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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.

MEA says govt preparing to evacuate Indians from China’s Hubei hit by coronavirus

The external affairs ministry said the Indian Embassy in Beijing is working out the logistics and has been in touch with Chinese authorities on the matter.

Taranjit Singh Sandhu likely to be India’s next US envoy as Modi govt readies reshuffle plan

Modi govt has planned rejig of envoys, including MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar who is being considered as India’s next envoy to Singapore or Austria.

Modi govt’s trip for envoys to J&K exposes rift between home and external affairs ministries

If Modi government intended the envoys to see the situation in Kashmir ‘first-hand’, it needed to do more than letting the diplomats spend 3-4 hours there.

Jaishankar says govt will find practical solution for NRIs, PIOs to trace Indian roots

External Affairs minister S Jaishankar also said the government hopes to take steps that will facilitate bigger investments from NRIs.

Not a guided tour: MEA says criticism of foreign envoys visit to J&K ‘baseless’

External Affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the objective of the visit was to show first hand the govt's efforts to normalise the situation in Kashmir.

India summons Pakistan’s diplomat over Gurudwara Nankana Sahib vandalism

The MEA said it lodged a strong protest with Pakistan and called on it to ensure the safety, security, and welfare of minority communities.

India slams Pakistan after Sikh man is killed in Peshawar

Ministry of External Affairs says Pakistan should act in defence of its own minorities instead of preaching to other countries.

Pakistan says Gurudwara Nankana Sahib ‘untouched’, desecration claims ‘false & mischievous’

Pakistan’s statement comes after India said action must be taken against miscreants who indulged in desecration of the gurudwara and attacked Sikh community members.

Stones pelted at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan, MEA demands action

According to initial reports, a group led by the family of a boy who allegedly abducted the daughter of the Gurudwara's pathi, started the attack.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.