NEW DELHI: Japan appointed senior diplomat Keiichi Ono as new ambassador to India. Ono has served as senior deputy minister for foreign affairs and as Japan’s G7 sherpa, playing an important role in ensuring success of 2013 G7 summit in Hiroshima.Ono, who is an expert on Japan-US relations, will take place of Hiroshi Suzuki who…
NEW DELHI: Days after holding a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the recently-concluded G7 Summit in Italy, Canada‘s Justin Trudeau said that the work is ongoing in the Canada-India relationship and he sees an “opportunity” to engage with Modi government now that the Lok Sabha elections are over. “Now…
Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday proposed that President Joe Biden should undergo a cognitive assessment, but in the following sentence, he confused the name of the person who administered the test to him during his presidency.In a recent speech to his supporters in Detroit, the former US President challenged Biden to take the…
NEW DELHI: The G7 countries have committed to promoting the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEEC), in what is seen as a boost to the strategic initiative amid tension in West Asia, which may have delayed work on the project.While the Indian govt has started its end of the work on the initiative that was announced…
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Saturday talked about a shared commitment between India and Canada in the future to tackle crucial concerns. “I’m not going to get into the details of this important, sensitive issue that we need to follow up, but this was a commitment to work together, in the coming times, to deal…
NEW DELHI: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni clicked a selfie with PM Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit held in Italy’s Apulia. Earlier, PM Modi representing India as an outreach nation was received by the Italian PM with a namaste as they both exchanged pleasantries.PM Modi is on his first official visit to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 50th summit of Group of 7, or G7 Summit that took place in Italy between June 13 and 14. G7 is a group of nations comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Germany, France and Canada, with the European Union (EU) being its non-enumerated member.Represented…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. He later said in a post on X he admires the Pope’s commitment to serve people and make the planet better. PM Modi also invited him to visit India. The PM, in fact, had invited him to visit India in…
NEW DELHI: Addressing an outreach session of G7 Summit in Italy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that we need to strive towards a time of ‘green era‘ by making joint efforts.PM Modi was speaking at the summit on the invitation of Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni. He addressed a session on Artificial Intelligence, energy,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared a warm embrace with Pope Francis at the G7 Summit‘s outreach session held in Apulia, southern Italy and said that he also invited the 87-year-old head of the worldwide Catholic Church to India.Admiring his commitment to serve people, PM Modi wrote on X, “Met Pope Francis…
