Nice, June 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday departed for Bratislava from Nice, concluding the first leg of the visit. He is going to pay a State visit to Slovakia from June 14-16 at the invitation of the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.”After a fruitful visit to Nice, France, which resulted in several bilateral outcomes with strong focus on innovation and future tech, PM Narendra Modi has departed for Bratislava,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on social media plat…
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Kanpur, June 13 (IANS) Amid global instability, the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, and the resulting economic challenges, a young competitive exam aspirant from Kanpur has written an emotional letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing unwavering faith in his leadership. Voicing concern for the Prime Minister’s safety, the letter states that while citizens can endure any form of hardship, they cannot accept any compromise when it comes to the Prime Minister’s security. Ashutosh Yadav,…
Dushanbe, June 13 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, on Friday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) International Conference, reiterated that providing a haven and using terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism go against the basic principles of humanity and international relations. “We reiterate that providing safe haven, using terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism, terror financing, arms and drugs trafficking, dissemination of a radi…
Washington, June 9 (IANS) Artificial intelligence can help India emerge as a global leader in the next phase of technological innovation even without developing frontier AI models of its own, according to Dev Rishi, General Manager for AI at Rubrik, who believes the biggest challenge facing enterprises today is not AI capability but governance, security and compliance.Speaking to IANS ahead of Rubrik’s annual Forward conference in Las Vegas, where the company is unveiling a series of AI-focused …
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The West Bengal government has increased security for the five Trinamool Congress MLAs from Birbhum district who have supported Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, a senior official said on Sunday.Those whose security has been increased are — Birbhum Zilla Parishad President and Hansan MLA Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sheikh); Nalhati MLA Rajendra Prasad Singh; Murarai MLA Mosharraf Hossain; former minister and Bolpur MLA Chandranath Sinha; and N…
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) AIADMK leader and Member of Parliament (RS) I.S. Inbadurai on Wednesday raised a series of questions over the security arrangements surrounding superstar-turned-politician and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, questioning why the new chief minister continues to be accompanied by a private bodyguard despite being protected by an extensive state security apparatus.Vijay, who led his party to victory in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and subseq…
Madrid, May 28 (IANS) The US Ambassador to Spain, Benjamin Leon, has urged Spain to be “very careful” about China’s involvement in sensitive sectors like telecommunications, data management and defence. In his first public appearances since assuming office in February, Benjamin Leon warned that China’s growing presence in strategic sectors could pose risks to security, technology and critical infrastructure. He voiced concerns about giving public contracts to companies working with Chinese techn…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) India and Canada have moved from an “antagonistic” phase to an “extremely friendly” one, with security agencies, political leadership and businesses now working closely together, India’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh K. Patnaik, said in an exclusive interview to IANS. “The relationship really changed in the last few months from being antagonistic to being extremely friendly. Right now things are going well,” Patnaik told IANS in an interview ahead of the visit o…
Shillong, May 25 (IANS) Multinational joint military Exercise ‘PRAGATI 2026’, currently underway at Umroi in Meghalaya, has entered an intensive phase of training and interoperability exercises, bringing together more than 400 military personnel from 12 friendly nations to strengthen regional peace, cooperation and collective security, officials said on Monday.The maiden edition of the exercise, which commenced on May 20, is being conducted in the spirit of equality, friendship and mutual respec…
Baghdad, May 24 (IANS) The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said on Sunday that three of its members were killed and four others wounded by an explosive device left by the Islamic State (IS) militant group in the northern province of Nineveh.The incident occurred when an explosive device detonated while they were performing national duties in the desert area, according to a CTS statement, Xinhua news agency reported.Despite the casualties, the service emphasised that it will continue pursui…