Muktesh Pardeshi, Secretary (Consular, Passport, Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs), Ministry of External Affairs, delivered the special address as the incoming Chair-in-Office.
Ninety-eight Indians, who were among 1.75 lakh pilgrims from the country to go for the Haj pilgrimage this year, died on account of causes such as natural illness, natural causes, chronic illness and also old age, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday
While addressing a media briefing, Jaiswal informed that direct flights between Bishkek and Delhi can be availed by students who wish to return to India after their exams in Kyrgyzstan.
Spain has become the 99th member of the International Solar Alliance. Spain handed over the International Solar Alliance Instrument of Ratification during the meeting between Spain's Ambassador to India, Jose Maria Ridao Domkinguez, and Head of Depository, Joint Secretary (ED and MER), Mi
Pardeshi held a meeting with Saudi Arabia's Vice Haj Minister Abdul Fattah Mashat and discussed logistical arrangements and infrastructure developments aimed at the welfare and comfort of pilgrims.
"We see them as speculative reports. We really have no comments to make on those reports and We have no comments to make on them," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a press briefing on Thursday.
"We are committed to bringing back all the people who are so far who have gotten in touch with us and want to be released. 10 such individuals have come back to India. They have been released and they have returned home. We have been assured by the Russian side that the other Indians who are
Earlier, Pakistan and Iran agreed that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through "peaceful means based on the will of the people" of the region, said a joint statement issued by the two countries after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's maiden visit.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday condemned the deaths of Indian students in the US and said that the cause of their deaths was more than one, adding that the investigations of two recent cases are underway, with Indian authorities taking up the issue with the concerned authoriti
Saurabh Kumar, presently serving as India's ambassador to Belgium, has been concurrently accredited as India's next ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a press release.