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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicMinistry of External Affairs

Topic: Ministry of External Affairs

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.

Modi govt to bring back 400 Indians from Iran in 2 batches, first one will arrive today

In the first batch, 278 Indian nationals will be brought and the remaining in the second batch. Most of these Indians are from Kashmir and Ladakh.

‘Welcome to India, President Trump’ — MEA plans multilingual greeting for POTUS

With US President Donald Trump visiting India on 24-25 February, an MEA Twitter handle asks people to post video welcoming him in mother tongue.

India urges Afghanistan to declare final general election results in ‘timely manner’

MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar says India expects Afghanistan to address complaints related to preliminary results of September polls through prescribed legal processes.

MEA distances itself from envoy’s ‘Israel model’ remark for Kashmiri Pandits — with silence

MEA is yet to respond officially to the row but ministry officials say India's Consul General in NY Sandeep Chakravorty should’ve weighed the pros and cons.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.