News 2010

On 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2010, at the 'Teatro ECCI' the 'Asociación Amigos de India-Colombia', organised the first ever Bollywood Show and Workshop entitled 'Bailamos Bollywood en Colombia' led by the  renowned Bollywood choreographer Sunny Singh.  He  was accompanied on stage by more than 60  Colombian and Indian artists.

On the 3rd of December the show was inaugurated by the Ambassador of India, Shri Riewad Warjri. He was accompanied by officials of Indian Embassy. 

The two days show was attended by more than 900 people, who got the opp [ … ]

Mr. Vice President, Madame Speaker, Mr. Prime Minister, Members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and most of all, the people of India.
 
I thank you for the great honor of addressing the representatives of more than one billion Indians and the world's largest democracy.  I bring the greetings and friendship of the world's oldest democracy - the USA, including nearly three million proud and patriotic Indian Americans.
 
Over the past three days, my wife Michelle and I have experienced the beauty and dynamism of India and its people. From the majesty of Hu [ … ]

H.E. Mr. Rene Castro Salazar, Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, accompanied by a group of businessmen, visited India from October 19-21. He inaugurated the Costa Rican Embassy in New Delhi.  External Affairs Minister, Mr. S.M. Krishna hosted a lunch in honour of the visiting Foreign Minister and had official talks at the Hyderabad House.  The Foreign Minister has also called on the Environment Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh and addressed a business seminar at the Confederation of India Industry.  In Bombay, the Costa Rican Foreign Minister had discussions with th [ … ]

EEPC India in collaboration with Embassy of India participated in the Bogota International Fair 2010, with the largest business delegation visiting Colombia. India was the guest country with participation of 151 Indian Companies from Engineering, Chemicals and Plastics sector.
The  main objective was to explore the Colombian  market and find strategic  partners. The interest of the big Indian delegation was not only to capitalize on the growing bilateral trade but also understand the potential of the rising Colombian economy. Indian businessmen visiting Col [ … ]

Prof. Saugata Roy, Minister Of State  for Urban Developement led a 28 Member delegation of his Ministry and from the State Transport Departments of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya |Pradesh and Chattisgarh, which visited Bogota from September 28 to October 3, 2010. The Study Tour was organized by the World Environment Fund of the World Bank on Sustainable Urban Transport Systems.  The delegation had a briefing meeting on September 30, with the Senior Advisor to the Colombian Transport Minister (in the absence from Bognta of the Minister), on conception, planning, fi [ … ]

Mrs. Jenny Adriana Luna Marquez (Mrs. Jenny Luna) has been appointed Honorary Consul of India based in Medellin with jurisdiction over the Departments of Antioquia, Valle del Cauca and Choco.

India´s relations with Colombia have gathered momentum and the western region of the country, particularly in and around the Colombian cities of Medellin and Cali, has a growing Indian presence and is extremely important in the bilateral relationship.  Several Indians are working and living in this region and the Government of India, recognizing this fact, has decided to se [ … ]

The team Ecuador is very HAPPY to inform that DHRUV has completed 1500 hours  of flight in Ecuadorian Air force.
 
This achievement of  ALH with in a span of one year and one month is due to the support extended by the Helicopter complex.
 
The 1500 hours Includes the following mission.
 
1) Rescue operation on land as well as on ocean.
 
2) Rescue operation on mountain areas.
 
3) Emergency rescue practice at various place in Ecuador.
 
4) para jumping at the higher altitude.
 
5) commando operation in the forest a [ … ]

The Minister of Health of Ecuador, Dr. David Chiriboga, in a ceremony on 3 June 2010 thanked the Government of India for the donation of  US$800,000 worth of medicines to Ecuador.

The medicines are in the process of arriving in Ecuador, being despatched by three well known Indian pharmaceutical companies – CIPLA Limited, IPCA Laboratories  and Aurobindo Pharma.

All the medicines – mainly anti-retroviral; antibacterial; anti-malarial and anti-H1N1 flu – have been supplied as per the requirements of the Government of the Republic of Ecuador [ … ]

In April 2010, a Special Mission from the Foreign Ministry of Costa Rica visited New Delhi, the capital of India, headed by Minister-Counsellor Antonio Alarcon, a senior career diplomat, who met with officials in the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi and took the necessary administrative and legal steps to open the Embassy of Costa Rica in India.
 
The Central American nation, considered highly progressive for its pacific and environmental orientation, had been considering opening an Embassy in India for some time and finally has realized its goal.  The Gove [ … ]

Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, visited Colombia 17-20 January 2010 at the invitation of Foreign Minister of Colombia, Dr. Jaime Bermudez.  This was for a valedictory visit to culminate the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations.

On 19 January, Dr. Tharoor called on President Alvaro Uribe at the Casa de Narino and discussed a wide range of bilateral issues of common interest; he called on Vice President Francisco Santos and discussed the forthcoming visit of the Vice President with a busines [ … ]