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  • LIVE: S Jaishankar's Address At G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting In Delhi | G20 In India March 02, 2023 04:40 PM IST

    LIVE: S Jaishankar's Address At G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting In Delhi | G20 In India

    Watch the speech from S Jaishankar at the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Delhi.

  • Live: G20 Foreign Ministers To Meet In New Delhi | Foreign Affairs Ministry Briefing March 01, 2023 12:02 PM IST

    Live: G20 Foreign Ministers To Meet In New Delhi | Foreign Affairs Ministry Briefing

    G20 foreign ministers are set to meet in New Delhi from March 1 to 2. EAM Jaishankar will host US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and China's Qin Gang among others. While all eyes are on how the interactions between these leaders will be amid the Russia-Ukraine war, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatraon briefs the media ahead of the meetings.

  • Egyptian president's visit expected to strengthen time-tested ties: MEA January 21, 2023 12:51 PM IST

    Egyptian president's visit expected to strengthen time-tested ties: MEA

    India and Egypt are expected to ink around half-a-dozen agreements to expand cooperation in the areas of agriculture, cyberspace and information technology (IT) following the talks between Modi and Sisi on January 25.

  • India gets fresh consular access to eight Indians detained in Qatar December 29, 2022 06:49 PM IST

    India gets fresh consular access to eight Indians detained in Qatar

    MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the Indian embassy in the country was actively pursuing the case.

  • Alert in Bodh Gaya amid Dalai Lama's visit: MEA calls it 'security issue' December 29, 2022 05:52 PM IST

    Alert in Bodh Gaya amid Dalai Lama's visit: MEA calls it 'security issue'

    A security alert was issued in Bodh Gaya in Bihar on Thursday morning amid a visit of the Dalai Lama, with the police searching for a Chinese woman, an official said.

  • PM Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden review India-US ties during their meeting in Bali November 15, 2022 03:38 PM IST

    PM Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden review India-US ties during their meeting in Bali

    The two leaders also discussed topical global and regional developments in their meeting that took place on the margins of the G-20 summit in this Indonesian city, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

  • PM Modi to visit Indonesia from November 14-16 to attend G20 summit: MEA November 10, 2022 06:13 PM IST

    PM Modi to visit Indonesia from November 14-16 to attend G20 summit: MEA

    New Delhi, Nov 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Indonesian city of Bali from November 14 to 16 to attend the G20 summit, the Ministry of Exter..

  • Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann condoles Sikh family's killing in US, seeks MEA's intervention for thorough probe October 06, 2022 04:31 PM IST

    Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann condoles Sikh family's killing in US, seeks MEA's intervention for thorough probe

    The family was kidnapped from their newly opened trucking business in Merced County, California, on Monday.

  • Canada asks its citizens not to visit states bordering Pakistan days after MEA issued advisory for Indians in Canada September 28, 2022 02:17 PM IST

    Canada asks its citizens not to visit states bordering Pakistan days after MEA issued advisory for Indians in Canada

    For the states of Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan which border Pakistan, the Canadian government cited the ‘presence of landmines’ in the region along with unexploded devices. The advisory on the Canadian government’s website’s travel section was updated on September 27.

  • MEA issues advisory against fake IT job racket targeting skilled youth September 24, 2022 02:36 PM IST

    MEA issues advisory against fake IT job racket targeting skilled youth

    According to the advisory, victims are being duped on the pretext of lucrative data entry jobs in Thailand via social media advertisements, as well as by Dubai and India based agents.

  • India, China to complete disengagement in Gogra-Hotsprings by September 12: MEA September 09, 2022 02:30 PM IST

    India, China to complete disengagement in Gogra-Hotsprings by September 12: MEA

    The ministry's comment came a day after the Indian and Chinese armies announced that they have begun to disengage from the Gogra-Hotsprings Patrolling Point 15, where the two sides have been locked in a standoff for over two years.

  • Rajnath Singh, Jaishankar to visit Japan for '2+2' dialogue: MEA September 06, 2022 09:35 AM IST

    Rajnath Singh, Jaishankar to visit Japan for '2+2' dialogue: MEA

    "During the visit, the ministers will also hold the Defence Ministerial Meeting and Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue with their counterparts, Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi respectively," it said.

