Israel-India relations

March 21, 2021, 4:53 pm

India-Israel: from vision blindness to new business models

India’s great Tamil poet, philosopher, and saint Thiruvalluvar said: ‘The wise know what comes next. The unwise lack that wisdom.’

India's Ambassador to Israel Sanjeev Singla, February 2021 (Embassy of India)

March 1, 2021, 1:10 pm

Take a long-term view to tap business potential in India, ambassador advises

The possibilities are immense but a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach won’t work, Sanjeev Singla says in interview; finding price ‘sweet spot’ is also key

By Shoshanna Solomon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at a joint press conference in the president's house in New Delhi, India, on January 15, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

February 1, 2021, 5:22 pm

Netanyahu speaks with Indian leader Modi after blast near Israel’s Delhi embassy

PM thanks his Indian counterpart for protecting Israeli representatives in country; the two discuss mutual recognition of certification for coronavirus vaccinees

By TOI staff

National Security Guard soldiers inspect the site of a blast near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India, Jan. 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)

January 30, 2021, 6:02 pm

Mossad said involved in probe of blast near Israeli embassy in New Delhi

Police reported to question Iranian nationals as letter claiming responsibility cites killings of Iranian officials; Israeli envoy: We weren’t surprised, we’d been on high alert

By Agencies and TOI staff

Jew Town signage remains in Kochi. (Christabel Lobo/ via JTA)

December 20, 2020, 7:14 am

India’s Jew Town only has a few Jews left, but traditions and landmarks remain

Once a vibrant community of 3,000 at its peak in the 1950s, only a handful of elderly Jews still live in the city of Kochi – but a rich history of coexistence has left its mark

By Christabel Lobo

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 15, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MONEY SHARMA)

November 27, 2020, 12:48 am

Netanyahu participates in renewable energy confab hosted by India

‘The most important renewable energy is ingenuity and innovation’, PM tells virtual conference on promoting use of solar power

By TOI staff

An Israir flight seen taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, on March 24, 2018. (Shai/FLASH90`0

July 29, 2020, 8:00 am

100 graduate students from India get special flight back to Israel due to virus

Doctoral and postdoctoral students, including some researching the coronavirus, go straight into quarantine after arriving back on plane arranged through Bar-Ilan University

By Marcy Oster

Yair Netanyahu in court in Tel Aviv, December 10, 2018, where he testified in a NIS 140,000 libel suit he filed the previous year against Abie Binyamin, a social activist. (FLASH90)

July 28, 2020, 2:59 am

Netanyahu’s son apologizes after tweet offends Hindus

Yair Netanyahu deletes picture with face of prosecutor in PM’s corruption case superimposed over face of Hindu goddess

By TOI staff

Boxes of medical equipment in the Foreign Ministry storage room, waiting to be sent to India, July 2020 (courtesy MFA)

July 23, 2020, 2:46 pm

In India, Israel to test tech that can detect virus ‘in minutes’

Plane carrying some 20 Israeli officials and scientists, plus ventilators and novel devices that are not yet produced on a mass scale, to depart for Delhi in coming weeks

By Raphael Ahren

Siva Sai, who works and studies at Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine, during a visit to Har Zion. Sai is currently stuck in India because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy/Sai via JTA)

July 16, 2020, 4:25 am

With flights grounded, Indians who work in Israel unable to get back to jobs

Hundreds stranded in India during pandemic’s early days remain in limbo months later, despite allowance for non-citizens whose lives are based in Israel to return

By Penina Beede

The plane carrying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu arrives at the Air Force Station in the Indian capital New Delhi on January 14, 2018. (Prakash Singh/AFP)

April 9, 2020, 2:26 pm

Materials used in experimental drugs against virus arrive in Israel from India

Reports say five-ton shipment includes ingredients for hydroxychloroquine, which New Delhi partially freed from export ban after pressure from Trump

By TOI staff

Then-foreign minister Israel Katz at a Likud election campaign stop in Jerusalem, September 16, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 21, 2020, 11:25 pm

FM says will launch emergency plan to rescue Israelis stranded abroad

Katz says ministry will map concentrations of Israelis, run war room to monitor efforts and requests for aid 24/7, arrange special flights for those in need

By TOI staff and Agencies

El Al planes seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, file (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

March 21, 2020, 4:28 pm

Israeli travelers beg to come home, complain Foreign Ministry not doing enough

With flights canceled and borders shut and the situation likely to get worse, some groups are trying to crowdfund costs of leasing private planes to bring them back

By TOI staff and Agencies

Israeli travelers who had been stranded in South America, arrive at Ben Gurion airport on March 20, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

March 20, 2020, 8:03 pm

Four rescue flights from Peru land in Israel, 2 more being sent to India

23 Israeli travelers and backpackers still stranded by coronavirus border closures in South American nation, working with embassy to get home

By TOI staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bids farewell to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Ben Gurion International Airport on June 6, 2017. (Kobi Gideo/GPO)

March 13, 2020, 11:08 pm

PM said to ask India to lift export bans on masks, pharmaceuticals

Health Ministry deputy director-general says request for materials to make medicines approved, no decision yet on protective face coverings that are in short supply in Israel

By TOI staff