New Delhi: Venezuela has agreed to supply crude oil to ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) in lieu of the pending dividend, Secretary Petroleum Pankaj Jain said."They have agreed to give us some oil in lieu of its pending OVL dues. We are waiting for lifting dates," the Petroleum Secretary said.This comes after the US eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector in October. The sanctions were imposed to punish

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi passed on the baton to Randhir Jaiswal, who assumed the charge as official MEA spokesperson on Wednesday.In a social media post on X, Bagchi said, "The baton passes on! Shri Randhir Jaiswal assumes charge as the Official Spokesperson of @MEAIndia as Shri Arindam Bagchi proceeds on overseas assignment."In the

New Delhi: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba apprised his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, of the alarming escalation of terror and mass air attacks by Russia in Ukraine.The two leaders also discussed "cooperation on the Peace Formula". Ukraine FM Kuleba also shared with Jaishankar, Ukraine’s vision for the Global Peace Summit of leaders.In response to the escalating situation, both

New Delhi: Laying emphasis on the correlation between the country’s foreign policy, its foreign economic policy and its foreign commerce policy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the three were not distinct but phases of the same policy.He also lauded the ‘One District One Product’ initiative, which he said represents the diversity of the country in a very "unique and tangible"

India and Nepal have been in talks for furthering energy cooperation agreement since Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal visited Delhi last summerNEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to be in Kathmandu on Thursday for the 7th India Nepal Joint Commission meeting. The meeting is taking place after two years as the last meeting was held on January 14, 2021 in New Delhi. “

Two terrorists of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Hilaluddin and Nafikul Biswas were convicted by the court on December 22 and the quantum of punishment was announced on WednesdayJAUNPUR: A sessions court on Wednesday sentenced to death two men, including one from Bangladesh, for carrying out the Shramjivi Express train blast in 2005 that left at least 14 people dead and 62 injured.A fine of Rs 5