Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Friday expressed heartfelt gratitude to Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah for his encouraging words and support for the party's efforts in the state.
Ernst Noorman, Ambassador at Large for Cyber Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, on Friday underscored the strengthening cyber security partnership between India, the Netherlands, and the European Union.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur welcomed the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and took a swipe at the previous Congress-led UPA government.
Stressing deregulation to foster innovation, Lt Gen (retd) Raj Shukla, a member of the Union Public Service Commission, on Friday said that India has talent and has to infuse more competitiveness.
The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations have gained momentum, with both sides aiming to conclude a substantial deal by the end of the year, Herve Delphin, Ambassador of the European Union to India and Bhutan, said on Friday.
Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Harivansh underlined various steps taken by Indian government in improving accountability and strengthening democratic processes during the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Tashkent.
Union Health Minister and BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda launched the 'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana', 'Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana' and 'Ayushman Vaya Vandana Yojana', in the presence Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in Cuttack on Friday.
Congress leader P Chidambaram complimented the Union Government over the successful extradition of terror accused Tahawwur Rana and said that the process gathered pace during the UPA government regime.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will lead a delegation of business leaders to Italy for the next India-Italy Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation in a month or two, the Union minister told reporters at a joint press conference alongside Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani.
Jon Simonsson, Senior Director at the Prime Minister's Office, Sweden, said on Friday that the European Union has the "political will" to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with India.