News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
Amid nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 crisis Janaushadhi Sugam Mobile App is helping people in a big way to locate their nearest Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendra (PMJAK) and availability of affordable generic medicine with its price.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar started a series of regional reviews beginning with Indian envoys in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua & New Guinea and the Pacific Island countries.
Deepak Mittal has been appointed India’s next Ambassador to Qatar, while Piyush Srivastava goes to Bahrain in the same capacity, as per an official release of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued on Wednesday.
In a detailed and bold study ‘Devising an Indian Policy on sanctions for Pakistan’ made available to ET, Gateway House suggests India need to adopt a comprehensive regulatory framework on sanctions to sanction Pakistan which has been facing heat from G20 and FATF over last few years.
Distribution of free hot cooked meals by Indian Railways crossed the three million mark today during the national lockdown due to COVID-19. On 20th April, 2020, Indian Railways reached 2 million mark in distribution of free meals, in last 10 days, it has accomplished a million mark in distribution of free meals.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his counterparts from Lebanon, Colombia, Grenada, Jamaica, Uruguay and Trinidad and Tobago and held discussions on strengthening cooperation and partnership as well as the coronavirus pandemic.
India will also send two military rapid response teams comprising army doctors, nurses and paramedics to Mauritius and Comoros to help them cope with the crisis
Challenging times call for innovative solutions. Striving to overcome the restrictions on travel and the need for maintaining social distancing, the Indo-Israel Agricultural Project (IIAP), a strategic cooperation on the G2G level in the field of agriculture, has introduced crop diversity, increasing productivity and optimising water use efficiency in horticulture to address the challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kuwait, after Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have, rejected attempts to spoil ties with India through ‘foreign sponsored’ social media handles and posts.
TS Tirumurti, Secretary in External Affairs Ministry, is set to be India’s next ambassador to the UN succeeding current incumbent Syed Akbaruddin at New York
