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With Chabahar Port in limbo, can India still reach Central Asia and Russia?India's crucial trade route to Russia and Central Asia is at a critical juncture. US sanctions on Iran's Chabahar port create uncertainty f...
Quote of the Day by Sanae Takaichi: 'If someone says it's impossible because I'm a woman, then…'—Inspiring quotes by the first female Prime Minister of JapanQuote of the Day: Sanae Takaichi's journey in Japanese politics, marked by persistence against traditional barriers, culminates in her hist...
Former envoy-turned BJP leader Taranjeet Singh Sandhu granted CRPF's 'Y+ escort' security cover across IndiaThe Central government has granted Y+ security cover to former Indian Ambassador to the US and BJP leader Taranjeet Singh Sandhu across Ind...
K P S Menon, independent India's first foreign secretary, passes awayMenon had served as the Foreign Secretary of India from 1987 to 1989.
Fresh Indo-Pak diplomatic spat erupts over domestic helpWhat provoked this action by Pakistani authorities is not known but it was reminiscent of the incidents of harassment and intimidation of d...
Elite Pakistan club snubs Indian envoy amid rising hostilitiesWhile membership for other Indian diplomats, too, has been delayed in the recent past, this is the first time that the Islamabad Club has s...
Padma Bhushan to Alexander Kadakin: Befitting for original IndophileMonths after his demise the Modi government also decided to name a road in city’s diplomatic zone after Kadakin, who often mentioned that I...
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit to retire earlyBasit, who was set to retire from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in April 2018, had "submitted an application to Prime Minister Sharif for...
Alexander M Kadakin: An Indophile who mastered Hindi and loved BollywoodKadakin was born in Chisnau in then USSR in 1949. He graduated with honours from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1...
Government must re-look policy for appointing domestic help of diplomats posted abroadWhile the days of relaxed and long evenings may be getting overtaken by the time constraints of decision makers the instruments of diplomac...
MEA mulls stricter vigilance of erring officers posted in Indian diplomatic missions abroadThe MEA is particularly active on complaints or allegations received from the members of Indian community and expats in any particular coun...
PM Modi asks Indian diplomats to 'shed old mindsets'Narendra Modi asked Indian diplomats to "shed old mindsets" and help country position itself in leading role, rather than just balancing fo...
Devyani Khobragade episode impact: Junior diplomats in US can’t hire maids from IndiaKhobragade, former Indian deputy consul in the US, was arrested and strip-searched in the US last December on allegations of visa fraud
Pakistan appoints Abdul Basit as envoy to IndiaBasit joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and has held various assignments in Pakistani missions and at the Foreign Office.
MEA withdraws duty-free liquor facility to US envoys to India soon after Khobragade rowThe Ministry of External Affairs withdrew the facility of duty-free liquor to American diplomats posted in India soon after Khobragade inci...
Devyani Khobragade case: Ministry of External Affairs fixes home affairs, prepares a list of maidsThere are currently 14 India hired domestic helps working with Indian diplomats in the US and another 35-40 in Western Europe.
Devyani Khobragade case let government discover its spineNew Delhi has cracked down spectacularly on all US embassies and consulates in India after the arrest, stripsearch and imprisonment of a ju...
- Saudi diplomat shot dead in Pak; Taliban claims responsibility
Four motorcycle-borne Taliban militants today shot and killed a diplomat of Saudi Arabia, a staunch US ally, claiming it was to avenge the ...
- US court orders India to cough up $42.4 mn tax
A US court has ordered India to pay a real estate tax of $42.4 million after it rejected New Delhi’s argument that a 26-storey building occ...
- US Court orders India to pay $42.4 mn tax
US court has ordered India to pay a real estate tax of $42.4 million after it rejected New Delhi's argument that building occupied by its d...