Germany to issue more professional visas in 2024 to fill its 1.34 million job vacancies: Report
Berlin: The German government said Sunday it plans to issue over 10% more professional visas in 2024, aiming to fill its 1.34 million job vacancies and tackle chronic labour shortages, news agency AFP reported.
Indian PM Narendra Modi praised the German government's decision to increase the number of visas for skilled Indians from 20,000 to 90,000 per year on Friday.
Conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia concern both India and Germany: PM Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday referred to the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia and how they concern both New Delhi and Berlin, meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the national capital on Friday.
Indian, German Navy undertake Maritime Partnership Exercise in Indian Ocean
Indian Navy’s Destroyer INS Delhi, German Navy’s Frigate Baden-Württemberg and Tanker Frankfurt Am Main undertook a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) in the Indian Ocean.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz reaching Delhi today, will hold wide-ranging talks with PM Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will arrive in Delhi later today (Thursday, Oct. 24) on a three-day (Oct. 24 to Oct. 26) official visit to India for the 7th Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC), scheduled to be held in the national capital.
The German government has praised India for conducting the seven-phased Lok Sabha election which ended on Saturday.
Bengaluru/IBNS: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's grandson and suspended JDS leader, Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women, will be produced in court on Friday, media reports said.
Indian Parliamentarian Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women, was arrested in the wee hours of Friday after he arrived in Bengaluru from Germany.
India does not need lessons from anyone: Jagdeep Dhankar after US, Germany, UN comment on Kejriwal
New Delhi/IBNS: After remarks from Germany, the United States, and finally the United Nations on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said the country does not need lessons from anyone on the rule of law, stressing that India is a unique democracy.
After Germany, US remark on Indian leader Arvind Kejriwal's arrest irks India
India on Tuesday strongly objected to US State Department's remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said New Delhi expects other states to be respectful of the sovereignty and internal affairs of others.
India protests Germany's remark on Arvind Kejriwal's arrest in liquor policy case
India on Saturday lodged a strong protest against Germany's recent remark over the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case.
Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane co-chaired the India-Germany High Defence Committee (HDC) meeting in Berlin on 27 Feb 2024 with the State Secretary, German Ministry of Defence Benedikt Zimmer when the two leaders discussed a range of bilateral security and defence issues.
Germany's federal minister for digital and transport Volker Wissing on Sunday got a first-hand experience of using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make payment in a vegetable shop in New Delhi.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to "cool a little bit" after the latter's remark about the West's "bad habit" of commenting on other countries.
New Delhi/IBNS: India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday slammed the US and Germany's comments on the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following the latter's conviction in a criminal defamation case, media reports said.