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…
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Auckland, July 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon on Saturday held wide-ranging bilateral talks in Auckland, agreeing to elevate India-New Zealand relations to a Strategic Partnership while reviewing cooperation across key sectors, including trade, defence, education, sports and culture. The two leaders also witnessed the exchange of several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at deepening bilateral engagement.Sharing details of the mee…
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…
Melbourne, July 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese on Friday issued a joint statement after their Annual Leaders’ Summit in Melbourne, announcing a series of landmark agreements across defence, security, energy, critical minerals, cyber technologies and trade that further deepen the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.The two leaders also unveiled a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation and reaffirmed their shared commitment …
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India is aiming to become a developed nation with the building of a new manufacturing ecosystem “from chips to ships” and is working on 6G technology to lead global innovation. Addressing the Indian community in Melbourne, Prime Minister Modi added that India has grown from a few hundred to over two lakh registered startups, with more than 4,000 new ventures launching every month.He praised the youth of India for transfo…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Secretary, Technology Development Board (TDB) Rajesh Kumar Pathak on Tuesday said central government plans to boost research and development spending to about 2 per cent of GDP and invited private sector to tap Rs 1 lakh crore Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF) that can underwrite up to half of project costs.“The objective of the RDIF is to encourage the private sector to scale-up R&D spending, currently at around 0.65 per cent of GDP. The role of t…
Jakarta, July 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the Indonesian government and President Prabowo Subianto after being conferred the country’s highest honour, the ‘Bintang Adipurna of the Republic of Indonesia’, calling it a tribute to “historic and deeply-rooted ties” between the two nations. Describing the award as a tribute to the longstanding friendship between India and Indonesia, he said the honour belonged to the people of India and reflected the deep a…
Jakarta, July 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held bilateral talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, during which the two leaders exchanged views on global and multilateral interests, while reiterating their commitment to a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. Following the meeting, the MEA took to X and said, “The leaders reviewed the full spectrum of the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership encom…
Jakarta, July 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday, with the two leaders expected to give fresh momentum to the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership across key sectors. Ahead of the meeting, PM Modi said he was “touched” by President Prabowo’s gesture of personally receiving him at the airport and expressed confidence that their discussions would further strengthen bilateral ties.PM M…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the regular bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, holding that it was bound by the Supreme Court’s earlier order declining them bail and that their fresh applications were not maintainable. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Court rejected the applications filed by Khalid and Imam under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha San…