Prime Minister Narendra Modi

‘Moment of truth’ at key UN climate summit

8:49 pm September 23, 2019

United Nations : Some 60 world leaders came together at the UN on Monday for a “climate emergency” summit aimed at reinvigorating the faltering Paris agreement, at a time when mankind is releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than at any time in history. From heat waves to slow-crawling hurricanes to rapidly acidifying oceans, […]

Bollywood stars praise Modi for ‘Howdy, Modi’ event

8:05 pm September 23, 2019

Mumbai: Describing his speech as “inspiring”, several Bollywood celebrities, including Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan, took to Twitter on Monday to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at the Howdy Modi event in Houston. About 50,000 people of the Indian-American community attended the event on Sunday that was jointly addressed by Prime Minister […]

Trump campaign releases commercial for Indian-Americans featuring Modi

Historic day in world politics: BJP on Howdy Modi

7:52 pm September 23, 2019

New Delhi: Hailing the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in Houston as “unprecedented” and “history in the making”, top BJP leaders on Monday said it has left an indelible footprint of a stronger India on the world map. “A historic day in world politics! Leaders of the two most powerful democracies shared their ideas & dreams for […]

Cong accuses PM of campaigning for Trump, says it violates ‘time honoured principle’

3:47 pm September 23, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating Indian foreign policy’s “time honoured principle” of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country by campaigning for US President Donald Trump at the Howdy Modi event in Houston. In a series of tweets, Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma said Modi was […]

Budget 2020 has both vision and action: PM Modi

Modi to articulate India’s plans for renewable energy, other climate action proposals at UN Summit

2:53 pm September 23, 2019

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to articulate his government’s ambitions on renewable energy and make a call for a coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure at UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ High-Level Climate Action Summit on Monday. Modi is among the first set of speakers at the Summit’s opening ceremony, a highly significant […]