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India to expand defence and security partnership with France

India and France agreed to strengthen defence and security partnership by enhancing intelligence and information sharing, bolstering capabilities, expanding military drills and pursuing new initiatives in maritime, space and cyber domains, the Indian embassy in Paris said

Modi met Delhi man whose innovation can be gamechanger for air pollution

A portable and cost-effective machine, innovated by India's Vidyut Mohan, is being pitched as a big part of the potential solution to endemic air pollution in Indian cities, particularly capital Delhi

'India's green targets are contingent on developed countries' financing'

All the 2030 climate targets announced by India earlier this week in Glasgow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are contingent on receiving adequate and enabling finance from developed countries, a top official in Environment Ministry has been quoted as saying

India must enhance its military capabilities, says Modi

India must enhance its military capabilities in tune with changes in the world and the modes of war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday, addressing soldiers in Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir, not far from the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, as he celebrated Diwali with the troops

Modi calls for door-to-door vaccinations in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday exhorted that Covid vaccines should now be taken door-to-door and there should be equal focus on the second dose

India has set an ambitious agenda for the next 50 years: Modi

India has not only exceeded the Paris commitments but has now also set an ambitious agenda for the next 50 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday after he took part in two days of intense discussions with world leaders at the climate summit on the future of the planet

Modi exalts One Sun, One World, One Grid

Emphasising that everything is created from Sun, Modi exalted the One Sun, One World, One Grid to improve the viability of solar power and announced that space agency ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) will soon provide the world with a calculator that can measure solar energy potential of any region across the globe

India to build special data window on cyclone information for small island states

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will build a special data window for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to get timely information about cyclones, coral-reef monitoring, coast-line monitoring through satellite, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Glasgow on Tuesday

India to go carbon neutral by 2070: Modi's pledge at climate summit

India will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday, spelling out the target for the first time that gives the country 10 years more than China and 20 more than the US and European Union, NDTV said

India seeks stronger, strategic partnership with Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, trade, economy and people-to-people ties, as they met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome Sunday

India can't ignore developed nations' neglect of climate finance; pressuring developing countries 'not justice': Modi at G20

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that India cannot ignore the neglect of climate finance, and called on developed nations to set a target of providing at least one per cent of their GDP for financing green projects in the developing world

India, Israel to identify new areas of defence cooperation, prepare roadmap

India and Israel have agreed to form a task force that will work to identify new areas of defence cooperation, New Delhi said on Friday, after officials of both the countries held the 15th round of Joint Working Group meeting on military ties

India's first manned ocean mission launched

India's first manned ocean mission Samudrayan was launched in Chennai on Friday and with this the nation joined an elite club of nations having such underwater vehicles for carrying out subsea activities

First step towards gender equality in Indian armed forces: Indian Army chief

India's Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane said as the National Defence Academy (NDA) opens its doors to women cadets, it is expected that they will be welcomed with the same sense of fair play and professionalism for which the Indian armed forces are known world over

Pegasus case: State cannot get a 'free pass' on national security, rules India's Supreme Court; individual privacy paramount

In a defining ruling on the Pegasus snooping case that garnered global headlines, India's Supreme Court has said that the power of the State to snoop in the name of national security into the “sacred private space” of individuals wass not absolute and every citizen of India ought to be protected against violations of privacy