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The train consists of 13 coaches and comes equipped with multiple modern features such as cushioned seats in Business class, rotatable seats in AC chair car, two-flap aluminium windows, modular toilets along with air-assisted flushing, GPS enabled LCD displays, LED lighting, etc.
A high-level team of 14 delegates from Australia, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nigeria and hosts India arrived in Jammu city of Jammu and Kashmir for week-long national security and strategic studies tour.
After the independence of the Kyrgyz Republic on August 31, 1991, India was among the first countries to establish diplomatic relations in March 1992; the resident mission of India was set up in May 1994.
India’s ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri handed over keys of the ambulances and buses to the recipient organisations amidst celebrations in Indian Embassy premises, Kathmandu on Saturday.
The “strategic programme of cooperation” was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House.
The second round of the India-Maldives Defence Cooperation Dialogue also took place Thursday, and was co-chaired by Indian defence secretary Sanjay Mitra and the MNDF chief.
The Bonn-based UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said on Wednesday that 197 parties to the pact are expected at the conference from October 7 to 18.
Indian and South African flags adorned the streets of New Delhi, with Ramaphosa accompanied by First Lady Dr Tshepo Motsepe and a high-level delegation including nine ministers, senior officials, a 50-member business delegation and media.
Morocco, Africa’s second biggest economy, has emerged as a key pillar in India’s Africa strategy and Delhi had played a key role in Morocco’s re-entry into African Union in 2017.
The Nikkei Asian Review, quoting its sources in New Delhi and Beijing, said that the visit could take place in February at the earliest or March after the annual session in Beijing of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s Parliament.
