CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Honorary consuls are called „honorary“ because they perform their work on an honorary basis and are not paid a fee for their services.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ambassador, Ms Shubhdarshini Tripathi held a meeting with Mr Bagdat Mussin, Minister for Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Embassy of India, Astana celebrated Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day in Astana on 21st September, 2022 at Radisson Hotel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maniratnam, one of the 215 honorary consuls in India, is responsible for the citizens of Luxembourg and has been helping to forge links between the South Indian and European film industries. Honorary consuls are not career diplomats. They are usually citizens of the host country, where they live, work and pay taxes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Consuls or Career Diplomats are government employees and the country they represent is paying their salary. Depending on the country they stay 3-4 years overseas and then work for a while in their country before send out again. Honorary Consuls doing all work without pay and are not employed by their governments.