Vaccine Maitri diplomacy boosts India’s global stature
By Simran Sodhi As the world struggles to deal with the corona pandemic and an economic slowdown, the production and the availability of the corona vaccines globally has been a sigh of relief. For India, this has also provided it with a great diplomatic opportunity and under the hashtag #VaccineMaitri or Vaccine Friendship, India has […]
#IndiaTogether: PM Modi lauds ‘Atmanirnbhar’ farmers
A day after a wave of foreign celebrities created a flutter on twitter supporting the farmers’ protest in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extolled the crop growers terming them as ‘Atmanirbhar’ and highlighting their contribution to the country’s democracy. This comes in the wake of record agricultural produce that India has registered during the pandemic […]
Party Congress sets stage for Hanoi’s rise as a developed country
The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has culminated in the re-election of Nguyen Phu Trong for a rare third term as General Secretary of the ruling party. The party congress ended on an optimistic note, with the country’s newly re-elected Communist Party chief proclaiming “Great success! Glory to the Socialist Republic […]
Israel Embassy blast: Modi assures PM Netanyahu of punishing perpetrators
Days after a low intensity blast outside the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephonic conversation to intensify counter-terror cooperation.Mr Netanyahu thanked PM Modi for his efforts to safeguard Israeli representatives in the aftermath of the terrorist incident. PM Modi assured his counterpart of […]
Ahead of Chinese Lunar Year, Xi extols CPC’s leadership for building modern China
Ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored the risks and challenges faced by China in the year 2020 at a gathering of non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). Highlighting the achievements of China in containing COVID-19, tackling poverty eradication and sustaining a positive economic growth, […]
India-China ties at cross-roads: Jaishankar shows the way forward
Amid a prolonged standoff between Indian and Chinese troops on the icy heights of Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has outlined an eight-point template for improving India-China ties which have been profoundly disturbed by the territorial incursion by China. Addressing the All-India Conference of China Studies, Mr Jaishankar also underscored the three “Mutuals” for […]
Modi raises the bar at Davos, promises more Made-in-India vaccines
Showcasing India’s success in developing two Made in India vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic at the Davos Agenda 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also underlined bright prospects of India’s economic recovery and enhanced ease of doing business in the country. Addressing the World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda Summit, Mr Modi said Made in India […]
Top Biden team calls India, to bolster India-US defence ties
Defence Ministers and National Security Advisers of India and the US contacted each other and decided to enhance defence and security cooperation during the presidency of Joe Biden.In their first telephonic conversation since Mr Biden assumed charge as the 46th president of the US, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Defence Secretary General Lloyd Austin […]
President Biden vows to unite America, sings democracy anthem
With democracy and diversity as his anthem song, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, on January 20 at an elegantly choreographed ceremony at the Capitol in Washington DC. In a soaring speech, Mr Biden exhorted a bitterly divided country to come together at a perilous time […]
Modi set to visit UK for G7, Johnson likely to visit India
The UK has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 summit to be held in Cornwall during June 11-13. The world’s leading democracies, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the European Union, will come together to address shared challenges, from beating COVID -19 and tackling climate change, to ensuring […]