News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
India has braved what the most developed western countries couldn’t muster up the guts to try: bringing an unprecedented lockdown on the world’s 2nd largest population, a measure so daunting, even an absolutist like Chinese Premier Xi Jinping shuddered to dare try.
The department of personnel and training (DoPT) has announced the launch of an online learning platform to train doctors, nurses, paramedics, government officers, police organisations and civil defence workers to combat Covid-19.
Pharmacists, popularly known as “Swasth ke Sipahi”, of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra, are delivering essential services and medicines at doorstep of patients and elderly under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) of the Government of India
It may also be recalled that at the initiative of Prime Minister of India, a SAARC Leaders Video Conference was held on 15 March 2020 to discuss ways to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government has decided to allow the export of Hydroxychloroquine to countries who have reached out to New Delhi for help.
At a time when SARS-COV2 virus has taken the entire world under its blanket, halting trillion dollars of trades and confining billions to their houses, Coronavirus has definitely brought world to a standstill. However, the pandemic could not slow down the pace of the rising bilateral cooperation between India and Israel.
The Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India has launched portal www.strandedinindia.com on 31st March 2020, with a view to identify, assist and facilitate foreign tourists who are stranded in various parts of India due to the lockdown situation necessitated by the COVID19 global pandemic.
Amid the nationwide lockdown, the central government has announced various relief packages to decrease the plight of the poor, farmers and workers. Recently, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced ‘PM Garib Kalyan Yojana’ which aimed to offer 1.7 Lakh Crore Package to the poor and needy to fight against the global pandemic COVID-19.
Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) announced on Sunday that the first India-Iran-Afghanistan intermodal transport, using Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) has been completed.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday strongly condemned the comments made by the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on the new domicile law for Jammu and Kashmir, saying repeated attempts to interfere in India’s internal affairs will not make its “untenable” claims acceptable.
