New Delhi: The government on Saturday officially announced the appointment of Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao as the next Ambassador to the United States, an assignment she will take up shortly.
Rao, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America and she is expected to take up her assignment shortly, official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Her appointment to succeed Meera Shankar as the US Ambassador was cleared by the government in June.
The 1973-batch IFS officer assumed the office of the Foreign Secretary on August 1, 2009, becoming the second woman to head the Indian Foreign Secretary after Chokila Iyer....
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08:14 PM, May 26, 2011
Washington: The United States has assured India of providing 'fair solution' to Indian students affected by the closer of California-based Tri Valley University, which has been accused of a massive visa fraud. The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns has assured Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, during a meeting, that the US Government would provide a "fair solution" to hundreds of Indian students whose academic career were...
08:15 AM, Feb 16, 2011
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10:30 AM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: The United States of America on Saturday tendered an official apology to India and Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar over her pat down by an American security agent on December 4 at the Jackson-Evers International Airport. The US government said that Meera's pat down was not meant to be a put down, while promising a review of airport screening guidelines, said William Burns, a senior State...
09:42 PM, Dec 11, 2010
New Delhi: India on Saturday lodged a strong protest with the US for subjecting Ambassador Meera Shankar to 'pat-down' security check at an American airport as Deputy Chief of US Embassy here was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs. Donald Lu was called in by Javed Ashra, Joint Secretary (Americas) in the MEA, at 12.30 PM to convey "strong concern" over screening of Shankar at the Mississippi Airport on...
03:18 PM, Dec 11, 2010
New Delhi: Indian Ambassador to the USA, Meera Shankar's pat down is now a political and a diplomatic issue. The Opposition is upset about the Meera's humiliation even though the US has expressed regret and concern. The US has even promised a re-look at airport screening procedures, to prevent a repeat. "We will be looking into it and trying to determine both what happened and what we could do to...
10:05 PM, Dec 10, 2010
Washington: Conflicting voices coming out of Washington, a day after India's ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar was subjected to a security pat-down at the Jackson Airport in violation of diplomatic protocol. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has allegedly promised action but the US Homeland Security Secretary says the pat down was appropriate. US and Indian media reported that Ambassador Meera Shankar on Thursday received a pat-down as...
07:06 AM, Dec 10, 2010
New Delhi: Indian Ambassador to the USA, Meera Shankar recently impressed the Obamas but back in America, couldn't work her charm with airport security. She was patted down at Chicago airport in September and now again at Mississippi airport. She didn't set off a metal detector alarm so it appears she was selected at random. An eye witness claims security agents told her she was patted down because she wore...
02:08 PM, Dec 09, 2010
Washington: Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by an American security agent in Mississippi despite being told of her diplomatic status. The incident took place on December 4 at the Jackson-Evers International Airport where saree-clad Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after attending the Mississippi State University's programme, the 'Clarion-Ledger' reported. Shankar presented her diplomatic papers...
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