The ministry of external affairs is working with the department of posts to increase the number of speed post centres where passport applications are accepted, by nearly 300 in three months.
Mohamad made some adverse comments against the citizenship law at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.
"When we have something to share, we will share. Discussions are ongoing," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said replying to a volley of questions on whether India and China are working on specific proposals to resolve the over six-month-long row in eastern Ladakh.
The government's briefing is expected to focus on its evacuation mission from Afghanistan as well as its assessment of the situation in the war-torn country in the wake of the Taliban seizing control of almost all key Afghan towns and cities, including Kabul.
It is learnt that the issue was raised with the Singaporean high commissioner at the ministry of external affairs.
More screenings are expected to take place in some colleges in Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram later Tuesday, a senior police officer said.
Meetings of SAARC foreign ministers and foreign secretaries will precede the summit.
The GoM was told that six states -- Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal -- account for 86 per cent of the deaths caused by COVID-19 and 32 districts account for 80 per cent of such fatalities, the Union health ministry said.
