In Jan 2020,which of the following countries has appointed an honorary consul in in India’s Northeast region who will be based in Assam?

The correct answer is Israel : As part of efforts to increase its presence and collaborations in India's North-East , Israel has appointed an honorary consul in the region who will be based in Assam . The Embassy of Israe has appointed Joyshree Das Verma as honorary consul in the region with jurisdiction over the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim. The Embassy aims to identify all possible areas of cooperation in the North-East, where Israel can bring in expertise and its advanced technologies to benefit people in the region. In November 2020, Ambassador of Israel in India, Ron Malka visited Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. During the visit, the Ambassador had laid the foundation stone of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables in Khetri, Assam . The region's first Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence was inaugurated in Mizoram in 2018 .