Bratislava: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday conferred with Slovakia’s highest national award, The Order of the White Double Cross (1st Class). This is Prime Minister Modi’s 33rd international honour. President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini conferred the award on PM Modi at a ceremony in Bratislava. “Honoured to receive The Order of the White…
Bratislava: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Slovakia’s President Peter Pellegrini on Monday and discussed the growing partnership between the two countries, including digitalisation, innovation, defence and nuclear energy. Modi, who is in Bratislava as part of his weeklong visit to Europe, met Pellegrini at the Presidential Palace, where the two leaders welcomed the growing…
Bratislava: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Slovakia for the second leg of his two-nation visit, where he will hold talks with President Peter Pellegrini and Prime Minister Robert Fico and interact with business leaders. Modi is the first Indian prime minister to visit Slovakia since its independence in 1993. In a post on X…
Washington/Tehran: The United States and Iran have agreed on a framework for a peace deal that will extend the current ceasefire for 60 days, marking a significant breakthrough in efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump announced that he had authorised the immediate removal of the US naval blockade of…
Nice (France): Talks between India and France on the Rafale fighter jet programme have advanced, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Sunday, while underlining New Delhi’s push for greater local content and local manufacturing in defence cooperation. Briefing reporters after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron, Misri said the Rafale…
Dubai: The Indian Embassy in Muscat on Sunday said it was working to facilitate the earliest repatriation of the body of an Indian national who died due to medical complications aboard a vessel in Omani waters. In a social media post, the mission said the mortal remains of Nishanth Uirthanathan have been disembarked from MT…
Nice (France): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron on a wide range of areas, including AI, startups, trade, infrastructure, mobility and health, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The two of them also exchanged views on key international and regional issues, it said. Modi landed in the French…
Dubai: At least 14 Indian crew members were safely evacuated from an Indian vessel that suffered an engine failure off the Oman coast. The ill-fated boat, identified as the Mechanised Sailing Vessel (MSV) Virat 1, sank soon after. The Indian embassy said that the rescue operation was coordinated with Omani authorities and other vessels in…
Sydney: The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) cases spanning the 1940s to the present, along with the new Steven Spielberg movie, Disclosure Day, about extraterrestrial life, has fuelled the idea that aliens are visiting Earth. In fact, polls in Australia, the US, and elsewhere indicate around…
Washington/Islamabad: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said a deal to end the war with Iran would be signed on Sunday and that the strategic Strait of Hormuz would be “open to all” immediately afterwards. Trump’s comments came hours after Pakistan indicated that the United States and Iran were in the final stage of negotiations…
