News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
The UNSC met on Friday evening to deliberate on the Kashmir issue after the Modi government decided to scrap Article 370 of Constitution that provided the special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The SA National Space Agency (SANSA) facility at Hartebeesthoek, west of Krugersdorp in Gauteng, is one of a number of international ground stations tracking Chandrayaan 2 and ensuring it will land safely.
Congratulatory messages have been sent from the US, Russia and Israel on India’s Independence Day with the US calling India a global power with which it has close ties and Russia saying New Delhi enjoys authority in the international arena.
The two armies expressed the resolve to better their ties and uphold bilateral treaties and agreements inked by their governments during the ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting of the Indian and Chinese troops on the occasion of India’s Independence Day, he added.
India plans to send its first crewed mission, set to comprise three astronauts, to space by 2022, which will mark the 75th anniversary of its independence, with Russia set to assist it. Indian Ambassador to Russia Bala Venkatesh Varma stated that Russia and India will start practically cooperating on the matter in 2019 already.
Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar said that India had achieved tremendous sales of its indigenously built vessels to Africa, Middle-East and Asian countries.
During its stay in Kochi, the Japanese delegation will visit Indian Navy personnel on board JS Sazanami and interact with them. JS Sazanami with about 25 officers, 156 sailors and eight Japanese Coast Guard personnel will leave for Bahrain on Wednesday.
New Delhi is working on a host of other connectivity initiatives. It is involved in the Kaladan transport project, which links the remote Northeast with other parts of the country via Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal.
The two countries signed four agreements on cultural exchanges, healthcare, sports and cooperation in museum management, according to a statement.
Apart from government officials, the current meeting, which will last two days, is attended by more than 200 companies of the B2B (business to business) sector from both countries, representing areas such as mining and diamond cutting industries, petrochemicals, tourism, timber processing, energy, medicine, and agriculture. According to preliminary estimations, the two sides are looking at some 86 deals to be struck by Wednesday.
