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Government launches Operation Insaniyat to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

September 14, 2017

The Ministry of External Affairs has started Operation Insaniyat to provided assistance to Bangladesh in response to humanitarian crisis being faced by it due to large influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. Rohingya are stateless ethnic minority (mostly Muslim) from ..

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Government inaugurates India's first Videsh Bhavan in Mumbai

August 28, 2017

The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched country’s first Videsh Bhavan by assimilating all Regional Passport Offices and allied departments under a single roof at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Key Facts Currently, 90-plus RPOs and ..

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Ministry of External Affairs launches Twitter Seva

December 26, 2016

The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched Twitter Seva to directly engage with citizens in country and abroad, tourists and business travellers for speedy resolution of their visa and passport queries. Twitter Seva will enable the MEA, through ..

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MEA announces new rules to ease process of getting passport  

December 24, 2016

The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced new passport rules by changing Passport Rules, 1980 in order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport. The new rules aim to speed up and simplify the ..

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India will not attend SAARC Summit in Islamabad: MEA

September 28, 2016

India will not take part in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad (Pakistan) to be held in November 2016. This decision was taken in view of the continuous cross border terrorism by Pakistan which has ..

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Union Government launches Operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian citizens from South Sudan

July 14, 2016

The Union Government has started the operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South Sudan’s capital Juba. Sankat Mochan in Hindi means reliever from troubles. The operation is being undertaken by Indian Air Force (IAF) and will be ..

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