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Voting for high-stakes Delhi polls underway, key politicians exercise fran
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Key politicians including External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday queued up outside polling booths to exercise their franchise for Assembly polls in the national capital.
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Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa meets EAM S Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held talks with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who is currently on a five-day visit to India.
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Basic duty of every citizen to vote, says EAM Jaishankar after voting for
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was among the first voters to arrive at the polling station and exercise their democratic franchise for the assembly elections.
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No Indian on ship quarantined off Japan coast tested positive for nCoV: Ja
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Several Indians are onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off the Japanese coast, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, adding that none of them have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus.
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80 Indian students still in coronavirus-hit Wuhan: Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): An estimated 80 Indian students are still living in the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Friday, adding that 70 of them chose to stay behind at the time of the evacuation operation.
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India extended offer of evacuating people from Wuhan to all its neighbours
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday informed Rajya Sabha that India had offered all its neighbouring countries including Pakistan to evacuate their people from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan but only Maldives chose to take up the offer.
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Union Health Secy reviews preparedness of States/UTs on Novel Coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 7 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary, Preeti Sudan on Friday held a meeting via video conference (VC) with health secretaries of states and union territories along with senior officials from ministry of shipping, ministry of external affairs, ministry of civil aviation,
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Indian businesses pivotal for strengthening India-Central Asia trade ties,
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar on Friday called upon Indian businesses to take a greater interest in the Central Asain Market, hoping that India's economic growth will be exponential in its extended neighbourhood in the coming years.
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India could evacuate Pakistani nationals from coronavirus-hit China if sit
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 06 (ANI): India could consider repatriating Pakistani nationals from the coronavirus-hit China if the situation arises, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Thursday.
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Indian crew aboard detained ship released after 11 months
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [Inida], Feb 6 (ANI): Six Indian crew members of the ship 'Abdul Razzak', who had been detained in Iran for 11 months, have been released, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday.
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640 Indians evacuated from coronavirus-hit China: MEA
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): As many as 640 Indians and 7 Maldivians have been evacuated from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan in a "complex operation" done with Beijing's assistance, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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Vietnam's vice president to visit India next week
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 06 (ANI): Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Luong Bang would arrive on a three-day visit to India on February 11, announced Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson on Thursday, adding that the direct flight between the two countries could be announced for the visit of
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