India cannot turn its back to the world: Hardeep Singh PuriMinister Hardeep Singh Puri highlighted the need for India to engage in global economic frameworks. The book, featuring contributions from ...
08 Aug, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
MEA deserves all praise for support during lockdown: Dean of Diplomatic Corps“We did write a letter at the beginning of lockdown with many questions and concerns, and with the appointment of Additional Secretary in M...
26 Apr, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
The intangible costs that Delhi's dirty air carries for a slowing economyIndia’s losses from air pollution increased more than four times to $560 billion between 1990 and 2013.
19 Nov, 2019, 12.18 PM IST
MEA briefs diplomats of various countries on SC's Ayodhya verdictThe Supreme Court, in its verdict pronounced earlier in the day, backed the construction of a Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site in...
09 Nov, 2019, 09.28 PM IST
India terms Pakistan comments on Ayodhya verdict as gratuitousIn response to comments made by Pakistan on matters internal to India, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, "We reject the unwarranted and ...
09 Nov, 2019, 09.01 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj: Foreign diplomats pay tributesForeign ministers who had worked with Swaraj between May 2014 and May 2019 far offered their condolences.
08 Aug, 2019, 08.41 AM IST
India briefs foreign envoys on air strike on JeM camp in PakistanIndia has been briefing foreign envoys, including from the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom
26 Feb, 2019, 05.18 PM IST
Note ban: MEA working on easing problems faced by foreign missions"The Foreign Secretary said we are consulting on this matter and we will revert in due course," the spokesperson told reporters.
15 Dec, 2016, 08.19 PM IST
Embassy officials to soon have cash withdrawal reliefThe directive came after a meeting between Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and the Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Hans Dannenberg Castellanos, in...
09 Dec, 2016, 12.48 AM IST
MEA seeks to assuage concerns of foreign missions on note banWith a view to avoiding inconveniencing them, the MEA has been in discussion with the authorities concerned in the government on this matter
08 Dec, 2016, 10.19 PM IST
Embassies protest against cash curbsAn inter-ministerial task force which was supposed to take certain decisions to ease the problems of foreign missions here has made its rec...
07 Dec, 2016, 10.21 AM IST
Finance Ministry looking into issue of NRIs having old notes: MEASwarup had said all queries have been referred to the DEA, which has formed an inter-ministerial committee headed by an Additional Secretar...
01 Dec, 2016, 11.05 PM IST
Government forms panel to look into cash crunch faced by diplomatic missions and foreign touristsET had reported how foreign tourists, students, patients visiting for treatment, foreign delegates besides diplomats are facing crisis foll...
18 Nov, 2016, 12.39 AM IST
Demonetisation: Embassies to seek PMO help on notes recallTourists departing India are not being able to exchange money at airports and returning with the banned currency notes.
17 Nov, 2016, 08.40 PM IST
Demonetisation: Embassies go on a mission to find cashIndian rupees are 30% of Bhutan’s reserves, at Rs 2,700 crore. Nepal has banned all transactions in Indian rupees since Modi’s currency rec...
16 Nov, 2016, 01.22 AM IST
Tanzanian woman assault case: Senior police official suspendedThe Karnataka government has suspended another senior police official in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a Tanzanian w...
06 Feb, 2016, 06.50 PM IST
Law minister must know that no one can be held without warrant: Genet ZewdieVigilantism against nationals of any country, as showcased by Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti, has no place in a democracy.
22 Jan, 2014, 05.22 AM IST