Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in Delhi last night after concluding his US and Egypt state visits chaired a cabinet meeting in the national capital on Monday. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Hardeep Singh Puri along with senior officials attended the meeting. Earlier today Shah had met with PM […]
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S Jaishankar begins his first bilateral visit to Egypt
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar began his visit to Egypt visit in the capital city of Cairo on Saturday where he met eminent personalities in the field of foreign policy. Jaishankar is on a two-day official trip to Egypt for his first bilateral visit scheduled to take place from October […]
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Rajnath Singh to visit Egypt on September 19
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be paying an official visit to Egypt from September 19-20, 2022 to further consolidate defence cooperation and the special friendship between India and Egypt. During the visit, he will hold bilateral talks with Minister of Defence and Defence Production, General Mohamed Zaki, read the Defence […]
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Indian Air Force team arrives in Egypt to participate in Tactical Leadership Programme
A team of the Indian Air Force arrived in Egypt on Wednesday to participate in a bilateral ‘Tactical Leadership Programme’ with the Egyptian Air Force. Taking to Twitter, the Indian Air Force said that the aim of the exercise is to understand and assimilate the best practices. “A team of […]
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EU signs energy deal with Egypt and Israel to wean itself off Russian gas
As Europe scrambles to wean itself off Russian oil and gas and tries to confront Russia for its use of energy to blackmail European countries, the EU signed in Cairo last Wednesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt and Israel, aimed at using the energy potential of Eastern Mediterranean […]
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Egypt approves India as wheat supplier, announces Piyush Goyal
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced that Egypt has approved India as a wheat supplier. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister said, “Indian farmers are feeding the world. Egypt approves India as a wheat supplier. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government steps in as the world look for reliable alternate sources […]
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Egypt confirms first 3 cases of coronavirus Omicron strain
Egypt has confirmed the first three cases of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, the national Ministry of Health said. “Yesterday [on Thursday], the results of the genome sequence test showed three positive cases of the Omicron strain,” the ministry said on late Friday on Facebook. Two of the patients have no symptoms of the disease, the third one has […]
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Tokyo Olympics: Egypt leave out Liverpool star Salah from their squad
Egypt has left out Liverpool star Mohamed Salah from their squad for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Egypt head coach Shawky Gharib dropped Salah from his squad after Liverpool declined to release Salah for the Tokyo Olympics, reported Goal.com. Arsenal’s Mohamed Elneny will also not play the Tokyo Olympics after not being named in the Egypt squad. Liverpool was reluctant to release […]
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Egypt jails top Muslim Brotherhood leader for life
Egypt yesterday sentenced Mahmud Ezzat, the 76-year-old top leader of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of “terrorism”, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported. “The Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood designated as a terrorist, to life […]
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Ancient beer factory discovered in Abydos, Egypt
American and Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest known beer factory at one of the most prominent archaeological sites of ancient Egypt, a top antiquities official said on Wednesday. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the factory was found in Abydos, an […]
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Egypt makes ‘major discoveries’ at Saqqara archaeological site
Egypt announced yesterday the discovery of a new trove of treasures at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, including an ancient funerary temple. The tourism and antiquities ministry said the “major discoveries” made by a team of archaeologists headed by famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass also included more than 50 sarcophagi. […]