Category: India
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PM Modi’s Italy visit highlights: India-Italy upgrade ties to ‘Special Strategic Partnership’; seal defence roadmap
PM Modi receives ‘Agricola Medal’, Food and Agriculture Organisation’s highest honour in Italy
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India, Vietnam deepen defence cooperation with focus on maritime security
Both countries agreed to expand cooperation through regular dialogues, joint military exercises and exchange programmes between their armed forces
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Modi and Meloni outline road map for India-Italy strategic partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joint op-ed talks about emerging “Indo-Mediterranean” corridor and pushes for €20-billion bilateral trade target by 2029.
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Amid soaring temperatures, India successfully meets record peak power demand of 260.45 GW
Thermal power accounted for about 62.5% of the power generated when the peak demand was met.
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Petrol, diesel prices hiked by 90 paise per litre
The latest price hike comes less than a week after the first price rise by ₹3 on May 15
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From green shipping to blue economy: Modi hails India-Norway partnership
India and Norway upgrade ties to a “Green Strategic Partnership”; Norway PM Støre says both countries have “differences”, calls for them to unite against weaponization of diplomacy, trade and technology
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CAA applicants must declare passport status, surrender foreign passports: Home Ministry
Home Ministry notifies amendment to Citizenship Rules; move comes days after BJP came to power for the first time in West Bengal where a large number of Matua community, the intended beneficiaries of CAA legislation reside
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Cut foreign travel, use more EVs: Finance Ministry’s ‘austerity’ steps for public sector banks & insurers
Circular does not mention the West Asia crisis, but it comes a little more than a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the nation to adopt similar austerity measures.
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India, Sweden agree to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership
During the delegation-level talks, Narendra Modi and Ulf Kristersson reviewed the full spectrum of India-Sweden relations and agreed to elevate the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership
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Di Giannantonio wins Catalan Grand Prix, Alex Marquez hurt in horror crash
The race was red-flagged twice, the first time after Pedro Acosta’s bike cut out and Marquez made contact with him, with his Ducati-Gresini destroyed in a horrific crash