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In the proceedings at the International Court of Justice, India stated that Pakistan kidnapped Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran where he had business interests after he retired from the Indian Navy

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, external affairs minister Jaishankar. However, the meeting was termed a ‘courtesy call’ as he had not met him after his second term

Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel held a meeting with officials of Twitter earlier this week and requested them to create a dedicated mechanism for the purpose.

“The Government of India had explored two options for the route to be taken by the VVIP aircraft to Bishkek. A decision has now been taken that the VVIP aircraft will fly via Oman, Iran and Central Asian countries on the way to Bishkek,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

Very much looking forward to his trip to New Delhi later this month, and meeting Modi, and his new counterpart, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Pompeo listed out some of the "big ideas and big opportunities" that can take the bilateral relationship to a new level

The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) organises the annual yatra signifying friendship and understanding between India and China

There has been no action on the online complaint made by Dr. Murthy. She continues to become a target of the sexual perverts on social media and awaits justice.

Pakistan has agreed to India's request to let PM Modi's aircraft flyover its airspace. While India has still not confirmed on Indo-Pak bilateral meeting during the SCO summit, Imran Khan still remains hopefull on peace talks.

India and Japan all set to take 'Modi-Abe vision' forward

The External Affairs Minister minister said, "Nationalism in India is the nationalism of confidence, year on year they feel that their prospects have improved, they feel their cultures need to get a fairer hearing than they did in the past”

Post the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that took the lives of over 250 people, the country had been under curfew. Now that the situation is gradually returning to normal the external affairs ministry in India has issued an advisory asking Indians to be careful and vigilant while travelling to Sri Lanka
 

The names of seven JD(S) workers who travelled to Colombo are Puttaraju and Maregowda (missing), and M Rangappa, KG Hanumantharayappa, Ramesh, Laxmi Narayan and Shivakumar, who are confirmed dead.

 

On February 27, the ministry of external affairs confirmed that India had lost a MiG-21 Bison aircraft during an air-to-air engagement with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets following the non-military, pre-emptive air strikes in Balakot