Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in her first address to parliament, firmly established her government's support for the European Union, NATO, and Ukraine on Tuesday. A month back, her far-right party had won a historic election victory. The 45-year-old, who was sworn in as Italy's first woman prime minister on Saturday, also refuted any connection with her country's fascist past, saying she had "never felt sympathy or closeness to undemocratic regimes... including fascism". The possibility of a Eurosceptic, populist government leading the Eurozone's third-largest economy has caus
On Thursday, Rajnath Singh said that India cannot remain dependent on arms imports forever; the government is aiming to achieve $22 billion in defence production by 2025. He said, "Sharing the government’s future plans for the defence sector, he asserted that the target is to increase defence production in India from USD 12 billion to USD 22 billion by 2025." As a result, there are unprecedented opportunities for growth in the coming years for the industry. Rajnath Singh commented on the enthusiastic participation of the domestic industry and businesses in the defence sector, saying i
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he "very strongly" hopes that India's G20 presidency will allow for the building of effective systems of debt restructuring, cautioning that the developing countries are facing a "perfect storm" amid the impact of the pandemic and the escalating food and fuel prices due to the Ukraine conflict. India will assume the Presidency of the G20 from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023. Ahead of his three-day India visit starting Tuesday, Guterres also said that he has been strongly supporting the need for reforms in "our international economic
The foundation stone of a new IAF base was laid at the inaugural ceremony of the Defence Expo 2022 in Gujarat's Deesa by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event's theme is "Path to Pride", and this will be the 12th edition. PM Modi is expected to launch several other developmental projects during his two-day trip to the poll-bound state. PM Modi described the Defence Expo as a symbol of a new beginning. The PM was speaking at the inauguration ceremony when he said that Defence Expo displays the grand picture of the new India, which is a picture of youth power, young dreams, and young coura
A three-day visit by United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres to India will begin on Tuesday. Having just begun his second term, this will be his first appearance As per the ministry of external affairs, UN chief will first pay a tribute at the Taj Mahal Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai in honour of the victims of the 26/11 attacks. Post which he will speak at the Indian Institute of Technology on 'India @75: UN-India Partnership: Strengthening Southern Cooperation'. In addition, Guterres will meet bilaterally with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to discuss 'issues of
The Swedish parliament on Monday elected Ulf Kristersson — the leader of the conservative Moderate Party, as the Prime Minister. His coalition is being supported by a once radical far-right party. Mr. Kristersson, 59, was elected by 176-173 votes. His government will be presented on Tuesday. His three-party coalition lacks a majority, but in Sweden, prime Ministers can preside over as long as there is no parliamentary majority against them. After a month of discussions with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, Mr. Kristersson lay before an agreement that gave them an unprecede
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met academics and business leaders in Sydney as part of his three-day visit to Australia from Oct 16 to 18. PM Lee and Mrs Lee were received by Australian Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman and Singapore Deputy High Commissioner to Australia Harold Lee. This is PM Lee’s first trip to Australia since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. He is accompanied by Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong and government officials. The business luncheon was organised by the Asia Society Australia, and the ro
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 90th Interpol General Assembly on 18 October at around 1:45 PM in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Since 1949, India has been a member of Interpol. The General Assembly of Interpol is the highest governing body of the organization, which was founded in 1923 to promote international law enforcement cooperation. The organization has 195 members as of today. Interpol's role is to create a safe world by enabling police around the globe to work together. Ninety million records are spread across 17 databases. As per the Prime Minister’s Office,
India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, stated a press release. Under its leadership, India is expected to host more than 200 meetings of the G20 across the country. The G20 Leaders’ Summit at the level of Heads of State/Government is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on 9 and 10 September 2023, as per the Ministry of External Affairs. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday, “India is headed to lead the G
Despite threats of further violence, Iraqi lawmakers elected Abdul Latif Rashid as the country's next president on Thursday, ending a crippling political vacuum after a barrage of rocket attacks earlier in the day. In spite of the political crisis, lawmakers continued to form the next government in the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of government, after being fired upon by at least nine rockets. The incident resulted in the injuries of at least five people. According to Iraqi law, the president must nominate a premier from the largest bloc in Parliament. There are 329 seats in t