Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the electric carmaker is looking to invest in India “as soon as humanly possible.” His comments followed a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York during Modi’s state visit to the United States. A source previously told Reuters that Musk would brief Modi...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday emphasised the need for self-reliance for the country, saying it was not an option but a necessity in the fast-changing global scenario. “During the 1971 war, when we needed equipment the most we were refused. We had to look for alternatives. I don’t want to take the names of the countries that...
New Delhi: The Union Minister for External Affairs, S Jaishankar, along with Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Saturday visited different development projects in south Delhi undertaken by the central government, including the upcoming Eco Park at southeast Delhi’s Badarpur. Jaishankar’s visit was part of the outreach programme under the Delhi...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US next week is expected to be high on substance as both sides are looking at concrete outcomes in a range of key areas such as defence and technology Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US next week is expected to be high on substance as both...
The US and India are likely to agree to jointly manufacture fighter jet engines when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington next week. The deal, if approved, would involve General Electric Co. partnering with state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. to produce engines for the Tejas light-combat aircraft. The collaboration reflects a strengthening military cooperation between the two nations...
When Modi addresses a joint meeting of the US Congress on June 23, it will make him only the third world leader to make such an address twice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming state visit underlines the rising importance of India in global affairs and the deepening ties between our two nations, senior US diplomat Atul Keshap...
Prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to deliver a special video address at the meeting on Monday. Delegates from key G20 member nations were accorded a grand welcome in Varanasi, where the three-day G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting kicked off on Sunday. Among those who arrived were Australian politician Patrick Conroy, Brazil’s ambassador to India Mauricio...
Jaishankar’s pointed comments put into sharp relief the worst slide in India-China relations in six decades because of the military standoff. External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday delivered a blunt message to China on the standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – any expectation that ties can be normalised without peace on...
This was the first contact between top leaders of the two countries since China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday reviewed bilateral cooperation and discussed ways to bolster relations in connectivity, energy and defence. The matters figured in a telephone...
The proposed visit is expected to build on the momentum generated by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s trip to India in January when he was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Egypt this month, on his way back from a trip to the US,...