German Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann has expressed condolences on the stampede incident in Hathras, in which as many as 80 people have been killed.
German businesses see India as a very "stable place" to invest following the Lok Sabha election, said the country's Ambassador Philipp Ackermann on Friday, while anticipating increased German investment in India after the India-EU Free Trade Agreement resolves tax and tariff "impediments".
The initiative, undertaken in collaboration with India's Ministry of Agriculture, aims to establish a sustainable framework for regular exports of Indian agricultural products to Germany and other European countries.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a big part of his cabinet are likely to travel to India for intergovernmental consultation in the second half of 2024, said German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann on Monday.
The German Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann, highlighted his country's stand on Iran's attack on Israel on Monday, stressing that their stand is clear and now is the time to de-escalate the war and bring the tensions down.
In an interview over email, the German envoy said that New Delhi was at the forefront of Berlin's business strategy in Asia where it was strongly diversifying its business relations due to the "increasingly challenging behaviour of India's big neighbour in the North East" and other reason
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India does not want baby Ariha Shah to get away from her own culture and environment as she is in the custody of Child Services in Germany.
A Jain delegation met German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann on Tuesday, and highlighted the "heartbreaking" situation of Baby Ariha, who is in German foster care and requested him to work on handing over the child's custody to the Indian government.
Following his meeting with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann said, "there is a lot of common interest to explore."
German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday for his warm welcome to German singer Cassandra Mae Spittmann. He stated that it is great to see Germany's fascination with Indian culture expressed in Cassandra's beautiful voice.
Stressing that the global order is not working for anyone, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on Friday said the global community was more fragmented and divided than in the past 75 years.
"I think the India Art Fair, every year gets more and more clout, gets more and more attraction internationally. We see international galleries amongst them, also German galleries coming to the India Art Fair, we see also German patrons coming...that means that it has reached a significance