Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
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He offered a $40 million Line of Credit to the Maldives in a bid to boost the sports infrastructure of the country.
India on Saturday reiterated its support for a greater role for the Maldives in multilateral affairs. Speaking at a joint media event in the Maldives’ capital Male, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid is “best equipped” to be the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
“I reiterate today India’s strong support to the candidature of Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid for the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly next year. Foreign Minister Shahid with his vast diplomatic experience and his leadership qualities is in our view the best equipped to preside over the General Assembly of 193 nations of the world. We will work together to make this a reality. We would really like to work wit
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Amit Shah to embark on 2-day visit to West Bengal
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will embark on a two-day visit to West Bengal from January 30 to 31. The Home Minister has visited the poll-bound state several times in many months.
Shah will start his state tour from Mayapur Chandrodaya Temple of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and later he will address the Matua community at a public rally at the Thakurbari ground in Parganas district, as per Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officials.
Thakurnagar is considered as a stronghold of the Matua community. Earlier in November 2020, Shah had lunch with the community family at the North 24 Parganas area. This community is considered to be a big vote bank in West Bengal as it carries an impact of over two dozen assembly seats.
Rahul Gandhi to visit his constituency Wayanad today ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 08:43 IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit his north Kerala parliamentary constituency Wayanad on Thursday.
He will interact there with representatives of various non-political, socio-cultural-religious and farmers organisations at a government guesthouse in Kalpetta town of the district from 9.30 am to 10.30 am.
The former Congress president is on a two-day visit to Kerala ahead of the Assembly elections in the state scheduled for April-May. Several other programmes are lined up for the lawmaker, including the inauguration of 12 houses built by INCAS Qatar at Panamaram, Koolivayal. He will be returning to Delhi by a special aircraft late in the evening today.
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], January 27 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived at Kozhikode airport on Wednesday to begin his two-day visit to Wayanad.