Foreign Ministry

Indian foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said Islamabad's support to terrorism and use of abusive language against New Delhi did not create a conducive atmosphere for normal neighbourly relations

Foreign ministry creates a new division, the Oceania division, headed by additional secretary Reenat Sandhu, which will focus on South-East Asian nations, Pacific Island states and the larger Indo-Pacific

The idea is to push diplomats to think of themselves as a network of information disseminators, rather than working in silos

One of the people who tested positive was a consultant at the ministry's Central Europe division in New Delhi, while the other was as a legal officer in the law division

Many diplomats designated to new roles and stations utilized flights operated for repatriation to reach workplaces

Foreign ministry in coordination with civil aviation ministry and state governments is working on the plansThe stranded Indians will be flown back only after the nationwide lockdown is lifted

The control room has been a human interface between the foreign ministry and Indians stranded abroadOperating out of South Block, control room is equipped with computers and phone lines

The nodal person would be coordinating with all the ministries in New Delhi and with Indian missions abroad to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak

Indian nationals account for nearly 70% of all H-1B visa issued, even though the share of Indian IT firms in the H-1B visa is relatively small, says Minister V. MuraleedharanIndian nationals also account for about 93% of all Employment Authorization Document issued to H-4 visa holding spouses of H-1B beneficiaries as per statistics available till Dec 2017

Indian foreign ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar told reporters that India’s decision to import oil was based on many factorsIndia had previously said that it would only adhere to UN sanctions and not strictures imposed by specific countries on Iran