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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a four-day, three-nation tour covering Cyprus, Canada and Croatia, arrived in Canada to participate in the 51st G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. He was received at the summit venue by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “Building bridges for global progress and cooperation. PM @MarkJCarney of Canada welcomed PM @narendramodi at the #G7 Summit...
In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was bestowed with the highest civilian honour of Cyprus — Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III — on Monday, during his visit to the country. “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the Government and people of Cyprus for conferring upon me ‘The Grand Cross of...