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...