  • NBCC inks pact with MEA to redevelop housing complex in central Delhi at Rs 175 crore cost August 10, 2022 04:57 PM IST

    NBCC inks pact with MEA to redevelop housing complex in central Delhi at Rs 175 crore cost

    The company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of External Affairs for the redevelopment of the MEA Housing Complex (Old) at Kasturba Gandhi Marg

  • India warns countries against joining 'illegal' China-Pakistan economic corridor July 26, 2022 11:13 AM IST

    India warns countries against joining 'illegal' China-Pakistan economic corridor

    The corridor is a collection of infrastructure projects that have been under construction throughout Pakistan beginning 2013. Originally valued at $47 billion, the value of CPEC projects bumped up to $62 billion as of 2020. New Delhi has protested the project from its inception since it passes through large chunks of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

  • Indian envoys summoned in Qatar, Kuwait, Iran over remarks against Prophet Mohammad; Oman calls for boycott of Indian products June 05, 2022 10:21 PM IST

    Indian envoys summoned in Qatar, Kuwait, Iran over remarks against Prophet Mohammad; Oman calls for boycott of Indian products

    The views do not, in any manner, reflect the views of the Government of India. These are the views of fringe elements, the Qatar government was conveyed.

  • Bharat Biotech must address WHO's Covaxin suspension to avoid EUL cancellation, says MEA April 28, 2022 07:51 PM IST

    Bharat Biotech must address WHO's Covaxin suspension to avoid EUL cancellation, says MEA

    In a communication to Dr V K Paul, the convenor of a key empowered group on COVID vaccination, on Tuesday the Ministry of External Affairs said many issues about vaccines and international travel by Indians have arisen and these must be addressed immediately.

  • India-US 2+2 dialogue: New Delhi pushed to keep Ukraine out of the bilateral talks April 11, 2022 04:30 PM IST

    India-US 2+2 dialogue: New Delhi pushed to keep Ukraine out of the bilateral talks

    The fourth edition of the annual dialogue between India’s external affairs and defence ministers and their US counterparts will dovetail with a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine.

  • India has established economic ties with Russia, focusing on stabilising it: Arindam Bagchi April 07, 2022 07:47 PM IST

    India has established economic ties with Russia, focusing on stabilising it: Arindam Bagchi

    The comments by External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi came in response to questions on growing criticism of New Delhi by several Western powers on its trade ties with Moscow notwithstanding the crisis in Ukraine.

  • India rejects Chinese foreign minister's comments on Jammu & Kashmir at OIC meeting March 23, 2022 10:53 PM IST

    India rejects Chinese foreign minister's comments on Jammu & Kashmir at OIC meeting

    The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said other countries including China have no locus standi to comment on Jammu and Kashmir and should note that India refrains from public judgement of their internal issues.

  • Air travelers left in a lurch after many India-US flights cancelled due to Ukraine-Russia conflict November 15, 2022 10:40 AM IST

    Air travelers left in a lurch after many India-US flights cancelled due to Ukraine-Russia conflict

    These travellers had to make alternate arrangements themselves as these airlines did not make arrangements to accommodate them on other flights or offer to reschedule tickets. Instead, passengers were given a refund of the tickets.

  • Have been able to move out all Indian students from Ukraine's Sumy: MEA March 08, 2022 07:21 PM IST

    Have been able to move out all Indian students from Ukraine's Sumy: MEA

    In a tweet, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "Happy to inform that we have been able to move out all Indian students from Sumy. They are currently en route to Poltava, from where they will board trains to western Ukraine.”

  • Ukraine crisis: India continuing efforts to evacuate over 700 students from Sumy March 06, 2022 09:50 PM IST

    Ukraine crisis: India continuing efforts to evacuate over 700 students from Sumy

    India has brought back over 15,920 of its nationals in 76 flights under mission ''Operation Ganga' which was launched on February 26 following Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, according to officials here.

  • Deeply concerned about Indian students in Ukraine's Sumy: MEA March 05, 2022 05:02 PM IST

    Deeply concerned about Indian students in Ukraine's Sumy: MEA

    Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said the students have been advised to take safety precautions, stay inside shelters and avoid unnecessary risks.

  • Ukraine crisis hurts air cargo operations, likely to prolong semiconductor shortage March 03, 2022 08:20 PM IST

    Ukraine crisis hurts air cargo operations, likely to prolong semiconductor shortage

    According to experts, air cargo rates between US, Europe and East Asia can rise by around 30-50 percent by the end of March when compared to February.

  • Most Indian students from Kharkiv now outside the city: MEA March 03, 2022 07:42 PM IST

    Most Indian students from Kharkiv now outside the city: MEA

    Nearly 1000 Indian students are currently in the nearby city of Pisochyn, while another couple of hundred remain in other towns surrounding Kharkiv, Ujraine's second-largest city, the MEA said.