40-minute address was his articulation of the "new normal" in combatting terrorism emanating from Pakistan.