Paris: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and France have agreed to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in this European nation, opening a huge new market for Indian innovation. Addressing the Indian community at the La Seine Musicale, a performing arts centre on an island in river Seine, Modi said very soon…
Paris: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met French counterpart Elisabeth Borne here and discussed issues of bilateral and mutual interests. Modi, who landed here earlier in the day, was received by Prime Minister Borne at the airport in a special gesture. The Prime Minister is here on a two-day visit during which he will…
Paris: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met French Senate President Gerard Larcher here as he began his bilateral engagements to boost India’s strategic ties with France. Modi, who landed here earlier in the day, received a warm welcome upon his arrival at the meeting hall to hold talks with Larcher. The Prime Minister is…
Kathmandu: All six people, including five members of a Mexican family, were killed in a fiery crash of a private commercial helicopter near Mount Everest in eastern Nepal on Tuesday, a senior airport official said. The Manang Air NA-MV chopper took off from Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 am for Kathmandu and suddenly lost…
Washington: The United States has welcomed the role of India in helping achieve lasting peace in Ukraine, a senior administration official said Monday. “A strategic failure for Russia, which has seen an enormous loss of both military personnel, but military equipment. It’s seen its standing in the world affected. It’s seen its economy crippled by the…
Islamabad: Virgin Atlantic has ended its operations in Pakistan with the last flight of the British carrier taking off from Islamabad to London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said that the final flight left from Islamabad International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport at 8 am (local time). The British airline…
Kuala Lumpur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim and held talks with his Malaysian counterpart Mohamad Hasan here on Monday and discussed ways to further deepen bilateral defence ties. Singh arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday on a three-day visit aimed at further boosting bilateral defence and strategic ties. “Called…
Islamabad: At least six people were killed and 10 others injured on Sunday when a three-storey building collapsed due to a gas cylinder explosion in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said. The three-storey hotel building located on the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab’s Jhelum area collapsed after the cylinder exploded in the kitchen, they said. Jhelum Deputy…
Dar es Salaam: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reaffirmed India’s commitment to strengthen relations with Tanzania as he held “comprehensive and productive” talks with his counterpart here to create the pathway to boost bilateral ties in various sectors, including trade. Jaishankar met Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Dr. Stergomena Tax…
Colombo: Describing the Buddha, Lord Rama and Lord Shiva as a “trinity” that culturally binds India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Indian High Commissioner in Colombo Gopal Baglay on Friday urged all tourism stakeholders to do more to promote people-to-people ties in the region. In his address, on the second day of the Indian Travel Congress here,…
