Around 50 lakh people have returned to India under Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) as on March 10, 2021, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Ministry of External Affairs said that it has incurred Rs 33.5 crores (as on December 31, 2020) to assist Indian nationals in distress to bring … Read more
India summoned the British High Commissioner on Tuesday and conveyed its strong opposition to the “unwarranted and tendentious” discussion on India’s agricultural reforms in the British Parliament. The Ministry of External Affairs said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla told the envoy that discussions in the British Parliament on India’s agri reforms represented a gross interference … Read more
New Delhi: In his telephonic talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commended the Indian government’s efforts to choose the path of dialogue in dealing with the farmer protests and described it as “befitting in democracy”, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. Modi and Trudeau held the telephone conversation … Read more
NEW DELHI [INDIA]: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that success in the development of two COVID vaccines is a major achievement in the Aatma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan which is driven by the spirit of global well-being. President Kovind delivered the Valedictory Keynote address of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention, 2021. “The recent success of our … Read more
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday hit out at Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issues at a virtual meeting of multilateral grouping CICA, and advised Islamabad to cease its “overt and covert” support to cross-border terrorism. In a sharp reaction, the Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan has misused another forum by continuing its “spurious narrative” … Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday rejected India’s demand that an Indian lawyer or a Queen’s counsel should be appointed for death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to ensure a free and fair trial in this country. Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, replying to a question during a media briefing, said India has been consistently making the “unrealistic … Read more
India is known globally to produce over 60% of the world’s vaccine. (Representational Image; Courtesy: Reuters)Bangladesh Company Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited has tied up with Serum Institute of India to produce Covid-19 vaccine; this follows the recent visit of the Indian Foreign Secretary to Dhaka. While welcoming the tie-up between two enterprises, responding to a question … Read more
New Delhi: As many as 1,095 look out circulars have been deleted and 630 foreign members of the Tablighi Jamaat have left India, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. On the issue of foreign Tablighi Jamaat members stuck in India for violating visa rules and pandemic restrictions, MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the … Read more