New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) India and Vietnam have agreed to further strengthen economic relations and work towards enhancing bilateral trade to $25 billion by 2030, according to a joint statement issued by both countries on Wednesday.The joint statement was issued after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vietnam President To Lam, who is on an official visit to India. “The two sides agreed to reinforce cooperation between the two rapidly growing economies at the level of governments and …
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United Nation, May 6 (IANS) India has made 27 migration and mobility agreements with 23 countries and such partnerships must be expanded to provide safe pathways for emigration and protection of the diaspora, according to Kirti Vardhan Singh, the Minister of State for External Affairs.The agreements facilitate “structured and skills-based mobility, with a strong emphasis on worker welfare, social protection, and fair recruitment practices”, he said on Tuesday at the Second International Migr…
Mumbai, May 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday inaugurated the ‘Maharashtra Training Week’ under the ‘Tech Wari 2.0’ initiative, asserting that the ultimate goal of technology is to simplify the lives of common citizens. Comparing the public to the deity ‘Vitthal’, the Chief Minister highlighted that the administration’s “pilgrimage” (Wari) is dedicated to their service. The event organised by the General Administration Department (GAD) aims to implement a rapid road…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) India will issue grant assistance worth up to Rs 12 crore to Ecuador over a period of five years for the implementation of socio-economic development projects in the South American nation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated on Saturday.Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Gabriela Sommerfeld Rosero concluded a two-day official visit to India this week, marking a new chapter in the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two nati…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) India on Tuesday sent a consignment of 250 metric tonnes of food grains to Seychelles, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced while adding that New Delhi will be sending more assistance to the country as part of its USD 175 million Special Economic Package. “A consignment of 250 MT foodgrains sent to Seychelles. More to follow under the USD 175 million Special Economic Package committed to Seychelles,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X.In February, …
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) India’s experience with Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) emerged as a central case study to develop a model of development for the Global South at a session convened by The Global Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (GIWEH) on the sidelines at the 61st meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council at Geneva, according to an article.The UN session was held to examine how digital innovation and South–South cooperation can serve as catalysts for realisi…
London, March 9 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh held a meeting with UK’s Minister for Latin America, Caribbean and Multilateral Chris Elmore on the sidelines of Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) on Monday, discussing strengthening cooperation between two nations and working with partners to advance Commonwealth reforms. India’s High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami and other officials were also present during the meeting.”Began Day …
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) While the US and China are locked in an intense rivalry in the AI race to gain a dominant position in the world, countries such as India, Indonesia, and Vietnam are eyeing the frontier technology with the more modest objective of meeting their developmental goals and maintaining digital autonomy, according to an article.The United States leads frontier innovation, from large language models to artificial general intelligence (AGI), while China excels in embodied AI, ind…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Developed nations are eager to sign trade deals with India because a confident India is rising beyond doubt and despair, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing the Rising Bharat Summit organised by a leading news outlet. Speaking on Friday on the theme “Strength Within”, the Prime Minister highlighted India’s remarkable transformation over the past 11 years, marked by the reclamation of national potential, economic self-reliance, and a clear roadmap to becomi…
United Nations, Feb 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has called for an overarching approach to human rights that includes development and capacity-building leading to “tangible improvements in the daily lives of the most vulnerable” and confronting terrorism rather than engaging in polemics of “politicisation, selectivity or double standards”. Speaking through a video link to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday, he said, “In a world marred by conflict, pola…