High Commission organized World Bicycle Day in Lilongwe on June 4, 2022. Large number of cyclists, including children, participated in the event.

Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan (MoS) paid an official visit to Malawi on 08-10 June 2022. During the visit, MoS called on the President of Malawi H.E. Mr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera and discussed long-standing bilateral partnership and both agreed to give further impetus to the relations between India and Malawi. He also called on the Vice-President H.E. Mr. Saulos Klaus Chilima. In his bilateral meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Ms. Nancy Tembo, M.P., both ministers reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations between India and Malawi. During the visit, MoS also announced gifting of 200 laptops for the Members of Parliament of Malawi and donation of Anti-Cancer medicines worth US$ 1.4 mn. MoS visited Salima Sugar Factory in Salima district, which is one of the landmark projects executed under EXIM Bank Line of Credit in Malawi in 2016. MoS also attended a Community Reception hosted in his honour where he addressed and interacted with the members of Indian Community. 

On the occasion of the 8th International Day of Yoga, High Commissioner S. Gopalakrishnan launched two courses on YOGA on June 21, 2022 at the Millennium University, Blantyre. This was the first time that an educational institute in Malawi  offered a course on Yoga. In his interview to media High Commissioner called on the other universities and institutions to emulate the initiative.

On 2 April 2022 Malawi Telugu Association (MATA) organised Ugadi cleebrations. High Commissioner participated at the celebrations.

Tamil community (Tamil Nanbargal sangam, Lilongwe) donated Mk.2 million kwacha to LSF Hospital project. Tamil Community was grateful to the LSF committee for the opportunity.

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 20 April 2022. The Prime Minister of Mauritius Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) were present on the occasion. Read more.

African Heads of Missions in New Delhi and Ministry of External Affairs jointly celebrated Africa Day on 25 May 2022 in New Delhi. Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh delivered his keynote address as Chief Guest on this occasion and highlighted multifaceted relations with African countries.

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The Sahara Darwaza Triple Layer Bridge, the largest bridge in India, was inaugurated on June 18, 2022. This bridge network is an example of promoting economic growth through world-class infrastructure. It will have a multiplier effect for growth of textile markets that will connect the existing market to newly developing textile markets. Read more 

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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, made an official visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on 21 to 22 April 2022. They agreed a joint statement, ‘Towards Shared Security and Prosperity through National Resilience’, reviewed progress on the ambitious India-UK Roadmap to 2030 (April 2021), and resolved to advance the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreed last year. Read more 

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the historic torch relay for the 44th  Chess Olympiad on June 19, 2022 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi in a glittering ceremony. The event was attended by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of State for Sports Shri. Nishith Pramanik, Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, the Indian Chess contingent and members of Chess Federations from various countries. For the first time in the history of the prestigious competition, India not only hosts the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad but is also the first country that starts off a torch relay that has been instituted by FIDE for the first time in the history of the competition which started in 1927. Acknowledging India's stature as the country where Chess was born, from now on, the Olympiad Torch will travel from India to the host nation during every Chess Olympiad. Read more

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