World
ICG brings ten rescued fishermen from Maldivian waters
Ten Indian fishermen who were rescued from Maldivian waters were safely brought to Visakhapatnam by Indian Coast Guard on 06 May 2023. […]
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Foreign Relations
Visit of Prime Minister to Paris, France
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the India-France Strategic Partnership, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has accepted President H.E. Mr Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to attend this year’s Bastille Day Parade as Guest of Honour on 14 July 2023 in Paris. […]
World
PM Modi will be Guest of Honour at France’s Bastille Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will be Guest of Honour at France’s Bastille Day celebrations on 14th July. […]
Foreign Relations
Diversifying and deepening India-U.S. trade and Ties
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Textiles and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Shri Piyush Goyal said that the India-U.S. partnership is the defining moment of the 21st century and reiterated […]
Foreign Relations
12th meet of the India-Russia JWG on Counter Terrorism
Secretary (West) Shri Sanjay Verma visited Moscow on 03-04 May 2023 for the 12th India-Russia JWG on Counter Terrorism and India-Russia bilateral consultations on UN and multilateral issues. […]
Foreign Relations
Shri V. Muraleedharan visits Saudi Arabia
Shri V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs paid an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 01-03 May 2023 […]
Finance
Customs Exchange Rate Notification No. 33/2023
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies into Indian currency or vice versa, with effect from 21st April 2023, for the purpose of importing and exporting goods. […]
Foreign Relations
Milestone in S&T cooperation between India and Israel
India-Israel Friendship – Beginning of a New Era of Industrial Research and Development Cooperation, Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) […]
Foreign Relations
NTPC marks its first Overseas Capacity Addition
NTPC marks its first Overseas Capacity Addition; With Bangladesh’s Power Plant, Group’s Installed Capacity goes up to 72304 MW. NTPC has marked its first overseas capacity addition, beginning with Bangladesh. […]
Foreign Relations
Visit of Secretary (CPV & OIA) to Egypt
The 12 rounds of India-Egypt Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) were held on 03 May 2023 in Cairo. The consultations were co-chaired by Dr Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA) and H.E. Mr Ayman Kamel, Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs […]
Foreign Relations
UPAJ festival alongside G20 Startup20 summit
On the occasion of World IP Day, Dr Chintan Vaishnav, Chair Startup20, G20 along with Ms Durga Jasraj founder of Pandit Jasraj Cultural Foundation launched the “UPAJ: A Festival of Innovations in Arts” on Tuesday, April 26th April 2023 in NITI Aayog […]
Foreign Relations
SCO Countries appreciate Presentations of Indian team
The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India conducted a virtual conference with the member states […]
Foreign Relations
PM Narendra Modi replies to the Japanese Embassy
The Japanese embassy in India tweeted about the 100th episode of Mann ki Baat. Wishing on the occasion, the embassy recalled a message by the Late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the preface to the book ‘Mann Ki Baat: A Social Revolution on Radio’. […]
World
India-Kuwait Foreign Office Consultation
The fifth India-Kuwait Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) were held on 02 May 2023 in New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Vipul, Joint Secretary(Gulf) […]
Foreign Relations
Manipur University to host the Y20 Seminar on May 4
Manipur University will host the Y20 Seminar on May 4, 2023, on “Shared Future: Youth in Democracy and Governance”, one of the five themes of the Y20 India Summit. […]
World
Ministry of Housing &Urban Affairs signs MoU with RITES
The introduction of Used Water Management (UWM) as a newly funded component for towns with less than 1 lakh population, has led to a paradigm shift in urban sanitation. […]
Foreign Relations
India and Israel to enhance partnership in StartUps
The Multi-Sectoral Agreement was signed between CSIR and the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel, in the August Presence of Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh at the CSIR-Science Centre […]
Foreign Relations
Temporary relocation of Embassy of India to Port Sudan
In view of the prevailing security situation in Sudan, including attacks in Khartoum city, it has been decided that the Indian Embassy in Khartoum will be temporarily relocated to Port Sudan. The situation will be assessed in the light of further developments. […]
Foreign Relations
2nd G-20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group Meeting
The 2nd meeting of the G-20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group will be held in Mumbai from May 23rd to 25th. Today, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal held a meeting at the BMC headquarters in Mumbai […]
Foreign Relations
Ministry of Tourism participates in the Arabian Travel Market 2023
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, is participating in the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023, being ‘held from 01st to 04th May 2023 in Dubai, UAE. […]
Foreign Relations
4th round of FOC between India and El Salvador
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador H.E. Ms. Adriana Mira de Pereira is visiting India from 1-2 May 2023 for the 4th round of India – El Salvador Foreign Office Consultations (FOC). […]
World
NTPC signed a Joint Venture Agreement with NPCIL
NTPC Ltd. sign a Supplementary Joint Venture Agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) in New Delhi today for the development of Nuclear Power Projects. […]
Foreign Relations
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to attend ADB’s annual meeting
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman will lead the Indian delegation to attend the 56th Annual General Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank […]
Defence
Chief of the air staff visits Sri Lanka
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), embarked on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka today. During the visit, the CAS is scheduled to meet the Hon’ble President of Sri Lanka. […]
Defence
ASEAN INDIA MARITIME EXERCISE (AIME-2023)
Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Delhi with RAdm Gurcharan Singh, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet embarked onboard arrived at Singapore on 01 May 2023 to participate in the Inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) scheduled from 02 to 08 May 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
CEPA is the growth engine for India-UAE bilateral trade
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the implementation of the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) today […]
Foreign Relations
Shri Nitin Gadkari chairs the 10th Meeting of SCO
Shri Nitin Gadkari chaired the 10th Meeting for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Transport Ministers in New Delhi today. Chaired by India this year […]
Foreign Relations
G20 India’s 3rd Education Working Group meeting
G20 India’s 3rd Education Working Group meeting concludes today in Bhubaneswar with a commitment to ensure the betterment of learners with respect to skilling, upskilling and reskilling. […]
World
Tariff Notification No. 32/2023 – Customs (N.T.)
