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Include 26 Indians in Iran to be brought back in ship: Tharoor, Viswam wri
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 29 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and CPI leader Binoy Viswam, in separate letters to the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, requested him to direct the Indian consulate to include the names of 26 Indian nationals in a ship that is bringing b
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Dispassionate scrutiny and reform of all multilateral entities needed, say
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that dispassionate scrutiny and reform of all multilateral entities are needed to make them purpose-built for the present times and representative of this century.
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India calls for immediate ceasefire in Libya, says conflict 'matter of int
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday stated that the continuing conflict and instability in Libya is a matter of international concern and called for an immediate cessation of all hostilities in the north African country.
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MEA seeks to simplify rules for issuing passports on Passport Sewa Diwas 2
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): On the occasion of Passport Sewa Diwas on Wednesday, Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said that the ministry's future endeavour should be to simplify rules and regulations for issuing passports as well as optimize requirement of docume
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GDP to contract by 5.3 pc in FY21 due to Covid-19 woes: Ind-Ra
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): India's gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by 5.3 per cent year-on-year in the current financial year (FY21), marking the lowest growth rate in the country's history and sixth instance of economic contraction, India Ratings and Research (I
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Jaishankar calls for opening Passport Seva Kendras in every LS constituenc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) needs to be opened in every Lok Sabha constituency across the nation, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday.
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India to downsize staff to half at its mission in Pak, asks Islamabad to d
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): India on Tuesday announced that it has taken a decision to reduce the staff strength in Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi and Indian mission in Islamabad by 50 per cent as behaviour of the neighbouring country and its officials is not in conformity with
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Respect international law, support multilateralism to build durable wor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who attended the virtual Russia-India-China (RIC) Foreign Ministerial Meeting on Tuesday called on countries to respect international law, supporting multilateralism and promote common good to help build a durable work
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Delhi HC directs MEA, Bureau of Immigration to consider US citizen's plea
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of External Affairs and the Bureau of Immigration consider a petition filed by an American citizen claiming that she has been wrongly deported.
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India condemns abduction of Sikh community leader by terrorists in Afghani
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): India on Monday strongly condemned the abduction of Nedan Singh, a Sikh community leader in Afghanistan, by terrorists, and said that targeting and persecution of the minority community members by terror groups at the behest of their external supporters is a
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Jaishankar talks to Saudi FM, says supply chains maintained even during CO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and acknowledged that supply chains between the two countries have been maintained even during coronavirus pandemic.
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If MEA is apprised of Nepal's provocative move, Centre will take action: C
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan on Monday expressed confidence that Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will take action of the provocative move taken by Nepal of abruptly stopping the entire repair work of river embankments in Bihar on the Ind
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