The personnel of the Indian Coast Guard station at Mayabunder practised Yoga at Jadunath Dweep and Shaitan Singh Dweep of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
"India deserves a much higher, deeper and wider profile and a role on the world stage," the Prime Minister said in the interview with the Wall Street Journal at his residence in New Delhi taken ahead of his first official State visit to the US.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that India is witnessing economic, social, cultural and political empowerment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, with groundwork being laid for the country to become a developed nation by 2047.
Elaborating on this year's International Day of Yoga's theme, 'Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it expresses the spirit which "unites and takes everyone along."
India has set a target of eradicating Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 and "Ni-kshay Mitra has taken charge of this movement" against the disease, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the strength of disaster management that India has developed over the years and said that it has become an "example" today.
Addressing the media for the first time since Delhi Police filed a chargesheet against him in connection with allegations of sexual harassment by women grapplers, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Saturday made a strong pitch for Prime Minis
Matthew Miller said, "With respect to visas, our consular teams have been making a huge push to process as many visa applications as possible in India, including in those visa categories that are key to the bilateral relationship. This is a top priority for our government."
US Representative Richard McCormick emphasised that lawmakers whether they are Democrats or Republicans need to pay more attention to India as a "future partner going forward".
Congress on Thursday strongly condemned the glorification of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassins during a parade in Brampton City in Canada. and questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue, saying it was not a partisan matter but an issue concerning nation