New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday called for an urgent reform of the United Nations, in particular the UN Security Council (UNSC), while backing both India and Brazil as members of the Permanent Security Council. Addressing the media following extensive talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi’s Hyderabad House, President Lula highlighted the role played by G4 – a group of four countries made up of India, Brazil, Germany, and Japan – whic…
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Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) The BJP Yuva Morcha staged a protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Saturday, condemning the Youth Congress demonstration at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi. BJP workers displayed posters carrying slogans against the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.The police seized the banners and escorted the BJP leaders into a vehicle.Speaking on the occasion, BJP Yuva Morcha State President and MLA Dheeraj Muniraj said, “By staging a protest during the AI …
Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, following a controversial shirtless protest by Youth Congress activists at AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.Taking to the social media platform X, Manjhi used mathematical analogies to compare Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Rahul Gandhi.In his post, he wrote, “The nation’s honour = Narendra Modi, the nation’s respect = Narendra Modi, the n…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held delegation-level talks on Saturday at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.The talks focused on further strengthening the partnership between the two nations in the fields of trade, economy, education, investment, digitalisation, the Global South and other multilateral issues. Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had stated that PM Modi and Brazilian President Lula would be reviewing t…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held a bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Saturday, focusing on further strengthening bilateral ties. Earlier in the day, the Brazilian President also paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar also called on Brazilian President Lula and discussed ways to advance the Strategic Partnership between the two nations. The EAM expressed…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday called on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discussed ways to advance the Strategic Partnership between the two nations. Later in the day, PM Modi and the Brazilian President will hold a bilateral meeting. The EAM expressed confidence that the Brazilian President’s engagements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the day would impart a new momentum to the bilateral ties. Following the meeting…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly welcomed the Brazilian President upon his arrival.Later in the day, PM Modi and the Brazilian President will hold a bilateral meeting, discussing ways to further strengthen the partnership between the two Global South nations.”Both leaders would be reviewing the entire gamut of…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday announced the inauguration of the first office of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) in New Delhi.”This agency works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and to attract foreign investments to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy,” President Lula said in a post on X.”Brazil and India are two of the largest nations of the Global South. We had a trade flow of US$ 15.2 billi…
United Nations/New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday congratulated India for its leadership in the AI domain at his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu, according to his spokesperson’s office. Guterres congratulated them “on the organisation of the AI Impact Summit and expressed his deep appreciation for India’s cooperation with the United Nations” at the separate meetings he had with the leaders in the Indian capital, th…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Congress leader Gurdeep Singh Sappal on Friday sought to justify the “shirtless” protest at the India AI Impact Summit by Indian Youth Congress workers, adding that they are “young men who tend to get over-excited and angered”.“The young protesters’ anger got vented in their agitation against the destruction of their future and careers,” said Sappal, linking the demonstration at the Summit to the allegedly “unfavourable” Indo-US trade deal.Describing th…