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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicMinistry of External Affairs

Topic: Ministry of External Affairs

India asks China to ‘sincerely work’ on Ladakh disengagement amid hints it is ‘slowing down’

MEA says India and China will ‘soon’ convene another meeting of the WMCC, a mechanism for bilateral talks on border issues.

China’s claim on Galwan not in accordance with Beijing’s past position, says India 

The MEA statement, in response to China’s claims, came hours after the PMO issued a clarification on Modi’s comments at Friday's all-party meet.

Return Indian mission officials ‘immediately’, India tells Pakistan, says don’t harass them

MEA summons Pakistan Charge d’Affaires in India, Syed Haider Shah, who is also currently the acting high commissioner, issues a demarche on the officials’ 'arrest'. 

India focused on mitigating negative economic impact of Covid on talent abroad: Jaishankar

Addressing a conference of Protectors of Emigrants, the external affairs minister said MEA is facilitating data flows to develop a database for skilled workers.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take part in SCO video conference on Covid-19

The extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will take place on 13 May, while the regular meet is slated for June in Moscow.

In era of social distancing, India’s Ministry of External Affairs must reimagine diplomacy

How do you win over the other at a time of gesture-less screen-presence? The MEA is becoming more about partnership and less about loud leadership.

India demands Pakistan vacate Gilgit-Baltistan, warns against ‘material changes’ in region

India’s statement comes after Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered an amendment to the Gilgit-Baltistan Order-2018. New Delhi had earlier rejected the order as well.

Stranded Indians could be brought back after lockdown, no ‘concrete plan’ for now

The decision to bring back the stranded Indians will depend on the states’ capacity to absorb these people.

Foreign diplomats say Modi govt lockdown rules too strict, need more curfew passes to work

Foreign ministry has issued an advisory asking embassies to 'strictly follow' lockdown guidelines, but diplomats say restrictions violate Vienna Convention.

Senior diplomat Anurag Srivastava takes charge as MEA spokesperson from Raveesh Kumar

Srivastava was formerly India's Ambassador to Ethiopia, helmed the Finance Division of MEA and served at India's Permanent Mission to United Nations in Geneva.

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.