Bangladesh is all set to settle trade with India in Rupee from Tuesday, a move to cut their reliance on the American currency, which was involved in nearly 90 per cent of global forex transactions in 2022. Bangladesh Bank and the Indian High Commission are expected to announce the news regarding the Indian...
Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, held a meeting with Mochammad Firman Hidayat, Deputy Coordinating Minister for Maritime Resources of Indonesia on the details of PM Poshan Scheme. Additional Secretary, Anandrao V Patil, shared the scheme details with the delegation. Additional Secretary, Vipin...
New Delhi: Myanmar’s government-in-exile, the National Unity Government (NUG), has asked Myanmarese citizens, who have been “temporarily sheltering” in India due to the military crackdown in that country, to stay away from local political matters and ethnic-based conflicts.   The NUG government’s advisory to the displaced citizens is significant because it...
Sopore town in North Kashmir's Baramulla district is called the apple town of Kashmir Valley. Around 40 per cent of the apple production and sale in Kashmir Valley is done through the Sopore Mandi (an open marketplace). And since horticulture contributes the most to the GDP of Jammu and...
New Delhi , November 20: Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, with their Indian counterparts, will exchange views on deepening multifaceted ties between the two countries. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar received Australian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Wong on Monday ahead...
While warships from India, Japan, Australia, and the US are engaged in high-end warfare training in Australia as part of the Malabar Exercise 2023, hundreds of Chinese satellites are reportedly collecting valuable intelligence on the ongoing military drills. The origins of Exercise Malabar trace back to 1992 when it started...
Cape Town , November 25: Expressing his view on recent developments in India-Maldives ties, former president Mohamed Nasheed said the future of the island country lies with an ever-stronger relationship with India and he believes the new government will understand its intricacies. "We had presidential elections and there is a...
Naypyidaw , November 13: Thousands of people from Myanmar crossed into India after some ethnic minority insurgent groups attacked security posts in Myanmar on Monday leading to a fresh fight erupting on two new fronts, Reuters reported. This comes as Myanmar's military junta is facing its biggest test since taking...
Kabul , November 25: The Afghan Embassy has said that there is no diplomat representing Afghanistan in India as of November 23. "Neighbourhood first policy: We, the former Afghan diplomats want to set the record straight: As of Nov 23, there is no Afghan diplomat representing the former Republic in India. Those with ties to the Taliban are aligning themselves...
My neighbour in Ram Vihar, on seeing me all packed and cheerful over my holiday enquired where I was headed. “To escape Delhi’s smog, I am off to Nepal” I replied. “But Nepal is reverberating with earthquakes” he said, referring to two massive tremors (magnitude 6.3 and below) on...