The Indian embassy in the United States has launched its new website, which carries latest information, frequent updates and new netizen-friendly features that would help people to get quick acquaintances with the happening about India, but also Indo-US relationship.

The new website -- www.indianembassy.org -- was quietly launched over the weekend; that among other things have added newsletter subscription feature, a useful tool for those Americans and Indian-Americans interested in India and Indo-US relationship.

It also has links to YouTube -- having links to India and Indo-US related videos -- and Wikipedia; but still misses the popular social networking sites like Facebook and micro blogging service, which in the past few years have emerged as a popular outreach tools for the foreign embassies in the United States.

The new website also has a better search facility, more pictures and a user-friendly events calendar, about the frequent events organised by the Indian Embassy in Washington.