Vande Bharat Mission: About 24,000 Indian nationals brought back

New Delhi: About 24,000 Indians stranded by the coronavirus lockdown have arrived home on flights and ships from various parts of the globe.On May 7, India had initiated an enormous repatriation operation code named – Vande Bharat Mission, usin...

Vande Bharat Mission: India to expand scope of countries from May 15

New Delhi: India will launch the second phase of Vande Bharat Mission from May 15 and also expand its mega repatriation programme for citizens stranded abroad due to the Covid-19 crisis to Russia, Central Asian states and European countries such as G...

MEA carries out major reshuffle, new envoys appointed for UN, Slovenia, Austria, Qatar, Bahrain

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday appointed senior diplomat T S Tirumurti as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Currently, he is serving as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).A 1985-batch Indian Foreig...

Coronavirus: Multilateral naval exercise MILAN postponed

New Delhi: Amidst ongoing deadly coronavirus outbreak, the government on Tuesday decided to postponed the multilateral naval exercise, MILAN-2020, scheduled to be conducted at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.“It is for information that MILAN 20...

JMSDF Missile destroyer arrives at Kochi

Kochi: Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) missile destroyer JS Sazanami on Tuesday arrived on a  two day goodwill visit at Kochi in Kerala. The destroyer was commanded by Commander Shoji Ishkawa. The Commanding Officer accompanie...