Category: International News

PM Modi gets red carpet welcome on historic visit to Israel, friend Netanyahu says ‘we love India’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu hugged three times and referred to each other as “my friend” several times, with their mutual bonhomie openly evident to a large crowd that included the entire Israeli cabinet and heads of Abrahamic faiths. India and Israel on Tuesday took historic steps towards a new engagement,…

PM Narendra Modi, French President Macron talk climate change, terrorism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday and discussed issues of international and mutual interests, including ways to enhance strategic ties, countering terrorism and climate change. Modi vowed to go “above and beyond” the Paris accord to combat climate change. The two leaders met at the Elysee Palace, the official residence…

Narendra Modi meets Vladimir Putin: Full text of the India-Russia joint statement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the media at St Petersburg International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday. Modi’s visit to Russia comes amid him and other world leaders expressing their commitment towards fighting climate change after United States president Donald Trump indicated that the United States might pull out…