The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu today hit out at Pakistan for misusing the NAM summit “to justify its longstanding policy of conducting cross-border terrorism” against its neighbours. In his address at the 18th NAM Summit here, Naidu regretted that Pakistan President had misused the august forum and said “Indeed, we speak for the larger […]
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will lead the Indian delegation at the 18th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 25-26 October, 2019. The theme for the Summit is “Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for admission of girl children in Sainik schools w.e.f. academic session 2021-22 in a phased manner. The decision has been taken following the success of the pilot project started by the Ministry of Defence for admission of girl children in Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram two years […]
V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs will be visiting the Vatican City on 12-13 October 2019. He will lead the Indian delegation at the Canonisation Ceremony of Sister Mariam Thresia. Sister Thresia was born on 26 April 1876 in Thrissur, Kerala. She founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family in […]
Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, was denied permission to attend a ‘Mayor-level’ meeting. The Chief Minister of Delhi was due to attend the C-40 Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, at 2 pm on Tuesday, but he was unable to leave as the MEA denied him the political clearance to attend the meeting. AAP’s Rajya […]
At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping will be visiting Chennai, India from October 11-12, 2019 for the 2nd Informal Summit. The two leaders had their inaugural Informal Summit in Wuhan, China on 27-28 April 2018. Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel […]
Some 8 hours back Defence Minister Rajnath Singh left for France on a two-day visit. On October 8th morning, Rajnath Singh will meet Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. Later, he will participate in the Rafale fighter aircraft handing over ceremony at Merignac along with French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly. He will […]
As part of Indian Navy’s Overseas Deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash arrived at St Denis, Reunion Island, France yesterday, on 03 Oct 19 for a three day visit. INS Tarkash, commanded by Captain Sathish Vasudev, is a potent frontline frigate of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of […]
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff left for an official visit to the Maldives yesterday. During his visit from 30 September to 03 October 2019, General Rawat will interact with the hierarchy of the Maldivian government and armed forces. This visit is aimed at strengthening close bilateral defense ties between the two nations. […]
Here is what India replied after Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, ranted against India. Mr. President, I take the floor to exercise India’s right of reply to the statement made by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Every word spoken from the podium of this august Assembly, it is believed, carries the weight of history. […]
