The nine-year stint of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a period of strong growth in the Indian stock market despite the challenging years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The last nine years of the Narendra Modi government have seen equity benchmarks the Sensex and the Nifty surging by 150 perRead More →
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that he will hold extensive discussions with other G-20 leaders in Bali on key issues of global concern, such as reviving global growth, ensuring food and energy security, and addressing issues relating to health and digital transformation, news agency PTI reported. This was theRead More →
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Saudi Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Sunday and handed over a written message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the progress in bilateral ties, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting, bilateralRead More →
IN HIS first statement on the floods in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was “saddened” to see the devastation and “hoped for an early restoration of normalcy”. The Indian Express has learnt that discussions are underway at the highest levels on the possibility of extending humanitarianRead More →
Days before the scheduled arrival of Indian Army Chief, Gen Manoj Pande, to receive the ‘Honorary General’ rank of Nepal Army, Kathmandu has for now stalled the recruitment of Gorkhas in the Indian Army under the ‘Agnipath scheme’, putting a question mark on the future of a practice that beganRead More →
Amid a buzz that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may emerge as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate, his party Janata Dal (United) said on Friday if other parties want so, then this is an option. JD(U) president Lalan Singh said Kumar’s main focus is on uniting opposition parties to takeRead More →
A DAY after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leaders changed their profile picture on social media platforms to the Tricolour, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the RSS, saying it had not hoisted the national flag at its headquarters for 52 years after Independence. Rahul’s attack cameRead More →
Nominated MP Rakesh Sinha on Tuesday raised a question on the progress of the country’s TB elimination programme. He spoke to Anonna Dutt. What made you raise the question? India has one-fourth of the world’s TB cases. And we realised the gravity of the situation in 2017 when the Prime MinisterRead More →
In a bid to prepare the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Uzbekistan in September this year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is travelling to Tashkent for two days, beginning Thursday, to attend a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi,Read More →
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met UAE’s newly-appointed President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan here and the two leaders reiterated their commitment to further deepen and diversify the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Modi met Sheikh Mohamed during a brief stopover here on hisRead More →
