India

Cochin. The IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa) Sherpas’ Meeting, following the Ninth IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Meeting, was held in Cochin from May 3-5. Secretary (Economic Relations) in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) TS Tirumurti...

Canberra. India and Australia held the 11th Meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter-Terrorism at Canberra on May 2. The Indian delegation was led by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry...

  Kabul. In a special gesture, India has provided medical assistance to Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, who have been critically injured in the service of the land-locked nation. To alleviate the challenges and sufferings of...

INDIA’s national interests are essentially enshrined in our constitution. Those which the Indian Armed Forces safeguard are: 1) Protection of land borders, coastline, island territories and sea lanes from external aggression from land, sea...

  New Delhi. The 21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) was held in New Delhi from April 11-12. The Meeting was co-chaired by Vijay Thakur Singh, SOM Leader and Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs...

New Delhi. Foreign Office Consultations between India and the Netherlands were held in New Delhi on April 11. The Indian Side was led by A Gitesh Sarma, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

  New Delhi. The 12th edition of joint military exercise between India and Singapore, BOLD KURUKSHETRA 2019, culminated on April 11 after an impressive closing ceremony held at Babina Military Station. The four-day long joint...

  New Delhi. Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, Commander of Sri Lanka Navy visited India from March 30 to April 2 on an official visit. This is the first visit of the Admiral to India...

  Sriharikota. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) on April 1 successfully launched EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota. This flight marked the first mission of...

  New Delhi. The inaugural edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise-2019 (AFINDEX-19) culminated after a validation exercise and an impressive closing ceremony at Foreign Training Node, Aundh Military Station, Pune on March 27. General...

  New Delhi. The third edition of joint military training exercise between Indian Army and Royal Oman Army, Exercise AL NAGAH 2019 concluded at Jabel AI Akhdar training camp, Oman on March 25. Closing ceremony...

Bangkok. The Fifth Foreign Office Consultations between India and Thailand was held on in Bangkok on March 18. The Indian side was led by Ms Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

  Pune. As part of the inaugural Africa-India Field Training Exercise , AFINDEX-19 which commenced at Pune on March 18, a number of activities in planning and conduct of Humanitarian Mine Assistance has been undertaken...