Appointment comes at a time when ties between New Delhi and Washington are witnessing multiple challenges. More so, Kwatra will take up posting during an election year in the US.
While ambassadors usually serve for 2 to 5 yrs in a host country, some envoys have served for over a decade due to their country’s ‘special relationship’ with India or other reasons.
'Disorderly behaviour' by unknown individuals from outside the Glasgow area, it said in a statement, adding that the gurdwara is open to people from all communities and backgrounds.
A career member of US Senior Foreign Service, Keshap will be departing for New Delhi to serve as Charge d'Affaires following the retirement of Daniel Smith, US State Department said.
MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the idea behind facilitating these visits was to enable envoys to get a better sense of the prevailing normalcy in J&K.
The envoys, who are on 2-day visit, are assessing the development work and the security situation, especially after the scrapping of Article 370 and the DDC elections last year.
The army told the envoys about Pakistan Army's role in helping terrorists infiltrate into India and gave a presentation on seized weapons bearing markings of the Pakistani army.
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran presented the Economic Survey 2023-24, displaying a map where each Indian state and Union Territory was renamed after a country with a similar population.
Survey emphasises a balanced and diverse diet to deal with the burgeoning obesity problem. It also recognises mental health as a principal factor in individual & national development.
ThePrint was first to report in January 2022 that China’s PLA was building bridge over Pangong Tso on its territory in Khurnak, the narrowest part of the lake.
Congress party's score of 99 in the Lok Sabha elections has vaporised three painful questions dogging Rahul Gandhi for two decades. His record so far deserves a closer look.
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