New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a “fruitful” roundtable with the CEOs of leading American tech companies, where he emphasised India’s growth prospects and discussed initiatives to foster bilateral collaborations across various sectors. The meeting took place at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on Sunday during the second leg of Modi’s three-day…
New York: Terming India as a “land of opportunities”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told a mega gathering of Indian-Americans that he has set very ambitious goals for the country during his third term. Speaking at the packed Nassau Veterans Coliseum on Long Island in New York, Modi said he is pursuing a “three-fold…
Wilimington (US): Under a transformative collaboration with the US, India will get a national security semiconductor fabrication plant that will produce chips for use in military hardware and next-generation telecommunications. The India-US joint project was announced following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in Wilmington on Saturday. A joint fact…
Colombo: In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50 per cent vote needed to be declared the winner. The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP) had won…
Wilimington (US): US President Joe Biden commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Ukraine last month and his message of peace, as the two leaders held wide-ranging talks that figured pressing global challenges including the situation in the war-ravaged country. The US President hosted Modi at his personal home in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday…
Philadelphia: During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States on Saturday, 297 antiquities that had been smuggled out of India were handed back to the country. This transfer brings the total number of antiquities recovered by India since 2014 to 640, including 578 that have been returned from the USA alone. In previous…
Wilmington (US): In a message to Beijing, the leaders of the United States, Australia, India and Japan said on Saturday they were “seriously concerned” over tensions in the South and East China Seas. In a joint statement that did not name the Chinese government by name, the leaders condemned “coercive and intimidating maneuvers in the…
Wilmington (US): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an “extremely fruitful” meeting with US President Joe Biden during which the two leaders discussed ways to further enhance bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest and exchanged views on global and regional issues including the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. Modi, who is in the US on a…
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Saturday rolled out the red carpet to welcome leaders of QUAD countries, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India, Anthony Albanese from Australia and Fumio Kishida of Japan. Biden welcomed the three leaders for the QUAD Leadership Summit at the Archmere Academy in his hometown, Wilmington. The welcome ceremony took…
Wilmington (US): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Quad is not against anyone, but for a rules-based international order and respect for sovereignty, in a veiled reference to China. “A free, open, inclusive and prosperous Indo-Pacific is our priority,” Modi said in his opening remarks at the summit hosted by President Joe…
