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EAM Jaishankar on 4-day visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka starting today

Jaishankar will be visiting the Addu city in the Maldives, during which he will call on President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and hold discussions with his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid

China doesn't want unipolar Asia, respects India's role in region: Wang Yi

Wang conveyed to Doval that China is open to 'plus one' projects in South Asia, and both countries should cooperate multilaterally, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated

Details of Wang Yi's India visit will be released in due course: China

Wang, who holds the rank of State Councillor - a high ranking position in the executive organ of the Chinese government, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday evening from Kabul on an unannounced visit

Eastern Ladakh situation a work in progress: EAM after talks with Wang Yi

'Frictions, tensions arising from China's deployments since April 2020 cannot be reconciled with normal relationship,' says S Jaishankar on border standoff

Greek FM arrives in India, to discuss regional, international issues: MEA

At the invitation of the external affairs minister, Dendias is on an official visit to India on March 22-23, 2022. This is his first to India.

India's new envoy to China Rawat meets SCO Secretary-General

India's new Ambassador to China Pradeep K Rawat on Tuesday met the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Zhang Ming here and discussed various initiatives proposed by India and the country's upcoming presidency of the eight-member grouping. Ambassador Pradeep K. Rawat met SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming today, the Indian Embassy here tweeted. Both the officials discussed in detail "India's initiatives in the SCO including #Startups & #Innovation, #Traditional Medicine as well India's upcoming SCO Presidency 2022-23," it added. India has proposed new initiatives for cooperation in areas like startups and innovation and traditional medicine among the SCO member states. India is due to take over the presidency of the SCO organisation from September this year. Currently, Uzbekistan is holding the chair of the organisation. Rawat, who was previously India's Ambassador to the Netherlands, took charge of his posting in China this month. Chinese diplomat Zhang

22,500 Indians returned from Ukraine between Feb 1 and Mar 11: Govt

A total of 90 evacuation flights were operated under Operation Ganga, including 14 Indian Air Force flights, said V K Singh, Minister of State for Civil Aviation

India to take Russia route to get back some students stuck in Ukraine: EAM

Government has brought back 22,500 Indians and 147 foreign nationals from Ukraine and will use the Russia route for the evacuation of students who are still stuck in South Ukraine, said S Jaishankar

Operation Ganga: Telangana minister KTR slams Modi govt for 'PR exercise'

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao has slammed the Narendra Modi government for what he called its "PR exercise" during evacuation of Indians from war-torn Ukraine.

Over 7,400 Indians expected to be brought back from Ukraine: Govt

Civil Aviation Ministry stated that 3,500 people are expected to be brought back to India on Friday and over 3,900 on Saturday

Rahul faults govt's response to Ukraine crisis at panel meet: Report

As per sources, the Wayanad MP raised the issue of China and Pakistan getting closer to Russia. However, he emphasized that the priority is to evacuate Indian students from Ukraine at present

'Walk, but leave Kharkiv': 17,000 Indians have left Ukraine borders

Student from Punjab suffers stroke, second death of Indian in Ukraine in two days

First shipment of 2,500 MT of wheat from India reaches Jalalabad

The shipment was part of the commitment made by the government of India to supply 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat for the people of Afghanistan

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Opposition attacks govt on evacuation strategy

Some Congress leaders also demanded that India should take a firm stand and "unequivocally condemn" Russia's action

More than 10 Karnataka students stranded in Ukraine, says CM Bommai

The Embassy has been contacted and it has been learnt that priority is given to their safety. We are doing everything for their safety and we are in touch with the central government also: Bommai

No progress on issues flagged in UNSC resolution: Jaishankar on Afghanistan

The international community and not just India has concerns over the presence of foreign fighters and terrorist organisations in Afghanistan, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

Time for India to step up support to its neighbours, says Jaishankar

Speaking at the Asia Economic Dialogue via video conferencing, he cited the Indian government's efforts to deal with the Covid pandemic, saying free rations were given to 800 million people

Will not agree to any change in status quo: EAM on eastern Ladakh standoff

Jaishankar said achieving disengagement is the goal right now and that he was optimistic about the resolution of the issues

India's relations with China going through 'difficult phase': Jaishankar

Jaishankar said that the state of the border will determine the state of the relationship

Air India to operate three flights from India to Ukraine next week

The flights will be operated on February 22, 24 and 26