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SAARC Diary: Modi to Inaugurate India-Bangladesh “Maitri Setu” on Tuesday

March 8, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 8: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will use a virtual platform to inaugurate the ‘Maitri Setu’ between India and Bangladesh on Tuesday March 9, 2021 at 12 p.m. During the event, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for a number of infrastructure projects in Tripura. The ‘Maitri […]

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SAARC Diary: Jaishankar in Bangladesh, to Hold Bilateral Talks

March 4, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 4: Dr S Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister, reached Bangladesh on Thursday on an official invitation from his Bangladeshi counterpart, AK Abdul Momen, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit. Jaishankar will meet the country’s top leaders to address regional and international issues. Momen received Jaishankar at Dhaka’s Kurmitola air force […]

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SAARC DIARY: IAF, Indian Navy Participating in Sri Lankan Air Force Anniversary Celebrations

March 2, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DEHI, Mar 2: The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy are participating with batteries of Sarang (Advance Light Helicopter), Surya Kiran (Hawks), Tejas Fighter Aircraft, Tejas Trainer, and the Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft for aerobatic display in the 70th Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) anniversary event in Sri Lanka beginning from Tuesday. […]

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SAARC Diary: Work begins on the Restoration of Seto Machindranath Temple

March 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 1: Vinay Mohan Kwatra, the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Sushil Gyawali, the Chief Executive Officer of the Government of Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority, and Bidya Sundar Shakya, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, performed a bhoomi pooja on Sunday to launch work on the conservation and restoration of Seto Machindranath temple. The […]

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SAARC Diary: MoUs Signed to Reconstruct 25 Health Posts in Nepal

February 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELH, Feb 27: The Head of the Development Partnership and Reconstruction Wing of the Embassy of India, Nepal, and the Project Director of the National Reconstruction Authority’s (NRA) Central Level Project implementation Unit (Building) has signed four MoUs to restore a total of 25 health posts in Nepal. These included 12 health posts in […]

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SAARC Diary: School Reconstruction Begins

February 24, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: The ground-breaking ceremony for the reconstruction of Shree Champa Devi Secondary School in Dakshinkali Municipality, Kathmandu, was jointly performed by Naveen Kumar, Head of Press, Information and Culture of the Embassy of India, Sushil Gyawali, CEO of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) of the Government of Nepal and Mohan Basnet, Mayor […]

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SAARC Diary: Modi Suggests Cooperative Spirit for Vaccine Deployment in South Asia

February 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The prime minister Narendra Modi has advised the leaders of the neighbouring countries to maintain the co-operative and collaborative spirit for rapid deployment of vaccines to live up to the world’s expectations from the region. Recalling the collaboration developed between various countries in unitedly facing the Corona pandemic, Modi said, “The […]

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SAARC Diary: Foundation Stone laid for Indian Housing Project at Galle, Sri Lanka.

February 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 16: High Commissioner of India, Gopal Baglay in association with Jeevan Thondaman, State Minister of Estate Housing & Community Infrastructure, Ramesh Pathirana, Minister of Plantation laid the foundation stone on a virtual platform for the construction of 50 houses in Walahanduwa estate under the Indian Housing Project grant. Addressing the meeting, […]

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SAARC Diary: MoU Signed to Construct Dam in Kabul

February 9, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 9: A signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] for the construction of Lalandar [Shatoot] Dam in Afghanistan was held through video telecommunication on Tuesday. The MoU was signed by the external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Afghanistan counterpart Hanif Atmar in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]

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SAARC Diary: Bangladesh Film Festival in Kolkata

February 6, 2021 Editor In Chief

KOLKATA, Feb 6: The Third Bangladesh Film Festival 2021 opened in Kolkata on Friday with the inauguration by the Bangladesh Information Minister Hasan Mahmud in the presence of Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and West Bengal minister for science and technology Bratya Basu. The 5-day long Festival will be showcasing 32 Bangladeshi feature films. […]