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India-US Navy cooperation vital for defence ties, says Indian envoy Sandhu

The cooperation between the navies of India and the US is one of the most dynamic and significant components of the bilateral defence ties, India's envoy here has said, underlining that the defence sector has emerged as a major pillar between the two countries, especially in the context of the Indo-Pacific. Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu's remarks came during the historic visit of INS Satpura to San Diego last week. INS Satpura is an indigenously designed and built 6000-tonne guided missile stealth frigate equipped to seek and destroy adversaries in air, surface, and underwater. Reflective of the growing defence ties between India and the United States, this is for the first time that an Indian Naval Warship docked itself on the US West Coast and maybe two decades after that an Indian ship came to the United States. Navy-to-Navy cooperation is one of the most dynamic and significant components of our defence partnership. This is strengthening further, in the context of the ...

India at 75: The Maharajah and 14 other brands that had great impact on us

From the Air India mascot to bicycles and Aadhaar, from stationery to automobile and cosmetics, some brands have come to define the segments they represent. Here's a look at 15 such brands

Zelensky sacks Ukraine's ambassadors to India, four other countries

Zelensky has urged his diplomats to drum up international support and military aid for Ukraine

Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj to become India's Permanent Representative to UN

Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj was on Tuesday appointed India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently serving as India's envoy to Bhutan. She will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN. Kamboj is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a brief statement.

A car called Congress

The only way forward for Congress is to create something new. Not in the image of the glorious past like the Ambassador, but a brand new product looking at the future

Indian envoy urges Indians in Ukraine to face situation with calm

Currently 15,000 Indians, mostly students, are in Ukraine

India's new ambassador to China faces Himalayan challenge to ease ties

In Beijing, Rawat replaces Vikram Misri who had a three-year stint and possibly not a single day without challenges

Senior diplomat Pradeep Kumar Rawat to be India's new envoy to China

Senior diplomat Pradeep Kumar Rawat was on Monday appointed as India's next Ambassador to China.

India's US envoy Sandhu visits Dalip Singh Saund Post Office in California

India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited the Dalip Singh Saund Post Office, named after the first Indian-American lawmaker, during his recent visit to California

Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies in attack on UN convoy: Report

WFP said it was seeking information from local authorities, as the ambush occurred on a road that had previously been cleared for travel without security escorts.

Devyani Khobragade appointed India's next Ambassador to Cambodia

Indian Foreign Service officer Devyani Uttam Khobragade has been appointed as India's next ambassador to Cambodia, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday

Ambassadors of the ten ASEAN countries met Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla

The ambassadors also met MEA Secretary East Vijay Thakur Singh

Desecration of Gandhi statue 'crime against humanity': Ambassador Sandhu

The statue is situated in a small park maintained by the National Park Service, near the Embassy of India in US

Indian envoy Sandhu, US Senator Feinstein discuss ways to tackle Covid-19

The United States is the worst affected country in the world from coronavirus with over 1.25 million cases in the country

Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed India's ambassador to US, says MEA

Sandhu, a 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently posted as High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka.

Indian economic juggernaut on a roll, country will be a superpower: Envoy

Social Inequality in India, he said, has been addressed through affirmative action and improved opportunities for the disadvantaged who were systematically left behind by the travails of history

Ambassador brand left due to lack of innovation: Giriraj Singh

The Ambassador brand was born in 1957 when it launched the Morris Oxford series II (Landmaster)

Ambassador Chronicles

As Peugeot acquires the iconic brand, Avishek Rakshit looks back at what makes the Amby such an indispensable part of India's cultural psyche

HM workers ready for VRS after Ambassador sale

Workers' mistrust with the management as well as the trade unions has grown over the past 2 years

The Ambassador's French rally

With Peugeot taking over, will the iconic brand find a second life?