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Israel minister cuts short India visit, to return after meeting PM Modi
Official sources said that Cohen is expected to return later on Tuesday after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Cohen informed about his change of plans in a tweet. Cohen had arrived earlier on Tuesday for a three-day day visit. His visit was being seen as preparing groundwork for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled visit to India later this year.
Benjamin Netanyahu likely to visit India by end of 2023: Envoy
"We can expect the Prime Minister of Israel to visit India by the end of this year... India and Israel have wonderful ties in all fields, it is based on people to people element," the Ambassador said. Both the countries are also observing 30 years of diplomatic relations this year.
8 Indian Navy officers in Qatar's custody on spy charges face potential death sentence: Pakistan media
The Express Tribune report claims that the officers are accused of spying for Israel. The accused have been identified as working for the India's intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and were reportedly caught carrying out espionage activities in Qatar, the report further claimed.
PM Modi calls up Israeli PM Netanyahu, congratulates him for 6th term
The two leaders expressed satisfaction at the rapid progress in the India-Israel strategic partnership in recent years, and agreed on the potential for further strengthening strategic cooperation in a variety of areas. PM Modi also invited Netanyahu to visit India at an early date.
Israel's Ambassador leads condemnation of IFFI jury chief's comment
Gilon prefaced his open letter with a comment that made his condemnation clear: "An open letter to #NadavLapid following his criticism of #KashmirFiles. It's not in Hebrew because I wanted our Indian brothers and sisters to be able to understand. It is also relatively long so I'll give you the bottom line first. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED."
IAF rescues Israeli woman in Ladakh
The tourist was identified as Pnina Kuperman. She was in the area for trekking when she suffered breathing problems. The Israeli national was evacuated by the helicopter unit of the IAF from a remote high-altitude village Hangkar. The rescue operation was carried out amid strong winds and adverse flying conditions.
Israeli Dy PM Gantz meets PM Modi, discusses defence cooperation
The visit comes as 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the formation of the official diplomatic ties between India and Israel. Modi and Gantz, who is also the Defence Minister, reviewed the rapid growth in defence cooperation between their countried over the past few years, and the former encouraged Israeli defence companies to benefit from opportunities of co-development and co-production in India.
PM Modi's 2017 Israel visit was a 'Goosebump moment': S.Jaishankar
Jaishankar made this comment while addressing the gathering in New Delhi on the occasion of 74 years of independence of Israel. "When I look back at our relationship, in the last several years that I have been associated with, for me the goosebumps moment in a way was at Tel Aviv when the PM visited Israel in July 2017, first Indian PM to visit Israel. And, since then our relationship has really taken off," he said.
Indian, Israeli Defence Ministers discuss terror threats
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Gantz on Tuesday and expressed condolences on the loss of lives of innocent civilians due to recent terror attacks in Israel. In the call initiated from Tel Aviv, he also said terrorism is a threat to the whole world and it does not have any place in the civilised world.
No info available with ministry, MEA says on Pegasus row
"The alleged matter (spyware row) referred to is under investigation by a committee set up by the Supreme Court. No information is available with the Ministry of External Affairs on this matter. As regards the Prime Minister's visit to Israel in 2017, 7 MoUs were signed, details of which are publicly available," said official MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
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