Latest Cultural Ties News & Updates

Abuja/New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The India-Nigeria relationship is not a story of one country projecting power over another but one rooted in mutual recognition and shared aspirations. As two large, youthful democracies of the Global South, India and Nigeria are navigating common challenges ranging from pressures of development and inequality to migration and global competition. This is why the people-to-people dimension of the relationship assumes particular significance, providing a social foun…

Suva, June 8 (IANS) India’s High Commissioner to Fiji Suneet Mehta held a meeting with the Pacific island nation’s Minister for Policing and Communications Ioane Naivalurua on Monday, with discussions held on strengthening cooperation in cybersecurity, law enforcement, digital resilience and capacity building. “High Commissioner Suneet Mehta paid a courtesy call on Hon. Ioane Naivalurua, Minister for Policing and Communications, reaffirming our shared commitment to deeper cooperation in cybersec…

Thimphu, April 9 (IANS) Union Minister for Power Manohar Lal Khattar held a meeting with Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Thursday, discussing strengthening energy security, hydropower cooperation, cultural and people-to-people ties between the two nations.”Pleased to welcome Manohar Lal Khattar today. We discussed strengthening energy security and hydropower cooperation to further the enduring friendship between Bhutan and India,” Tobgay said on X.Union Minister Khattar expressed Indi…

Suva, March 26 (IANS) India’s High Commissioner to Fiji Suneet Mehta held a meeting with Fiji’s Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry Tomasi Tunabuna on Thursday, with discussions focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation in agriculture and capacity building. “High Commissioner Suneet Mehta was pleased to call on Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry, Hon. Tomasi Tunabuna,” Indian High Commission in Suva posted on X. “Productive discussions were held focusi…

New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The growing partnership between India and Australia found fresh expression this week at the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy in New Delhi, where Australian artist Grace Lillian Lee presented her work foregrounding First Nations traditions as living practice.​ The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of Philip Green, Australian High Commissioner to India and Bhutan, who underscored the importance of Indigenous knowledge in shaping contemporary art a…

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the “grand celebration of Indian culture” in Malaysia, especially the record-breaking dance performance during the ‘Selamat Datang Modiji’ event which was attended by over 12,000 members of the Indian diaspora, friends of India from across the country and also Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim. “A grand celebration of Indian culture in Malaysia! A highlight of the community programme in Kuala Lumpur was a dance performance which…

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Wednesday stressed the need for closer collaboration between India and Spain on shared challenges, particularly in combating terrorism, amid a shift in the global order.In his opening remarks at a meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares in New Delhi, the EAM said, “The world order is clearly undergoing a profound change. It is more imperative than ever before for nations to collaborate on shared challenge…