Foreign Relations

4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue held

Raksha Mantri holds 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue with Minister of Armed Forces of France in New Delhi; Discusses ways to bolster defence industrial cooperation with focus on ‘Make in India’; Means to strengthen maritime cooperation & increase scope & complexity of bilateral exercises also deliberated upon […]

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5 Envoys present their Credentials

The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the High Commissioners/Ambassadors of Bangladesh, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Latvia and Japan at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan […]

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MEA Sec East meets Colombian MFA

Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs held bilateral discussions on 25 November 2022 with his counterpart H.E. Mr. Francisco Jose Coy Granados, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia […]

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India-GCC to resume FTA discussions

Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal, and Industry and His Excellency Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf, Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), held a Joint Press Conference, in New Delhi today, to announce the intent to pursue negotiations on the India-GCC FTA. […]

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INDO-PACIFIC REGIONAL DIALOGUE concludes

The Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2022 (IPRD-2022) ended today in New Delhi. The three-day event is the annual apex-level regional strategic dialogue of the Indian Navy, and was conducted from 23 November to 25 November 2022 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. […]

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NCGC trains 530 Maldivian Civil Servants

NCGG receives high praise from Maldives Government for its capacity building programme for Maldivian Civil Servants; Over 530 civil servants trained as an outcome of the MoU between NCGG India and CSC Maldives despite the pandemic; NCGG advances Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘neighbourhood first’ policy […]

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22nd IORA Council of Ministers Meet held

India participated in the 22nd Council of Ministers’ (COM) meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) held at Dhaka, Bangladesh on 24 November 2022. The Indian delegation was led by Hon’ble Minister of State External Affairs (MoS), Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh. […]

Business

North East to play imp role in Act East Policy

Government-accelerated development initiatives in North East transform ‘Look East policy’ into ‘Act East Policy’; Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakti Master Plan to act as force multiplier in developing infrastructural facilities in North East region; New India can be possible only with Bold Policy Reforms, World Class Infrastructure and Top-Class Talent: Rajnath Singh […]

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UAE MFA visits India

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, is paying an official visit to India […]

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VP Dhankhar Visits Qatar

Hon’ble Vice President of India (HVPI) Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar paid a visit to Qatar from 20-21 November, 2022 at the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar […]

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Piyush Goyal calls for better India – Kyrgyz relations

Commerce Minister calls for enhancing bilateral trade and deepening cultural relations between India and Kyrgyz Republic; Says that there is immense potential for expansion of bilateral trade between India and Kyrgyz Republic during the 10th Session of the India-Kyrgyz Republic Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation (IKIGC) […]

Finance

New Exchange Rates

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies with effect from 4th November, 2022 for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

Food exports up by 25%

India’s agricultural and processed food products export up by 25% to USD 13771 million in Q2 of the current fiscal (2022-23) compared to the same period last year […]