Foreign Relations
India Undertakes Operation Sagar Bandhu
In the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, which has caused severe flooding, loss of life and widespread disruption across Sri Lanka. […]
Sri Lanka
Foreign Relations
7th NSA Level Meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave
The 7th National Security Adviser (NSA) level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) was held in New Delhi, India on 20 November 2025. […]
Foreign Relations
Annual BIMSTEC Young Diplomats Interaction Programme
An ‘Annual BIMSTEC Young Diplomats Interaction Programme’ was inaugurated at Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS), New Delhi. […]
Defence
India Sri Lanka Joint Exercise Mitra Shakti XI
The Eleventh edition of Joint Military exercise “Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2025” commenced today at Foreign Training Node, Belagavi, Karnataka. […]
Foreign Relations
PM of Sri Lanka calls on PM Shri Narendra Modi
H.E. Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today. […]
Foreign Relations
PM of Sri Lanka to visit India
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr Harini Aamarasuriya will be travelling to India from 16-18 October 2025, in what will be her first visit to India after assuming office. […]
Foreign Relations
PM’s departure statement ahead his visit to Thailand & Sri Lanka
At the invitation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, I am departing today for Thailand on an Official visit and to attend the 6th BIMSTEC Summit. […]
Foreign Relations
Prime Minister’s visit to Thailand and Sri Lanka
At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Thailand, H.E. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Bangkok, Thailand from 3 – 4 April 2025 to participate in the 6th BIMSTEC Summit to be held on 4 April 2025 […]
Foreign Relations
Sri Lanka – India Exercise–2024 (SLINEX 24)
The bilateral Naval exercise between India and Sri Lanka, SLINEX 24 (Sri Lanka – India Exercise 2024) was conducted from 17 – 20 Dec 24 at Visakhapatnam under the aegis of the Eastern Naval Command in two phases. […]
Foreign Relations
President of Sri Lanka to visit India
President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr. Anura Kumara Disanayaka, will be travelling to India on a State Visit on 15-17 December 2024. […]
Foreign Relations
8th DNSA level meeting of Colombo Security Conclave
Mauritius virtually hosted the 8th Deputy National Security Adviser (DNSA) level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) on 10 July 2024. […]
Foreign Relations
Visit of leaders for the swearing-in ceremony of PM & Council of Ministers
The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers following the General Elections 2024 is scheduled on 09 June 2024. […]
Foreign Relations
PM & President of Sri Lanka & PM of Mauritius to witness launch of UPI
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister of Mauritius, H.E. Mr Pravind Jugnauth will witness the launch of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services in Sri Lanka and Mauritius, and also RuPay card services in Mauritius, on 12 February 2024 at 1 PM via video conferencing. […]
Foreign Relations
Envoys of Five Nations Present Credentials to President
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the Ambassadors/High Commissioners of Azerbaijan, Lesotho, Zambia, Sri Lanka and Greece at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (January 5, 2024). […]
World
Global Technology Summit 2023
The Global Technology Summit (GTS) is India’s flagship event on geo-technology, co-hosted by the Policy Planning & Research Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Carnegie India. […]
Foreign Relations
India & Sri Lanka, A new landmark in regional connectivity
In line with the announcement made by the leaders of the two countries in July 2023 during the visit of the President of Sri Lanka to India […]
World
Visit of Dr S. Jaishankar to Sri Lanka
India participated in the 23rd Council of Ministers (COM) meeting and the 25th Committee of Senior Officials of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 11 October 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
Dr. S. Jaishankar to visit Sri Lanka
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar (EAM) will visit Sri Lanka on 10-12 October 2023. This would be EAM’s second visit to Sri Lanka in 2023. […]
Defence
INS Nireekshak departs Trincomalee, Sri lanka
Indian Navy’s Diving Support and Submarine Rescue Vessel, INS Nireekshak departed Trincomalee on 21 Sep 23 after a week-long Dive Training exercise with the Sri Lanka Navy. […]
Foreign Relations
Shri Santosh Jha appointed as High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka
Shri Santosh Jha (IFS: 1993), presently Ambassador of India to Belgium, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka. […]
World
Visit of INS Delhi to Colombo, Sri Lanka
INS Delhi, the Indian Navy’s first indigenously designed and built guided missile destroyer, arrived at Colombo on 01 September 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
Official Visit of President of Sri Lanka to India
At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, will visit India on an Official Visit on 21 July 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
7th Deputy NSA Meeting of Colombo Security Conclave
The 7th Deputy NSA level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) was hosted by Maldives on 12 July 2023. Member States India, Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka met in the virtual format. Bangladesh and Seychelles participated as Observers. […]
Defence
Priyantha Perera, Commander of Sri Lanka Navy on official visit to India
VAdm Priyantha Perera, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy is on a five-day official visit to India from 23 – 27 May 23. […]
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. […]
Foreign Relations
Conference to Accelerating Rail Transformation in Asia
A High-Level Conference on Accelerating Rail Digital Transformation in Asia and the Pacific region was held in New Delhi, India on 5 and 6 April 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
25 Countries Come together to Promote Traditional Medicine
The B2B Conference & Expo along with the National Arogya Summit, held in Guwahati recently under the aegis of the Ministry of Ayush under India’s presidency of SCO […]
Foreign Relations
India to host SCO Tourism Ministers’ Meeting TMM
