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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Guyanese health minister and discussed the progress of India-Guyana health ties. Jaishankar, who is on a three-nation visit to the Caribbean, met Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on a stopover in Georgetown, Guyana. "Delighted to meet Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony of Guyana during my stopover in Georgetown. Glad to learn of the progress in our bilateral health cooperation," Jaishankar said in a post on X. Jaishankar was in Jamaica on the first leg of his tour, then went to Suriname, and will be in Trinidad and Tobago for the final leg of his visit.
India's economic growth journey is a huge opportunity for its international partners, the country's envoy in Washington Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra said, underlining that the US is "front and centre" and among New Delhi's most consequential partnerships. Kwatra made the remarks during a special address on Saturday at the Columbia Indian Economy Summit 2026: 'The Quest for a Developed India', hosted at Columbia University by the Deepak and Neera Raj Centre on Indian Economic Policies at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). "India's economic growth, our own journey, is not just for our own first principles of economic growth and prosperity, but it's also a huge opportunity for our international partners. The United States is front and centre and among the most consequential partnerships that we have," he said at the event attended by students, faculty and prominent members of the Indian diaspora. Highlighting the importance of bilateral ties, Kwatra said the India-
Rastriya Swatantra Party's (RSP) prime ministerial candidate Balendra Shah on Tuesday expressed confidence in further deepening "historic" Nepal-India ties and making them more "outcome-oriented". The 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician is all set to become Nepal's first Madhesi prime minister and also the Himalayan nation's youngest elected executive head. Shah made the remarks in a social media post while thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his wishes on the party's electoral success. "Thank you for the good wishes honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji," he said in the post. "I express my confidence that we will work together to further strengthen, deepen and make more outcome-oriented the historic, close, and multi-dimensional relations existing between Nepal and India in the coming days," he said. The RSP, formed in 2022, has won 125 of the 165 seats under direct voting in Nepal's parliamentary polls as vote counting under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system ...
India and China should view each other as "partners, not rivals" and "opportunity instead of threat", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Sunday. Wang, at his annual press conference on the sidelines of the Chinese parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), said both countries should stick to the direction set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping to improve relations without interference. Modi and Xi had a successful meeting in Tianjin last August, Wang said. "Building on the fresh start enabled by their Kazan meeting in 2024, the Tianjin summit brought about further improvement in China-India relations," he added. "We are heartened to see re-energised interactions at all levels, a new record in bilateral trade, and closer people-to-people exchanges. All this has brought tangible benefits to the two peoples," he said. On the future course of the ties, Wang said both countries "must maintain the correct strategic perception of each other as partn
Finnish President Alexander Stubb began a four-day visit to India on Wednesday to bolster bilateral cooperation across a wide spectrum of areas, including trade, investment and critical technology. Stubb will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday following which the two sides are expected to firm up a number of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to boost cooperation in a number of sectors. The crisis in West Asia is likely to figure prominently in the meeting. "The visit will further strengthen the relations between Finland and India, including in the area of trade," Stubb said before leaving for New Delhi. The Finnish president will grace as the chief guest at the inaugural session of the Raisina Dialogue on Thursday evening. Stubb was accorded a warm welcome at the airport by Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh. "India and Finland share a warm and friendly relationship rooted in shared democratic values. President Stubb's visit will impa
The US has said it is "very excited" to have extended an invitation to India to join the Pax Silica initiative on supply chain security and will be soon signing with the Indian Government, underlining there is "very positive momentum" in relations with New Delhi. Highlighting the "great relationship" between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Washington also stressed that India is probably the only other country on Earth to be able to "rival China" in terms of the sheer volume of its human talent. "We are very excited to have extended an invitation for India to join" Pax Silica, and "I'll be travelling to India in just a couple weeks for a major signing with the Indian Government," Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg told reporters on Friday. The US had last year in December launched 'Pax Silica', a strategic initiative to build a secure, prosperous, and innovation driven silicon supply chain-from critical minerals and energy inputs to .