Close X
Sunday, September 29, 2024
ADVT 
International

Sushma Swaraj Assures Help To Student Admitted In Georgia Hospital

Darpan News Desk, 01 Feb, 2017 12:51 PM
    External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today assured all possible help to an Indian student admitted in a hospital in Georgia.
     
    "I have got the report. As per medical advice, your brother cannot travel at this stage. Your mother is with him in Georgia.
     
    "Her visa has expired. I have asked Indian Embassy to get her visa extended. Indian Embassy will extend all possible help," Ms Swaraj tweeted after she was approached by the student's sister.
     
    Posting the picture of her brother in the hospital, Gayathri Vijaykumar approached the minister on Twitter.
     
    "Madam this is my brother who is in a ICU for past 50 days in Georgia. We need your help to bring him back to India," she said.
     
    Responding to another tweet drawing her attention towards conduct of an Indian consular officer posted in the embassy in Tanzania while dealing with an Indian student from Harvard who was mugged in the East African country, Ms Swaraj asked the name of the officer.
     
    "Charanya Kannan - I have carefully gone through your write up.
     
    "Just give me the name of this Officer in Indian High Commission in Tanzania," the minister said.
     
    According to Charanya, hailing from Chennai and a student at Harvard Business School, she was in Tanzania recently for a course when she got mugged.
     
    Sharing her experience through a blog on a news website, she said she was told by a consular officer at the Indian Embassy in Tanzania that "Nothing can be done. Even if you give me two crore rupees, nothing can be done."

    MORE International ARTICLES

    In Oregon, Aid In Dying Gives Families Peace, A Chance To Say Goodbye

    In Oregon, Aid In Dying Gives Families Peace, A Chance To Say Goodbye
    PHILOMATH, Ore. — Months after he was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer, his body wasting away and his voice reduced to a whisper, Ben Wald woke up his wife in the middle of the night and told her he was dying.

    In Oregon, Aid In Dying Gives Families Peace, A Chance To Say Goodbye

    Hillary Clinton Says She'd Replicate Canada's Gender-Balanced Cabinet

    Hillary Clinton Says She'd Replicate Canada's Gender-Balanced Cabinet
    Hillary Clinton, appeared to indicate her intention to follow suit when asked about it in a televised event on the eve of Tuesday's five northeastern primaries.

    Hillary Clinton Says She'd Replicate Canada's Gender-Balanced Cabinet

    E-Petition Calls On Liberals To Hold Inquiry Into Afghan Torture Allegations

    E-Petition Calls On Liberals To Hold Inquiry Into Afghan Torture Allegations
    The Liberals have until May 30th to respond in writing, and unlike the old paper petitions tabled in the House of Commons, the federal government is obliged to post its answer online.

    E-Petition Calls On Liberals To Hold Inquiry Into Afghan Torture Allegations

    Megyn Kelly To Interview Donald Trump For Fox TV Special

    Megyn Kelly To Interview Donald Trump For Fox TV Special
    The Republican front-runner will be a guest on "Megyn Kelly Presents," a prime-time special airing May 17, the network said Monday.

    Megyn Kelly To Interview Donald Trump For Fox TV Special

    3,600 Indian Women Married To Nepalese Get Citizenship

    As many as 3,672 Indian women married to Nepalese men since the promulgation of the new constitution in September last year have become naturalised citizens of the Himalayan nation, the home ministry said on Tuesday.

    3,600 Indian Women Married To Nepalese Get Citizenship

    Battle Over Health Care: Uk Doctors Walk Off The Job

    Battle Over Health Care: Uk Doctors Walk Off The Job
    LONDON — Thousands of junior doctors posted picket lines outside hospitals around England on Tuesday in the first all-out strike in the history of Britain's National Health Service.

    Battle Over Health Care: Uk Doctors Walk Off The Job