Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday used a cricket analogy to describe the fast-expanding India-Australia ties, saying the relations have entered the “T-20 mode”. Modi made the comments after holding wide-ranging talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese that focused on further expansion of the India-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership. The prime minister also invited […]
Port Moresby: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed to leaders of 14 Pacific Island countries that India is ready to share its capabilities with them “without any hesitation” and announced new development initiatives in sectors such as healthcare, cyberspace and small and medium enterprises. Modi made the announcements on the new initiatives at the […]
Port Moresby: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday conferred with the highest honours of Papua New Guinea and Fiji, in a rare recognition for a non-resident in the two Pacific island nations. Modi was in Papua New Guinea on Sunday on his maiden visit to the country to host a key summit between India […]
Lahore: A man and his sister, separated during the Partition 75 years ago, were reunited at the landmark Kartarpur Corridor, in an emotional meeting made possible through social media, a media report said on Monday. Mahendra Kaur, 81, from India, reunited with her 78-year-old brother Sheikh Abdul Aziz from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir at the Kartarpur Corridor […]
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swiss ambassador to protest the embassy’s posting of a photo of a “fake” Iranian flag, media reported. The summons came after the Swiss embassy in Tehran published on Friday a post and a photo showing a “fake” flag of Iran instead of the official one on its […]
Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has signed a long-term agreement with Chinese oil and gas giant Sinopec on important storage, distribution and sale of petroleum products in the island nation, President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office said on Monday. The deal with Sinopec– a state-owned Chinese company –was reached months after the two sides commenced their negotiations and […]
United Nations/Hiroshima: The UN Security Council reflects the power relations of 1945 and there is a growing need to redistribute power with the realities of contemporary times, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday, as he asserted that it was “time to reform” the global body. Guterres, while speaking to reporters in Hiroshima at the […]
Hiroshima: The Gandhian ideals of peace and harmony reverberate globally and give strength to millions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi here in this Japanese city. The location of the bust of Gandhi has been chosen as a mark of solidarity for peace and non-violence. The […]
Hiroshima: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for building an inclusive food system that focuses on the world’s most vulnerable people and pitched for checking the “expansionist mentality” occupying the fertiliser resources. In an address at a session of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Modi also strongly batted for the democratisation of technology, saying […]
Hiroshima: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a productive bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed a broad range of issues including cooperation in trade and economic spheres, co-production and manufacturing in the defence sector and civil nuclear cooperation. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the summit of the Group […]