Morning Digest: Jaishankar raises India’s concerns about sanctions Act in meeting with Rubio; Donald Trump welcomes Xi Jinping planeside, and more

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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York, on September 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar

In their first meeting since the United States enacted the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (SRIA), External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar raised concerns about the law with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on Wednesday (September 23, 2026).

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday (September 23, 2026), where he was to be met with a rare planeside greeting from U.S. President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart on the tarmac instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.

Iran’s President on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) said that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States , delivering a rare wartime speech at the UN General Assembly a day after the U.S. President Donald Trump said he could “annihilate” the Islamic Republic.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the world’s leaders Wednesday (September 24, 2026) to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts , telling the UN General Assembly that “Russia’s revenues must remain a target.”

An Indian was killed in an attack on the vessel MV Cape Dao off Oman on Wednesday (September 23, 2026). The vessel was reportedly sailing towards India. The Centre condemned the attack, calling for an end to “targeting of commercial shipping, seafarers and civilian infrastructure in the region”.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s food regulator, on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) conveyed to the Supreme Court its proposal to adopt a single-phase approach for the implementation of front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPL) on packaged food products indicating sugar, salt and saturated fat levels.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) stayed an Allahabad High Court direction to recover ₹5 lakh from the salary of Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam and other officials to compensate Delhi University student Akriti Chaudhary for detaining her under the National Security Act (NSA) over a workers’ protest in Noida in April this year.

Ladakh Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Vinai Kumar Saxena on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) announced the withdrawal of criminal cases against 20 people booked in connection with the violence that erupted in Leh on September 24 last year.

India on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) categorically rejected the references to Kashmir in the Joint Communique of the Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

In a twist to the sensational child sexual abuse case allegedly involving Gem Granites owner R. Veeramani, a Congress leader on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) said he had informed the Chennai Police about the crime as early as in November 2024.