New Delhi, June 23, 2020: Prime Minister Office has released details of allocations of donated money in the PM CARES Fund today. It says that the PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs. 2000 crore for supply of 50000 ‘Made-in-India’ ventilators to government-run COVID hospitals in all States/UTs. Further, a sum of Rs. 1000 crore […]
New Delhi, June 11, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone yesterday with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. He reiterated his warm congratulations for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent assumption of office, and expressed confidence that the India-Israel partnership would continue to flourish under PM Netanyahu’s leadership and guidance. The leaders discussed the potential […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding India-Australia Virtual Summit with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on 4th June 2020. Dates for the visit of Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison to India this year had been finalised, but the visit could not take place. It was also agreed to hold a “Virtual Summit”. This is […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a phone call on May 8th 2020 with Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy. The Prime Minister conveyed his condolences for the loss of lives in Italy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He commended the fortitude shown by citizens of Italy during the crisis. The two leaders discussed the measures […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a phone call yesterday with Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal to discuss COVID-19. The Prime Minister recalled the State Visit of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal to India in February. The two leaders discussed the state of COVID-19 pandemic and the steps being taken by both countries […]
PM Narendra Modi today held a detailed meeting on the Power Sector & took stock of the impact of COVID-19. He also discussed various long-term reforms for enhancing sustainability, resilience, and efficiency of the sector. The discussions included measures regarding ease of doing business; propagation of renewables; flexibility in supply of coal; role of public-private […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation yesterday with Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa. The two leaders exchanged views about the domestic, regional and global challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. They discussed the steps being taken by their respective governments to protect the health of their people as well […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The two leaders discussed the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic and the steps being taken to address this challenge. The leaders agreed on the potential for bilateral collaboration in fighting COVID-19, including […]
When US President Donald Trump called Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi requesting the hydroxychloroquine stocks, it was clear that he is seeing this anti-malaria drug as a possible cure for the deadly Coronavirus. In fact, such is Trump’s belief that he termed this drug as the game changer and when questioned by reporters on […]
