The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said India remains steadfast in its resolve that fugitives of the country are brought back and all efforts would continue to bring back Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in a major banking fraud here. He (Choksi) is currently in the custody of Dominica where some legal proceedings are underway. We will continue to ensure that he is brought back to India, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters here at an online press briefing. He was replying to a batch of questions regarding Choksi, who had fled to Antigua but was recently found in Dominica.
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J&K Students Urge Home Min & J&K L-G To Resume Travel Of Kashmiri Students To Pakistan
Th J&K Students claimed that they were asked for NOC/ Clearance at immigration to study in Pakistan and are stranded by the Indian immigration authorities
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On Tuesday, the Jammu & Kashmir Students Association wrote a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah and J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha requesting to facilitate the travel of around 100 Kashmiri Medical and Engineering students to Pakistan. In the letter, the students claimed that they were asked for NOC/ Clearance at immigration to study in Pakistan and are stranded by the Indian immigration authorities. The students have urged the concerned authorities to provide them NOC clearance so that they won t lose their precious academic year.
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Tehran announced that it will develop the gas field domestically
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Iran has announced that it will develop the Farzad B gas field domestically and signed a deal with Petropars. Image used for representation purpose.
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Tehran announced that it will develop the gas field domestically
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said there is a possibility of India becoming a part of the projects unfolding in the Farzad B gas field in Iran at a later stage. The statement from MEA’s official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi came days after Iran announced that it will develop the gas field domestically and signed a deal with Petropars.
Amid COVID Surge, PM Modi Cancels Trip to UK for G7 Summit in June
India, along with Australia and South Korea, had been invited by the UK to attend the G7 summit, in June 2021.
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The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday, 11 May, said that owing to the COVID situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not be travelling to the United Kingdom to take part in the G7 Summit, where he was to be a special invitee.
“While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend the G7 Summit as a Special Invitee, given the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided that the Prime Minister will not attend the G7 Summit in person,” a statement from the MEA spokesperson said on Tuesday.