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This joint retreat ceremony of 30 minutes resulting in lowering of national flags of India and Bangladesh is jointly conducted by BSF (Border Security Force) and BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh). [ 3 ] The "Wagah of the East" as it is known, the Petrapole-Benapole border ceremony starts off with opening of gates on India and Bangladesh side. [ 4 ]
Former Ambassador of India to the United States 33rd Foreign Secretary of India [2] Riva Ganguly Das: 1 March 2019: 12 August 2020: Vikram Doraiswami: 12 August 2020: 20 September 2022: Currently High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (September 2022 – Present) [3] Pranay Kumar Verma: 21 September 2022: Incumbent [4]
Indian and Bangladeshi soldiers at Benapole–Petrapole border ceremony. Benapole–Petrapole border ceremony, a similar but much friendlier ceremony than the Indo-Pakistani Attari-Wagah ceremony, is held daily jointly by India's Border Security Force and Border Guards Bangladesh at India-Bangladesh border from 4.30 to 5 pm. It is open to ...
As of December 2024, India has 203 missions operating in various countries around the word, not counting missions to multilateral organizations such as the United Nations. This includes 51 missions in Africa, 10 in North America, 11 in Latin America, 6 in the Caribbean, 16 in South Asia, 22 in West Asia, 5 in Central Asia, 10 in East Asia, 15 ...
About 90% of the imported Indian goods enter Bangladesh through this port. [4] Geographically Benapole is a major strategical point for border trading between India and Bangladesh owing to its proximity to Kolkata. According to Land Port Authority, approximately 90 percent of the total imported items from India come through Benapole.
The Bangladeshi government has often accused the BSF of incursions into Bangladeshi territory, and indiscriminate shooting of civilians along the India–Bangladesh border. In a news conference in August 2008, Indian BSF officials admitted that they killed 59 illegals (34 Bangladeshis, 21 Indians, 4 unidentified) who were trying to cross the ...
The two countries share a long Himalayan border, much of it poorly demarcated, and relations between them have been sour since a military clash in July 2020 when at least 20 Indian soldiers and ...
In January 2019 the Indian government updated e-Visa rules for all eligible countries. The validity of Indian e-tourist and e-Business Visa was increased from 60 days with double entry to up-to 1 year with multiple entries. The validity count starts from the day of being granted the e-visa online and not from the day of physical entry as before ...