Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Corruption should never be tolerated in any generation, whether it is Generation Z, Generation Alpha or the generations to come, including Generation Beta, Nepali Congress Member of Parliament Sandeep Rana told IANS on Monday. Speaking to the news agency, Rana said the principle of rejecting corruption had been taught by ancestors and remained a guiding value. “We have a saying that both giving and accepting bribes are crimes. That has always been our guiding principle. …
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Skopje, July 21 (IANS) Hailing India’s civilisational legacy and global stature, North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova on Tuesday described the country as one of the largest and most enduring civilisations in history as well as a leading force in economic growth, technological innovation and scientific achievement. She noted that India is the world’s largest democracy, one of the fastest-growing economies, and among the most influential voices on the global stage. Addressing a jo…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Monday invited Moldovan businesses to explore investment and trade opportunities in India, saying the country is among the world’s fastest-growing major economies and offers a transparent, predictable and investor-friendly business environment as it moves towards the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.Addressing the India-Moldova Business Forum in Chisinau during her state visit to Moldova, President Murmu said India sees trusted international part…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to New Zealand, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to Auckland in 40 years, demonstrated India’s renewed commitment to strengthen ties between two nations, a report has detailed. PM Modi was on an official visit to New Zealand on July 10-11 during which he held discussions with his Kiwi counterpart Christopher Luxon covering the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, including trade and investment, defence and security, ag…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said that the Khalistan issue has caused “a huge amount of pain, loss, and suffering” in India, but asserted that it will not derail the growing partnership between the two countries, according to a report. “We won’t tolerate intimidation or violence,” he said in an interview, as per a Khalsa Vox report. Stressing that freedom of speech is cherished, he, however, warned that strict police action will be taken against th…
Washington, July 11 (IANS) Although the international debate on Pakistan’s growing water insecurity has largely centred on India’s upstream position, that narrative overlooks a deeper and more longstanding reality. Despite inheriting one of the world’s largest contiguous irrigation systems, decades of inadequate domestic planning, chronic underinvestment and weak water governance have steadily undermined Pakistan’s long-term water security.”When India placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abey…
Auckland, July 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India and New Zealand will move ahead with clear goals and concrete outcomes after his talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Auckland, highlighting expanded cooperation across trade, technology, investment, agriculture, defence, healthcare, education and culture.In a post on X, PM Modi said his meeting with PM Luxon was “extensive and fruitful” and underlined the importance of recent high-level engage…
Auckland, July 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon, for welcoming him at the airport as he arrived at Auckland for the final leg of his three-nation visit and said that he looked forward to holding discussions with him on bilateral ties. PM Modi termed his visit “historic” as it is the first visit by an Indian PM to New Zealand in 40 years.PM Modi arrived in New Zealand on Friday after concluding his three-day visit to Australia…
Auckland/New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) India is one of the world’s most important rising powers and the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement comes at a crucial time as New Zealand adapts to an increasingly multipolar world, New Zealand Member of Parliament Phil Twyford said on Friday while welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country.Speaking to IANS in Auckland, Twyford said India has emerged as a political and economic powerhouse in Asia and that New Zealand stands to benefit fr…
Kathmandu, July 9 (IANS) Nepal’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dol Prasad Aryal, has extended an invitation to India’s Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, to visit the Himalayan nation, Speaker Aryal’s Secretariat said on Thursday. Following a courtesy meeting between Speaker Aryal and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava in Kathmandu on Thursday, the Secretariat said in a press note that Aryal had invited Birla to visit Nepal.Aryal informed the Ambassador that he had invited Birla, …