Gandhinagar: External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Gandhinagar today, as a precursor to the main Pravasi Bharatiya Divas starting tomorrow. She exhorted young global Indians to come, Connect, Celebrate and Contribute to build Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat. Smt. Sushma …
Read More »Five theme based-circuits i.e., Ganga , Krishna , Buddha , North East and Kerala circuits planned New Delhi: The Minister of State of Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma has said that the Government has set a target to achieve one percent share in …
Read More »New Delhi: As a facilitative measure to attract more foreign tourists to India, the Government launched the “Visa on Arrival” (VoA) Scheme in January 2010 for citizens of five countries, viz. Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore, visiting India for tourism purposes. The Government extended this Scheme to the …
Read More »London: Following is the text of the Inaugural speech by External Affairs Minister and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj at the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas in London on October 17, 2014: Honourable Foreign Secretary, Mr. Philip Hammond, Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Mr. Ranjan Mathai, Secretary, Ministry …
Read More »New Delhi: Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan Shri Akihiro Ohta here today called on the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism and Culture Shri Shripad Naik. During the meeting both sides discussed the matters related to tourism sector to further strengthen the bilateral relations …
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New Delhi: A group of students from King’s College, London and University of Edinburgh, Scotland called on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (September 9, 2014). These students are in Delhi to attend a short term course on ‘Disability and Inclusion: Perceptions and issues in …
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New Delhi: The Prime Ministers of India and Australia noted that arts, culture and sports can be powerful forces for bringing people together and called for closer and more intensified exchanges. The exchange will be in in the fields of culture and creative arts, including visiting exhibitions and professional training …
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New Delhi: The Prime Ministers of India & Australia highlighted the importance of bilateral parliamentary exchanges and agreed to reinvigorate reciprocal visits by parliamentary delegations. Underlining the importance of greater connectivity to support growing commercial and cultural ties, including in the education and tourism sectors, the Prime Ministers welcomed the …
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New Delhi: The Prime Minister of India and The Prime Minister of Australia welcomed the collaborations between Universities and called for efforts to enlarge the scope for joint research, joint Ph. D. programmes and joint degrees and commended the work of the Australia-India Education Council (AIEC) in advancing education, training …
Read More »New Delhi: Union Home Minister of India Shri Rajnath Singh reviewed matters relating to grant of Citizenship that takes a long time for completion of the entire process. This causes hardships and difficulties to applicants, especially to minorities from neighbouring countries who are often of poor economic standing. In this regard, …
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