French President’s four-day India visit from March 9
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive here on March 9 for a four-day state visit to India, during which he will...
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India, Jordan renew support for Palestine, sign 12 agreements
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) India and Jordan on Thursday renewed their support to the Palestinian cause as the two sides signed 12 agreements, including one...
India names new envoy to Afghanistan
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Vinay Kumar, a 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, was on Thursday named India’s new Ambassador to Afghanistan. He will replace...
Russia, India ink cooperation MoU with Bangladesh on Rooppur N-plant
Moscow, March 1 (IANS) Russia, India and Bangladesh signed a trilateral agreement on Thursday to cooperate in the construction of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in...
US Ambassador visits Qutb Shahi Tombs to see restoration work
Hyderabad, March 01 (IANS) United States Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster on Wednesday visited the historic Qutb Shahi Tombs Complex. Juster, along with the...
Cabinet apprised of India-Fiji renewable energy pact
New Delhi, March 01 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday apprised of a pact signed by India and Fiji on...
Jordan King hopes to make India visits an annual affair
New Delhi, March 01 The “synergies” that he sees between Jordan and India, and the consequent “opening of opportunities” bilaterally, during his ongoing visit to...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj calls on Jordan King
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday called on visiting King of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein and discussed strengthening...
Indian-owned firm’s $30 mn investment aims to revive agriculture in Ghana
Accra (Ghana), Feb 28 (IANS) Indian-owned company, Park Agrotech, has invested about $30 million in the country which is gradually reviving the poultry industry in...
Modi breaks protocol, receives Jordan King at airport
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday broke protocol and received Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, who arrived here on...
Modi urges Korean investors to take advantage of India’s market
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Asserting that India will very soon become the world’s fifth largest economy by nominal GDP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
Eastern agenda: Vietnamese President to come on India visit
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) As New Delhi pushes ahead with its engagements with southeast Asia under the Act East Policy, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang...
India-S.Korea bilateral trade in 2017 reached $20bn: Modi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said bilateral trade between India and South Korea in 2017 reached $20 billion, the...
King of Jordan to visit India
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) King of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, accompanied by a business delegation, will come on a three-day visit to India starting...
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT
Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, called on the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (February...
India 3rd largest visitors’ source market: Singapore
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Friday said India has emerged as the third largest visitor arrivals (VA) source market...
Sushma calls on Canadian PM
New Delhi, Feb 23 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Friday called on visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed ways to deepen...
Sharp increase in Indians visiting and studying in the UK
UK’s official statistics body confirms another jump in visa numbers British visas issued to Indian nationals in 2017 increased sharply over the previous twelve months,...