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Quad's success very important for regional, global stability: Modi
Quad's success is very important for regional and global stability, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday at India-Australia virtual summit emphasizing "commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific." The US, Japan, India and Australia have an informal alliance called the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, that positions itself as being committed to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
PM Modi once again tops 'Global Leader Approval' ratings among 13 world leaders, leaving behind likes of Joe Biden, Boris Johnson
PM Modi’s approval rating currently stands at 77 percent. Disapproval rating is 17 percent with 6 percent having no opinion. He is followed by Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the second position. Obrador has an approval rating of 63 percent and disapproval rating of 29 percent. Italy’s Draghi comes at third position with 54 percent approval ratings. Germany’s new chancellor Olaf Scholz comes at fourth with 45 percent approval ratings.
Evacuation of students from Ukraine mammoth exercise, considering their future studies, SC told
Venugopal submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana that a mammoth task has been successfully completed by the central government and 22,500 students from the country and other nationalities have been brought back. He further added that the government is examining the issue of their further studies. The Chief Justice took on record that the government was considering the representation made with regard to future studies of the students.
India reports 1,549 fresh Covid cases, 31 deaths
In the last 24 hours, India reported 1,549 new Covid-19 cases and 31 deaths, the Union Health Ministry announced on Monday. The new fatalities increased the nationwide death toll to 5,16,510. Following a continuous downward trend, India's active caseload has further declined to 25,106 on Monday, constituting 0.06 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
India and Japan define next steps of their regional partnership during Modi-Kishida dialogue
India and Japan have accommodated pressing concerns of each other during their 14th annual summit as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits India on his first bilateral visit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A joint statement issued by the two countries underscores efforts towards bringing peace, stability and prosperity to a world battling the Covid-19 health and economic crisis as well as the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Jaishankar discusses Ukraine situation with Austrian counterpart
"An interesting evening with Austrian FM @a_schallenberg who spent his early years in New Delhi. Appreciated his insights on India's progress in the last decade. Held wide ranging & fruitful discussions. Reviewed our bilateral cooperation & identified new economic possibilities," Jaishankar tweeted after the meeting.
BSF probing Chinese drone found on India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal
Officials of the BSF's South Bengal Frontier command said that a farmer from Purbapara, a village adjacent to the BSF border post Kalyani in North 24 Parganas, found a broken China-made drone in a field near the India-Bangladesh border, after which BSF security has been beefed up. The drone was found by the farmer early on March 19 in a field just 300 metres away from the international border, the officials said.
Nepal names veteran diplomat as new envoy to India
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday appointed Sharma to the key post and he will take up his assignment soon. The post in New Delhi was vacant after Sher Bahadur Deuba government recalled as many as 12 ambassadors including from India. Former minister Nilamber Acharya was the Ambassador until the time of recall.
Modi discusses govt formation in UP, U'khand, Goa with BJP leaders
A meeting of the top BJP leadership was held here on Sunday at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official residence to discuss the government formation in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Goa. Sources said that the key agenda of the meeting was to discuss the names of the chief ministers as well as ministers in the three states.
Reduce Covishield dose gap to 8-16 weeks, recommends panel
Presently, the second dose of Covishield is being administered 12-16 weeks after the first dose under the national vaccination drive. India's apex body on immunisation now recommends this be curbed to ramp up the administration of the second dose of Covishield to the remaining population amid rising cases in European nations and some other countries.
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