New Delhi, May 22: The headlines last week, read like dispatches from a war room. Oil tankers rerouting around the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude climbing by the hour. Fertiliser and diesel prices twitching in sympathy across continents. The war in Europe digging in for another summer with no armistice in sight. Into the middle of this frightened, churning world walked an Indian Prime Minister, boarding a flight to Abu Dhabi with the calm of a man who knew exactly what he had gone to fetch.Six da…
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Rome, May 20 (IANS) India and Italy on Wednesday jointly condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross border terrorism, urging all the nations to continue work towards eliminating terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, disrupting terrorist networks and combating terror financing. During their meeting in Rome, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni welcomed the first meeting of the Permanent Task Force between I…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that he is looking forward to celebrating America’s 250th birthday with partners in India. In a video message shared ahead of his visit to India, Rubio said, “As America gets ready to celebrate our 250th birthday, we look forward to doing it with our partners in India. India is the world’s largest democracy and we are world’s oldest. So, we look forward to celebrating it together.”While sharing the video on social medi…
Seoul, May 20 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with South Korean Minister for Defence Acquisition Programme Administration, Lee Yong-chul in Seoul on Wednesday with both sides agreeing to make efforts to create avenues for joint development, production and exports. “Had a fruitful meeting with the South Korean Minister for Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Mr. Lee Yong-chul in Seoul. We agreed to harness the symbiotic efforts to create avenues for Joint Development,…
Colombo, May 20 (IANS) Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, received a ceremonial Guard of Honour at the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Headquarters during his official visit to the island nation, marking a key diplomatic and Defence engagement between the two countries. Taking to social media platform X on Wednesday, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka posted: “The Chief of the Air Staff was ceremonially received with a Guard of Honour at SLAF he…
Washington, May 20 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to India from May 23-26, visiting Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi, as Washington and New Delhi prepare for talks expected to focus on the Quad partnership, energy security, trade and defence cooperation amid rising geopolitical tensions in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.The State Department announced Rubio’s travel plans on Tuesday, saying he would first travel to Helsingborg, Sweden, on May 22 to attend the NATO…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visits to the Netherlands and Sweden constitute part of India’s wider European outreach, which includes Norway and Italy, at a time of shifting alliances in the geopolitical landscape amid the dramatic change in US foreign policy under Donald Trump’s presidency.”Underlying the trip is a larger geopolitical calculation on both sides. Europe is seeking to reduce its economic exposure to China and cope with the fallout of the Russ…
Hanoi, May 19 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on Vietnamese President To Lam on Tuesday and reaffirmed India’s commitment to strengthening cooperation under the Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations. In a post on X, Singh said, “Honoured to call on the General Secretary and President of Vietnam during my visit to Vietnam. Conveyed warm greetings from Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and reaffirmed India’s commitment to further deepen Defence cooperati…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will depart for his two-nation visit to Vietnam and South Korea on Monday to discuss expanding strategic military ties, defence industrial partnerships, and maritime security cooperation to support stability in the Indo-Pacific region.Singh will arrive in Hanoi on Monday to discuss ways to further strengthen the military cooperation with Vietnam. He will later visit South Korea to discuss the bilateral defence ties.In a post on X, Singh sai…
Gothenburg (Sweden), May 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and expressed complete agreement with her over the “strong potential of India-Europe ties, especially in the wake of the signing of India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA)”. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Sweden.Addressing the European…