India was the only one of 51 invited countries that didn’t attend a two-day ministerial meeting in London, hosted by the incoming president of the COP26 United Nations talks.
Jaishankar, who arrived in Italy from Greece on the second leg of this two-nation tour, also met US Secretary of State Blinken and discussed the Indo-Pacific and Afghan situation.
India's G20 Sherpa Suresh Prabhu says the WHO cannot just be a body that releases data on Covid, calls for creating global surveillance mechanisms to track pandemics.
Estimates indicate that coral reefs account for $2.7 trillion per year in ecosystem service value. And yet, we have lost 50 per cent of the world’s reefs.
The picture that emerged from G20 is that many leaders are relieved to have Joe Biden take over as US president, though they think 4 years of 'America First' can't be easily undone.
Modi said India has adopted low-carbon & climate-resilient development practices, 'inspired by our traditional ethos of living in harmony with environment'.
During his address at G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders’ Summit, Modi stressed the need for a humanitarian, not just economic, approach to globalisation.
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will chair the virtual summit that follows a telephone conversation between PM Modi and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman last week.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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