Star India batters Virat Kohli and KL Rahul informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) medical team that they are battling with niggles because of which they won't be able to participate for their domestic teams Delhi and Karnataka respectively in the second round of the ongoi
This comes after the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) removed three entities--Indian Rare Earths, Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Centre (IGCAR), and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)--from the US Entity List.
Referring to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's recent meeting with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal noted that this was the "highest level of engagement" between the two nations.
MEA said that India is very firm that terrorism in whatever way it exists, wherever it exists, it needs to be fought tooth and nail and New Delhi has clearly called out nations who promote cross-border terrorism.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a roadshow in Haridwar on Friday ahead of the upcoming civic elections scheduled for January 23. He expressed confidence that the people will make BJP win in local body elections and bring in a triple-engine government.
Together, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti dedicated the site of the US consulate, which is intended to become the fifth US consulate in India.
"The Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting is expected to be in Washington, DC for the inaugural ceremony of President Trump...We will share the further details," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in the weekly press briefing today.
"As of today, there have been 126 cases (of Indian nationals serving in the Russian Army). Of these 126 cases, 96 people have returned to India and have been discharged from the Russian Armed Forces. 18 Indian nationals in the Russian Army remain and out of them the whereabouts of 16 indi
" We want India-Bangladesh relations to do well for the people of Bangladesh and the people of India. So that is what our approach is, a positive approach, and that remains," Jaiswal said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar joined US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti for the opening of the US Consulate in Bangalore. Hailing the step as an important moment in the India-US ties, Jaishankar also announced that India will soon be opening its consulate in Los Angeles.