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…
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Oslo/New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended the India-Norway Business and Research Summit in Oslo, marking the growing momentum in bilateral economic cooperation following the coming into force of India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement.The summit was attended by CEOs of over 50 companies and more than 250 participants from the Norwegian and Indian business and research communities. A number of business agreements between Indian and Norwegian compani…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Europe is losing its strategic autonomy as it is getting increasingly dependent on Chinese factories for goods, even for the Green Transition in energy that it is aiming for, according to an article.The article in Brussels Signal highlights that China now controls 80 per cent of the world’s solar panels, 75 per cent of the batteries, and 70 per cent of the electric vehicles, which represents “a total monopoly on the energy and mobility of the next generation”.”This i…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union, stressing that the landmark partnership between two major economies will create new opportunities for businesses, consumers, and the skilled workforce.Addressing a joint press conference at Hyderabad House here with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, PM Modi underlined that the agreement – biggest in India’s history — r…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) NITI Aayog on Wednesday unveiled a roadmap for the decarbonisation of aluminium, cement, and MSME sectors in India as the nation goes in for a massive expansion of industry and infrastructure to achieve the Viksit Bharat Goal of $30 trillion.CEO NITI Aayog, B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, said: “About a year and a half ago, we established the Green Transition, Energy, Environment, and Climate Change division at NITI Aayog. Previously, NITI had no division focused on climate change …