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ICMR MoU with DFG Germany gets Approval

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG), Germany in December 2021 and in accordance with Rule 7(d)(i) of the Second Schedule of Government of India (Transaction of Business) rules 1961. […]

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India-Italy Foreign Office Consultations held

The 8th session of the India-Italy Foreign Office Consultations was held in Rome, Italy. The Indian delegation was led by Mrs. Reenat Sandhu, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs and the Italian delegation was led by Mr. Luca Sabbatucci, Director General for Global Affairs in Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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India-UK hold UNSC related Consultations

India-UK UN Consultations were held between Mr. Prakash Gupta, JS (UN Political) and Ms. Harriet Mathews CMG OBE, Deputy Political Director for UN, UK on issues related to UNSC agenda, in particular counterterrorism, peacekeeping, working methods of UNSC Sanctions Committees and UNSC reforms […]

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India – UK FTA Round 1 Complete

the Republic of India and the United Kingdom concluded the first round of talks for an India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Both sides acknowledge the importance of ensuring this first round – held virtually over 2 weeks – could proceed despite the challenges presented by the COVID pandemic. […]

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India – France hold meeting on Environment related issues

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav today held a virtual meeting with H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Lenain, French Ambassador to discuss issues relating to One Ocean Summit; Cooperation on Plastic Pollution, Global Treaty on Plastics; High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ); and COP15. […]

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Raksha Mantri flags-in multi-dimensional adventure sports expedition in france

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, on January 07, 2022, flagged-in India’s first multi-dimensional adventure sports expedition conducted by National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in France. The expedition was conducted in November 2021 and the team was led by Director NIMAS Colonel Sarfaraz Singh, comprising 12 people – eight Army personnel and four youths of Arunachal Pradesh. […]

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French Secretary General visits India

Mr François Delattre, Secretary-General, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, is on an official visit to India fromDecember 20-22, 2021. The visit comes on the heels of the Annual Defence Dialogue held on 17 December 2021 in New Delhi between Shri Rajnath Singh, Raksha Mantri and Ms Florence Parly, French Minister for Armed Forces. […]

Technology

India and UK discuss Green Energy collaboration

At India-UK Ministers on S&T cooperation, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh says, joint research programme has gone from an almost zero base prior to 2008 to close to £300-400 million now

Newton Bhabha MoU takes India UK S&T Cooperation to the next level in areas like energy security, food and agriculture, water, health, climate change: Dr Jitendra Singh
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First India-UK JWG on Cyber activities held

The first meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group on Cyber Deterrence was held. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Atul Malhari Gotsurve, Joint Secretary (Cyber Diplomacy) from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The UK delegation was led by Mr Will Middleton, Cyber Director from Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) […]

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11th India-Finland Foreign Office Consultations held

The 11th round of Foreign Office Consultation between India and Finland was held on 23 November 2021 in Helsinki. The Indian side was led by Mrs Reenat Sandhu, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs and the Finnish delegation was led by Mr. Matti Anttonen, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

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India-France Disarmament and Non-proliferation Dialogue held

India-France Bilateral Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation was held by Joint Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs, MEA and the French side was led by the Head of Strategic, Security and Disarmament Affairs, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France. […]

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Ganga Connect Inaugurated in Cardiff

After a successful debut at COP-26, Glasgow, Scotland, the Ganga Connect exhibition was inaugurated in Cardiff, Wales on Friday 12th November 2021.The exhibition was inaugurated at Cardiff University, by the Rt. Hon. Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister of Wales and H.E. Gaitri Issar Kumar, Indian High Commissioner to the UK. […]

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India-Netherlands Foreign Office Consultations

Foreign Office Consultations between India and the Netherlands were held on 10th November, 2021 in The Hague, Netherlands between Mrs. Reenat Sandhu, MEA Sec-West and Mr. Paul Huijts, Secretary General, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

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Denmark Premier calls on the President Kovind

Her Excellency Ms. Mette Frederiksen, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, who is on an official visit to India, called on the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (October 9, 2021).The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark is the first Head of Government that the President has received since the Covid-19 pandemic started. […]

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Zoological Survey of India and UK Natural History museum sign MoU

The Zoological Survey of India(ZSI), Kolkata and the Natural History Museum (NHM), London have been working together over many years on mutually beneficial projects focused on the study of the fauna of India, and to recognize this long-standing relationship, and to promote its continuance for many years into the futurea Memorandum of Understanding between the two great Institutions, was formally signed by the Director of ZSI and Director, NHM, London today on a virtual platform. […]