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NEW DELHI: India has almost lost ONGC Videsh Ltd-discovered Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf after Iran it decided to prefer domestic companies to foreign ones for the development of the field, the sources said. ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas …

Sixteen countries, including Nepal, Bhutan and Mauritius, provide visa-free entry for Indian passport holders, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written response to a question on Rajya Sabha, State Minister for Foreign Affairs V Muraleedharan said that there are 43 countries that offer visas on arrival and 36 …

NEW DELHI: The coronavirus vaccine could be ready by the first quarter of 2021, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. “While a vaccine launch date has not been set, it may be ready for the first quarter of 2021,” he said. He added that …

NEW DELHI: India hopes Afghanistan’s soil will never be used for anti-Indian activities, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar he said on Saturday, joining the inaugural session of intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha via videoconference. In his short speech, the Foreign Minister said that India’s friendship with Afghanistan is “strong and unshakable” and …

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with Iranian leader Jawad Zarif in Tehraon on Tuesday. (Twitter / S Jaishankar) Two visits in less than a week send a message of the importance of the India-Iran relationship that has been affected recently by US sanctions and is also caught in the crossfire of …

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said Sunday that he had a “very fruitful” meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, and discussed ways to improve bilateral cooperation and regional security issues, including Afghanistan. Singh arrived in Tehran from Moscow on Saturday after wrapping up his three-day visit to Russia, …

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Iran on Saturday to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries after wrapping up his three-day visit to Russia during which he urged the Persian Gulf countries to resolve their differences. Singh arrived in Tehran on Saturday night from Moscow, where he attended a …

[ad_1] Iran has condemned Berlin’s ban on Hezbollah’s activity in Germany and its designation of the Iran-backed Lebanese group as a terrorist organization, saying the measure serves American and Israeli interests, Iranian state media reported on Friday. German police raided mosque associations suspected of being close to Hezbollah on Thursday …

[ad_1] More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, mistakenly thinking that it can cure the new coronavirus. The national forensic authority said alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to …

[ad_1] By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: April 26, 2020 7:46:43 pm Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest world updates: The funeral worker Jesús Cutipa waits his turn to enter the Jardines del Buen Retiro cemetery for the funeral of a man who died due to COVID-19 in Lima, Peru, …