Modi meets Nepal PM, Kuwait Crown Prince in New York
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly Sunday.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Kuwait for talks with the Kuwaiti leadership on various aspects of bilateral relations between the two countries.
The recent fire tragedy in Kuwait, which claimed the lives of 50 migrant workers, mostly Indians, has once again brought to the forefront the dire conditions faced by labourers from the Indian sub-continent in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
An Indian Airforce aircraft carrying the mortal remains of 45 Indians, who died in a building fire in Kuwait's Mangaf, landed in Kochi airport at 10.25 am on Friday.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Friday said that it was "unfortunate" that the Central government did not permit her to travel to Kuwait to coordinate in assistance for the people from the State affected in the tragic fire mishap in the Gulf country.
Before leaving for Kuwait to oversee assistance of Indians injured in the devastating fire and to ensure the repatriation of the mortal remains of those killed, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh said that some of the bodies have been charred beyond recognition.
With this being the final match of the iconic skipper, the crowd showed up in numbers as 58,291 was the official attendance at the Salt Lake Stadium.
The first-ever Hindi radio broadcast has started in Kuwait, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait said on Monday.
Voters will select 50 deputies from a pool of 200 candidates.
Igor Stimac, the Head coach of Indian football, had expressed his belief that the recent victory over Kuwait was one of the “most important victory in the country's history.”
