External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in West Bengal that killed at least eight people and injured over 20 people.
Sullivan arrived in New Delhi for the second meeting of the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). It is the first visit of a senior US official after the Modi government came to power for the third term.
The Indian delegation attended the opening and closing plenary sessions of the summit, which began on June 15 and concluded on June 16, bringing together representatives from 92 countries and organisations. Russia was not invited to the summit while China decided not to attend it.
India on Sunday refrained from associating itself with any communique emerging from the Swiss summit on peace in Ukraine and reiterated its consistent approach to facilitate a lasting and peaceful resolution to the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the State Bank of India (SBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Saturday to enhance digital payment services for users of the eMigrate portal.
"Their discussion involved giving impetus to key strategic sectors like defence and high-speed rail infrastructure, along with strengthening B2B, P2P and G2G relations and avenues of trade," said the PMO on X.
Officials and experts from the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Member States including Bangladesh, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Seychelles and Tanzania participated, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
The leaders engaged in productive discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and addressing the situation in Ukraine, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in an official release.
BJP leader and former Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, said on Friday that there was no need for a Kerala minister to go to Kuwait to coordinate the relief operation in the aftermath of a fire incident in the Gulf nation that killed 45 Indians, most of them from
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to bolster strategic defence cooperation, with a heightened emphasis on promoting India's 'Make in India' initiative.
Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh thanked the authorities in Kuwait for expediting the repatriation of the bodies of Indians killed in the fire tragedy on June 12.
So far around 45 Indians are reported to have lost their lives in the deadly fire that broke out in the "labour accommodation" in the Mangaf area of Kuwait, the early hours of Wednesday.