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.), dated the 3rd August 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S. O. 748 (E), dated the 3rd August 2001, namely:- […]
Foreign Relations
Bilateral meetings with Uzbek, Belarusian & Kyrgyz
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held bilateral meetings with Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov, Minister of Defence of Belarus Lieutenant General Victor Khrenin […]
Agriculture & Commodities
MoA&FW and NAFED launch Millets Experience Centre (MEC)
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, along with Shri Rajbir Singh, Managing Director, NAFED, commemorated the launch of the first of its kind ‘Millets Experience Centre (MEC)’ at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi today. […]
Business
India to collaborate with RAL
Dr Jitendra Singh today visited the United Kingdom’s premier institution, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and met researchers, including those working on the UK- India iSiS project. […]
Business
India-UK Call for Enhanced Science & Technology Cooperation
India and the United Kingdom will together jointly create India-UK “NET Zero” Innovation Virtual Centre. […]
Education
3rd EdWG Meeting commences in Bhubaneswar
The 3rd Education Working Group Meeting (EdWG) under India’s G20 Presidency commenced in Bhubaneswar today. Day 1 of the meeting witnessed the inaugural address by Union Minister of State for Education, Shri Subhas Sarkar. […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Agriculture Minister Inaugurates Farm Machinery Technology Summit
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Summit on Farm Machinery Technology, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Tractor and Mechanization Association (TMA). […]
Foreign Relations
Union Minister Announces India UK Space Parks Partnership
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space […]
Foreign Relations
Meeting of India-Hungary JWG on Water Management
The first meeting of the India-Hungary Joint Working Group, constituted for the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of water management between the two countries […]
Foreign Relations
PM inaugurates 6th Edition of ‘Advantage Healthcare India 2023
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 6th edition of Advantage Healthcare India (AHCI) 2023, a G20 co-branded event here, today through a video message. […]
Foreign Relations
XIX SCO IBC Council Meeting held in Goa
Under the chairmanship of India, the XIX Council Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Interbank Consortium (SCO IBC) was held today in Goa. […]
Foreign Relations
Rajnath Singh to chair SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will chair the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers Meeting on 28 April 2023 in New Delhi. Defence Ministers of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan will participate. […]
Foreign Relations
India Signs Work Plan on Infrastructure with Germany
The Department of Consumer Affairs and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action signed the new Work Plan for 2023 during the 9th Annual Meeting of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure. […]
Foreign Relations
India, EFTA nations discuss Resuming FTA negotiations
Ministers and high-level representatives from India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) gathered in New Delhi […]
World
India jumps 6 places in World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index 2023
India improves in the logistics ranking of the World Bank by jumping 6 places to Rank 38 out of 139 countries in the 7th edition of the Logistics Performance Index (LPI 2023). […]
World
PM Modi greets people of Israel on its independence day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the people of Israel on their 75th Anniversary of Independence. […]
Foreign Relations
PM thanks Anthony Albanese for hosting Quad Summit
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi thanked the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese for hosting the next Quad Summit in Sydney, Australia. […]
Foreign Relations
Y20 Pre Summit Meeting under G20 India
The Y20 Pre Summit Meeting under G20 hosted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs is slated to start tomorrow and more than 100 delegates would attend the meeting. The meeting is being organised from 26th to 28th April. […]
General
IREDA reports an all-time high PAT of Rs. 865 Cr. FY 22-23
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), the largest Renewable Energy funding company in the country, has reported an all-time high annual Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 865 crores and Profit Before Tax (PBT) of Rs. 1,139 crores in the financial year 2022-23. […]
World
PGCIL wins Global Gold Award for CSR work
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(PGCIL), a Maharatna CPSU of the Ministry of Power, Government of India has been conferred Global Gold Award by The Green Organization. […]
World
Dharmendra Pradhan addresses workshop on Future of Work
Union Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the workshop on Future of Work: Skill Architecture and Governance Models of India and Singapore in Bhubaneswar today. […]
Foreign Relations
3rd EdWG Meeting in Bhubaneswar
The Ministry of Education is all set to host the 3rd Education Working Group (EdWG) meeting in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from the 26th- the 28th of April 2023. […]