World

Chief of the army staff proceeds on a visit to Egypt

General Manoj Pande, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) proceeded on a visit to Egypt from 16 to 17 May 2023. During the visit, the Army Chief will be meeting the Country’s senior military leadership where he will discuss avenues for further enhancing Indo-Egypt defence relations. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

8th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of SCO countries

The 8th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries was held today through video conferencing under the chairmanship of Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. […]

Foreign Relations

India-EU Trade Technology Council

The first Ministerial meeting of the India – EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) will be held in Brussels on 16 May 2023. The meeting will be co-chaired on the Indian side by the Ministers for External Affairs; […]

Foreign Relations

3rd ETWG meet to be in Mumbai

The 3rd Energy Transitions Working Group Meeting (ETWG) under India’s G20 Presidency will be held in Mumbai from May 15 to 17, 2023. The three-day meeting will see over 100 delegates representing G20 member countries […]

Foreign Relations

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Startup Forum 2023

After two successful editions in virtual mode, Startup India, the Department of Promotion for Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce organized the third edition in the form of the first-ever physical Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Startup Forum in New Delhi recently. […]

Foreign Relations

Prime Minister to Visit United States of America

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on an Official State Visit to the United States of America, which will include a state dinner on June 22, 2023, following an invitation from President Joseph Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. […]

Business

3 CBPs for civil servants of Maldives & Bangladesh

With the scaled-up activities of the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), three capacity-building programmes (CBPs) for the civil servants of Bangladesh (59th batch with 45 participants) and Maldives (22nd & 23rd batch with 50 participants) commenced at the Mussoorie campus. […]

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. […]

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

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

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’. […]

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. […]