News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar on Saturday promised Indian help and medical assistance to his counterparts from four African countries — Burkina Faso, Comoros, Uganda and Mali — to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic that has sickened more than 2.6 million people worldwide and claimed almost 200,000 lives
Australia supports India’s call for the reform of the World Health Organization (WHO) once the world has overcome the Coronavirus crisis as part of efforts to shape the post Covid-19 global order, Australian high commissioner-designate Barry O’Farrell said on Friday.
Strongly refuting the reports in a section of media that Government has moved a proposal for reducing the age of retirement of government employees to 50 years, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh categorically stated here today that there is no such move to reduce the retirement age nor has been such a proposal discussed or contemplated at any level in the government.
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates has praised the Indian government and PM Narendra Modi for the recently introduced Aarogya Setu app. The app that tracks the Covid-19 spread in the country and gives tips on how to stay safe, was launched earlier this month for both Android and iPhones (iOS) and is claimed to have crossed 50 millions downloads already.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke with Russian and American counterparts on joint fight against Covid-19 besides reviewing Afghan situation. He also spoke with his counterparts from Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
The coronavirus disease pandemic (Covid-19) has offered India a valuable lesson on the importance of self-reliance and self-sufficiency, and the country, each state within it, each district within every state, and each village within every district must aspire to attain the twin goals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall be addressing various Gram Panchayats across the country on Friday, the 24th of April 2020. The Day is celebrated annually as the National Panchayati Raj Day.
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending 23 tonnes of medicines to Nepal to help the country in tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
“Covidwarriors.gov.in has been created as a master database of healthcare professionals and volunteers. Till now, details of 1.24 crore human resources of various kinds have been added to it,” said Arun Kumar Panda, Chairman of the Empowered Group-4, which has been mandated with identification of human resources for various COVID-19 related activities.
Indian envoys and diplomats across the globe are doing everything possible to assist Indian nationals in places as far apart as Washington, Singapore, Moscow, Tokyo, Rome and Riyadh, providing them food and arranging for shelters, as countries fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
