External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that peace and prosperity in the Mekong region play a pivotal role in realising India’s vision for security and growth for all countries in the region under its Act East policy.In his opening remarks at the 12th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Mechanism meeting here, Jaishankar said the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described India as a “model of diversity” in his addresses to the Indian diaspora in which he also announced an agreement for the use of UPI in France, opening a huge new market for the Indian innovation in cashless instant payment. In his nearly an hour-long speech to the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the first Indian premier to have been conferred with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civilian and military honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron. Modi received the honour at the Elysee Palace here on Thursday and joined the ranks of other prominent world leaders such...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday began his visit to France with “fruitful” meetings with his French counterpart Elisabeth Borne and Senate President Gerard Larcher during which he discussed ways to impart new impetus to India’s multifaceted cooperation and time-tested strategic partnership with the key European nation. Modi, who landed here earlier in the day,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin after the failed Wagner group mutiny last month, the Kremlin says. Prigozhin, who heads the mercenary group, was among 35 Wagner commanders invited to the meeting in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added. He said that President Putin had given an “assessment” of the Ukraine war...
Foxconn said on Monday it is pulling out of a joint venture with Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Monday it has withdrawn from a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta Ltd that was set up to make semiconductors from India. Foxconn says not proceeding with Vedanta JV on mega semiconductor plan. “Foxconn is working to remove...
US President Joe Biden departed on Sunday on a three-nation trip that will be dominated by a NATO summit in Lithuania aimed at showing solidarity with Ukraine in its fight against Russia while not yet accepting Kyiv as a member of the alliance. Biden’s first stop will be in London, where he will meet British...
For the first time ever, Dubai’s total population has surpassed 3.6 million. According to fresh data from the Dubai Statistics Centre, the population of Dubai sat at 3.55 million people at the end of 2022. Fast forward 6 months, and the population of the city has increased by an impressive 50,000 in just six months. That’s...
India on Thursday sought firm action from all countries where pro-Khalistan groups are conducting campaigns to incite violence against Indian diplomats and missions, and said freedom of expression shouldn’t be misused to propagate separatism and legitimise terrorism. India has slammed Pakistan for its “politically-motivated” and “venomous” remarks that referred to Jammu and Kashmir during a...
Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms Inc., has officially introduced Threads, a new application explicitly developed to directly compete with Twitter. This launch poses the most significant challenge to Elon Musk’s ailing social media platform to date. As reported by Bloomberg, Threads, the newly unveiled app by Instagram, offers users the ability to share text, links, and engage in...