India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ Meeting (TMM) on 17th -18th March 2023 in Kashi (Varanasi), […]
Technology
CDTI organised a virtual workshop on ‘Counter Radicalization’
The Ministry of External Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Home Affairs [Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) jointly with its outlying training unit, the Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI)] organised a virtual workshop on ‘Counter Radicalization’ on 02-03 February 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
Shri V. Muraleedharan visits Sri Lanka
At the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka, Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan is visiting Colombo […]
Foreign Relations
Round Table on ‘Reaching Out – India and the SCO’ organize at SCO Film Festival
A Round Table, ‘Reaching Out- India and the SCO,’ was organised along the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival in Mumbai. […]
Foreign Relations
ICG conducts a one-week Maritime Rescue operations drill
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted a one-week Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) operations & Search and Rescue (SAR) course in Mumbai between January 16-21 […]
Foreign Relations
Dr S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka from Jan 18-20
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to the Maldives and Sri Lanka from 18-20 January 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
10th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on CTTC
The 10th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC), hosted by the Government of India, began on 12 January 2022 in New Delhi […]
Foreign Relations
Intl Packaging Conference held in Mumbai
International Conference on Packaging at Packmach Asia 2022, and Buyer Seller meet begins in Mumbai […]
Foreign Relations
BIMSTEC to build a stronger alliance within its members
BIMSTEC Secretary General H.E. Mr. Tenzin Lekphell held discussions on consolidation and further development of the BIMSTEC institutional architecture under the BIMSTEC Charter […]
Foreign Relations
BIMSTEC Secretary General visits India
BIMSTEC Secretary General H.E. Mr. Tenzin Lekphell will visit India from 22-25 August 2022 at the invitation of Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary, MEA. […]
Foreign Relations
India gifts Dornier aircraft to Sri Lanka
India gifted a Dornier Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft on 15 August 2022 towards strengthening the maritime security of Sri Lanka at a special event held in Sri Lanka Air Force Base, Katunayake […]
Foreign Relations
Centre approves MoA by India for establishment of BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Centre
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Memorandum of Association (MoA) by India for the establishment of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Technology Transfer Facility (TTF) was signed by the BIMSTEC member countries at the 5th BIMSTEC Summit held at Colombo, Sri Lanka on 30th March 2022. […]
Foreign Relations
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Hungary visited India
At the invitation of the External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Hungary H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó visited India on an official visit on 26-27 May 2022. […]
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Transshipment of Medical AID to Sri Lanka-Mission SAGAR IX
With the overarching aim of providing critical medical aid to Sri Lanka during the ongoing crisis, INS Gharial as part of Mission SAGAR IX arrived at Colombo on 29 Apr 22 and delivered over 760 kgs of 107 types of critical lifesaving medicines. […]
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Finance Minister participates in the 105th Meeting of the Development Committee Plenary
Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 105th Meeting of the Development Committee Plenary in Washington D.C. today. […]
Foreign Relations
Finance Minister meets IMF Managing Director in Washington D.C.
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman had a bilateral meeting with Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank (IMF-WB) Spring Meetings in Washington D.C. today. […]
Business
India’s sugar exports grow by 291% from 2013-14
Sugar exports exceed 10 million tons for the first time; Sugar exports rise by 64.90% from 2021-to 22 alone; Modi government’s policies are helping farmers increase their income by tapping global markets – Shri Piyush Goyal […]
Foreign Relations
1st Meeting of IMCG on Neighbouring Countries
The first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) at the Secretary level was convened by Foreign Secretary Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla today. […]
Foreign Relations
India signs 13 FTAs with its trading partners
So far, India has signed 13 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with its trading partners, including the 3 agreements, namely India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA), India-UAE Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (CEPA), and India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) signed during the last five years. […]
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5th BIMSTEC Summit
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today participated in the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit hosted in virtual mode by Sri Lanka, the current chair of BIMSTEC. […]
Foreign Relations
External Affairs Minister visited the Maldives and Sri Lanka
At the respective invitations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Prof. G.L.Peiris, External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to the Maldives and Sri Lanka from 26-30 March 2022. […]
Foreign Relations
Modi attending the 5th BIMSTEC Summit in Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be attending the 5th BIMSTEC Summit on 30 March 2022. The Summit Meeting, which is being held in virtual mode, will be hosted by Sri Lanka, the current BIMSTEC chair. […]
Business
53rd IHGF Delhi Fair 2022 organized by EPCH
The 53rd edition of one of the world’s largest handicrafts fairs – the IHGF-Delhi fair will open to overseas buyers, buying and sourcing professionals as well as large domestic volume retail buyers on 30th March 2022 in India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida. […]