Kyiv, Aug 24 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Anjani Kumar, called on the country's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Monday to convey greetings of External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on the occasion of Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day.
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) Two historic cultural heritage sites, Shree Kumari Chhen and New Kumari Niwas, have been restored in Patan in the Kathmandu Valley with financial assistance from the Government of India under its post-earthquake reconstruction programme.
Ulaanbaatar, Aug 24 (IANS) Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Monday stressed the need for diversified, adequate, predictable and sustained international finance for land restoration and drought resilience at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Mongolia.
Canberra, Aug 24 (IANS) India's High Commissioner to Australia Nagesh Singh held a meeting with New South Wales Premier Chris Minns on Monday, with discussions focussed on strengthening the partnership, including cooperation in trade, investment, education, innovation and people-to-people ties.
Moscow, Aug 24 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar called on Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday and conveyed greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Hailing growing ties with India, Argentina's Ambassador Mariano Caucino on Monday highlighted that the trade partnership between both countries has increased to over USD six billion now. Speaking to IANS, Caucino mentioned that the economies of India and Argentina complement each other and both countries continue to work on achieving various goals after elevating bilateral ties to a strategic partnership.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Pakistan is losing an estimated $2 billion annually due to high post-harvest losses, with inadequate storage facilities, weak supply chains and poor enforcement of quality standards undermining the country's agribusiness sector, a report has said.
Wellington, Aug 24 (IANS) Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, and Richard Schmidt, Deputy Secretary at New Zealand's Ministry of Defence, co-chaired the 2nd India-New Zealand Defence Strategic Dialogue in Wellington, where they discussed advancing maritime security and joint training.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Top government officials on Monday said India adopted a "cautious approach" during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the G7 Summit in France's Evian this June, considering his "unpredictable behaviour".
Dhaka, Aug 24 (IANS) Chinese nationals entering Bangladesh as tourists have been linked to a range of organised crimes, including international drug trafficking, online fraud and the trafficking of Bangladeshi women, local media reported on Monday.
