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...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday directed the defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to prepare contingency plans for resumption of operations after the lifting of lock down in an effort to com...
New Delhi: Stating that China not only sincerely supports India in its fight against Covid-19 but also takes concrete actions to help, Chinese Embassy in India on Tuesday expressed concern after the Chinese products were labeled as “faulty&rdqu...
At a time when China has become more confident and proactive in its initiatives in South and Central Asia (SCA), Beijing is engraining in public diplomacy with various collection of instruments to influence the perception in the region as most countr...
New Delhi: Appreciating the armed forces for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also asked them to ensure their operational preparedness so that the adversary could not exploit the current situation.While reviewing the ope...
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday unveiled a Mobile Virology Research and Diagnostics Laboratory (MVRDL) via video conference.The lab has been developed by DRDO in association with Hyderabad-based ESIC Hospital and Private industr...
New Delhi: As part of the Government's response to the Covid-19 situation, Ministry of External Affairs has been playing a key role in the empowered groups that were set up for an integrated all-of-government approach.Ministry of External Affairs...
Amritsar: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed and opened a new permanent bridge on the river Ravi connecting Kasowal enclave in Punjab along the Pakistan border to the rest of the country much ahead of its schedule.The 484-meter-long brid...
Leh: The first batch of 57 Iran returned pilgrims arrived in the border town of Kargil on Tuesday in a special Indian Air Force (IAF) flight after completing their quarantine period in Uttar Pradesh.However, official sources said that they would unde...
New Delhi: The UK government will deploy 17 more charter flights from India, with a total capacity of around 4000 passengers, to rescue them to Britain.The flights will be boarded from Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Delhi, Goa, and Mumbai. The first flight wil...