The Eighth Edition of India China joint training exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand-2019’ commenced at Joint Training Node, Umroi, Meghalaya on 07 December 2019. The People’s Liberations Army (PLA) contingent from the Tibet Military Command& Indian Army contingent comprising of one Infantry company along with supporting staff is participating in the 14 days long joint training exercise. The […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia on the sidelines of India-ASEAN and East Asia Summit 2019 at Bangkok on 04 November 2019. During the meeting both leaders reviewed the progress made in bilateral relationship and noted that frequent high level meetings and exchanges at all levels have created positive momentum […]
Rajnath Singh held bilateral consultations with Defence Minister of Uzbekistan Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov during his visit to Tashkent in Uzbekistan from November 1-3, 2019. This was the first visit by an Indian Defence Minister to Uzbekistan in about 15 years. During the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction at the enhanced level of defence […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will represent India in the meeting of Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 1-2 November 2019. This will be the third CHG meeting after India became member of SCO. The last two CHG meetings were held on 30 November – 1 December […]
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 […]
