NEW DELHI: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in New Delhi on an official visit to India on March 24, marking the first high profile visit from China since the border stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Foreign Minister Yi is expected to meet External Affairs Minister Dr. S […]

NEW DELHI: Maa Annapurna is finally home. As the country celebrates the homecoming of an ancient statue of the goddess of food and the queen of the ancient city of Kashi (now Varanasi/Benaras), at the behest of Indian Prime minister, Narendra Modi, not many are aware that the person who first figured out that this […]

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday presented Padma Awards at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Former External Affairs Minister Late Sushma Swaraj, actor Kangana Ranaut, Olympian badminton player PV Sindhu were among the prominent personalities who were honoured with the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind. Sushma Swaraj, who passed away in 2019 due […]

VATICAN CITY: The Prime Minister held a historic one-on-one meeting with the Pope Francis on Saturday ahead of the delegation-level talks focused on global pandemic, sustainable development and tackling climate change. The Indian prime minister said he had a warm meeting with the Catholic head and also invited him to India. “Had a very warm […]

JERUSALEM (ISRAEL): India and Israel agreed to resume negotiations and talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) from November this year, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday. “Our officials have actually agreed on the resumption of the India-Israel free trade negotiations starting in November. They are very confident that we would be able […]