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India committed to peace and tranquillity along border with China: MEA

The MEA said the clashes between Indian and Chinese troops at the border could have been avoided if there was a common perception of the Line of Control (LAC).

60,000 foreign nationals from 72 countries evacuated from India amid lockdown: MEA

The MEA spokesperson said evacuating Indians stranded abroad is also under discussion & that all Indian missions are extending assistance to diaspora community.

India rejects USCIRF report on religious freedom, minorities, calls it ‘biased and tendentious’

The USCIRF recommended that India and 14 other nations, where religious minorities are under increasing assault, be designated as "countries of particular concern".

Govt says India working with foreign labs to develop remdesivir, the new Covid-19 hope

At a media briefing Thursday, the MEA said hydroxychloroquine from India continued to be in high demand. 

Ensure 295 Indian students stranded in Russia are taken care of, Digvijaya Singh urges MEA

In a letter to the Union minister on Friday, Singh said he knew the parents of the students and had been asked by them to take up their case.

Next batch of Indians stranded in COVID-19-hit Italy to be evacuated over weekend, says MEA

Earlier, a batch of 218 Indians, comprising mostly students, had arrived in India from Milan on 15 March. They were later taken to an ITBP quarantine facility in Delhi.

PM Narendra Modi’s foreign visits cost Rs 446.52 crore over last 5 years: MEA

Answering a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the expenditure includes the cost of chartered flights.

India signs deals with Afghanistan for road projects in Bamyan, Mazar-e-Sharif

Finance Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla attends signing of the agreements in Kabul for the road projects Afghanistan will undertake with India's assistance.

Indian Fossil Service

The foreign service may have some of the finest minds and cushiest jobs but as an institution, it has failed at making a mark globally.

Budget allocates Rs 100 crore for Chabahar Port project in Iran

The port complex on Iran's coast along Gulf of Oman will provide an alternative trade route between India & Afghanistan.

On Camera

Pakistani fundamentalists closer to controlling state. Now the battle is over baby milk bank

Islamic clerics push back against human milk banks as Shari’a proscribes marriages between so-called milk siblings. But several Islamic countries, including Iran, operate them.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.