External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj will visit Mongolia from 25-26 April 2018 at the invitation of Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the host country. This will be EAM’s first visit to the country. The last visit of Indian External Affairs Minister to this nation was 42 years ago. ChiPak challenge: Indians can […]
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval visited China from 12-13 April 2018 and held talks in Shanghai with Yang Jiechi, Member of Politburo and Director of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee. In a press statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the visit of NSA was part of regular high-level […]
India, Japan, and the United States held the 9th Trilateral Meeting at Joint Secretary/Director General/Assistant Secretary level in New Delhi on 4 April 2018 to hold consultations on regional and global issues of mutual interest. In a press note, the Ministry of External Affairs of India said: In accordance with the directions received from their […]
Ministry of Communications has launched the Cool EMS Service which will come into force from 29.03.2018. Cool EMS service is one-way service from Japan to India which allows customers in India to import Japanese food items for personal use which is allowed under Indian regulations. Initially, Cool EMS Service will be available in Delhi only. […]
Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu and Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Zhong Shan, co- chaired the11th meeting of India-China Joint Group on Economic Relations, Trade, Science and Technology at New Delhi today. Welcoming Zhong Shan, Prabhu said that the joint group between India and China is […]
The 11th round of the Working Mechanism on Consultation & Coordination for India-China Border Affairs was held in New Delhi on 22 March 2018. The Indian delegation was led by Pranay Verma, Joint Secretary (East Asia), Ministry of External Affairs, while the Chinese delegation was led by Yi Xianliang, Director General, Department of Boundary & […]
The Maldives has revoked the state of emergency following exhaustive back-channel diplomatic parleys. Earlier, the Indian government had refused to send troops to the nation to either topple or diminish the hold of dictator Abdulla Yameen despite opposition demanding it unequivocally. India swiftly welcomed the move by the Yameen government which was banking too heavily on […]
Zimbabwean health minister David Parirenyatwa has gone on record stating that the Chinese condoms are too small for the men of his nation. To tackle the problem, he told the local companies to start manufacturing the condoms domestically. The minister David Parirenyatwa said this during the launch of a new board for the HIV and […]
In response to a query regarding a recent media report on the Government’s position on the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual Guru Dalai Lama, the Official Spokesperson said: “Government of India’s position on His Holiness the Dalai Lama is clear and consistent. He is a revered religious leader and is deeply respected by the people of India. […]
The Indian government has refused to send its troops in the Maldives to ensure democracy despite the opposition’s demand. However, today India issued a statement making it clear that it does want democracy to be given a chance in this country. In a press note, Ministry of External Affairs said: “The State of Emergency declared […]
