India will soon be among the top three economies of the world, and its missions on artificial intelligence, semiconductor and quantum computing are becoming the new engines of growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. In an address at a gathering of the Indian diaspora on Thursday, Modi said India is a land of opportunities...
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India not just a partner but co-traveller in Ghana’s development journey: PM Modi
India and Ghana have elevated their ties to the level of comprehensive partnership, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirming that New Delhi is a co-traveller in the African nation’s development journey. Modi made the remarks on Wednesday after holding wide-ranging talks with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama. In his media statement, Prime Minister Modi said...
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Digital India bridged divide, democratised opportunity: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Tuesday that the Digital India initiative launched a decade ago bridged the digital divide between haves and have-nots, and democratised opportunity, stressing that it has become a people’s movement. In a post on LinkedIn, he said while decades were spent doubting the ability of Indians to use technology, his...
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9 Cr. Indians beneficiaries of social security schemes: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that today, around 950 million people in the country are benefitting from one or another social security scheme. In his monthly Mann ki Baat address, PM Modi said that until 2015, government schemes could reach even fewer than 250 million people. “Recently, an important report from the International...
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Demarcation, Delimitation At Borders: India Shares 4-Point Plan With China
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday met his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao. The bilateral conversation, India’s highest-level military dialogue with China in recent months, centred around maintaining peace along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and charting a roadmap for...
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India Refuses To Sign SCO Document That Skipped Pahalgam, Had Balochistan
Sending a stern message to India’s neighbours, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has refused to sign a joint statement at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet because it did not mention the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 innocent lives and did not reflect India’s strong position on terror. While skipping any mention of Pahalgam, the document...
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Trump says Israel-Iran ceasefire now in effect, please do not violate
A ceasefire announcement by the United States, a denial by Tehran followed by an apparent U-turn, and Iranian missile strikes — all culminating in Tehran finally announcing a ceasefire after four waves of attacks that claimed four lives in Israel — marked the latest developments in the 12-day-long Israel-Iran war. US President Donald Trump early...
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Iran launches missiles at U.S. military bases in Qatar, Iraq
Iran launched missile attacks at the al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest American base in West Asia, on Monday (June 23, 2025) evening in retaliation for the U.S.’s strikes at the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities on Sunday (June 22, 2025). Qatar said it “successfully intercepted” the missiles and that there were no deaths and...
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PM Modi speaks to Iran president, reiterates ‘call for immediate de-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy’
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that he spoke with Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, and expressed deep concern at the recent escalations. “Spoke with President of Iran @drpezeshkian. We discussed in detail about the current situation. Expressed deep concern at the recent escalations,” Modi said in...
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‘I felt at home,’ PM Modi on Croatia visit, discusses trade, defence, tech with counterpart
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Croatian counterpart, Andrej Plenkovic, on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations in Zagreb, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed. PM Modi’s visit to Croatia is a part of his three-nation visit, including Cyprus and Canada, for the G7 Summit. “I am happy that I got the opportunity to come to...