Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed last year gave a new “aura” to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s leadership and if the trend continues in 2023, the country may see a political change in the next general elections.
In his weekly column Rokhthok in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah should not sow “seeds of hatred and divisiveness.” The Rajya Sabha member said the Ram temple issue has been settled, so no votes can be sought on the matter.
“Hence, a new ‘love jihad’ angle is being explored. Is this weapon of ‘love jihad’ being used to win elections and create fear among Hindus?” he asked.
Referring to the death of actor Tunisha Sharma last month and the murder of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by her boyfriend, Raut asserted these were not cases of “love jihad”, but maintained that no woman from any community or religion should face atrocities.
“Love jihad” is a term often used by right-wing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim men to lure Hindu women into religious conversion through marriage. Raut said hope the country is free of fear in 2023. “What is going on is politics of power. Hope Rahul Gandhi’s yatra is successful and achieves its objective,” he said.
Gandhi started the Bharat Jodo Yatra, a mass contact initiative, from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, 2022 and it is likely to culminate in Srinagar this month-end.
”The year 2022 has given a new shine and aura to the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. If it remains the same in 2023, we can see a political change in 2024 (general elections),” Raut said.
He further wrote that Prime Minister Modi says “we need to do away with the narrow-minded attitude”. But, the fact is this attitude has grown in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rule, the Rajya Sabha member claimed.
“Today’s rulers don’t want to acknowledge the existence and rights of opposition parties,” he said.
Raut further claimed that creating divisions among Hindus and Muslims will lead to a new partition. “Modi and Shah should not sow seeds of hatred and divisiveness,” he said.
Awakening Hindus is the BJP’s agenda, but this does not mean creating hatred and divisiveness in society, Raut said, and targeted the government while claiming that issues of unemployment and price rise have been brushed aside.
A massive crowd gathered at Maharashtra’s Pune to mark the 205th anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle.
A large crowd of people gather at ‘Jay Stambh’ to visit Koregaon Bhima village to offer their tributes on the anniversary of the battle, which was fought on January 1, 1818, between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy.
Violence broke out during the bicentenary celebrations of the Bhima Koregaon battle on January 1, 2018, in which one person was killed and several others were injured.
The police had filed 58 cases against 162 people. This violence erupted after some people, reportedly with saffron flags, pelted stones at cars heading towards the village to commemorate the 200 years of the Bhima-Koregaon war on New Year’s Day.
Dalit leaders and workers at the village had alleged that Hindutva activists Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide instigated the violence.
The Supreme Court on August 10, 2022, granted regular bail to activist and poet P Varavara Rao on medical grounds as he was accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case.
He was arrested on August 28, 2018, from his home in Hyderabad and was an under-trial in the Bhima Koregaon case for which an FIR was lodged by the Pune Police at Vishrambagh Police Station on January 8, 2018, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and several other provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Meanwhile, on November 10, 2022, the top court in an interim order permitted the accused Gautam Navlakha to be placed under house arrest for a period of one month considering his health condition and old age.
However, the apex court was told by the counsel appearing for Gautam Navlakha, on November 17, 2022, that its order was not being complied with by the State authorities.
Navlakha, one of the several civil liberties activists in the Bhima Koregaon case, has been booked under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for an alleged conspiracy to topple the government.
Notably, the Bombay High Court on November 18 granted bail to Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case on the surety of Rs 1 lakh.
A man was arrested from Mumbai for allegedly threatening bomb blasts at some places in the megapolis including on New Year’s Eve, police said on Saturday.
The accused, Narendra Kavale, was arrested from Dharavi in central Mumbai after he called up the police control room between 8:56 pm and 9.20 pm on Friday, an official said.
Kavale had allegedly told the control room that blasts will occur at three to four places in the city on Friday night and Saturday, the official said.
“He told the police control room that one Azhar Hussain has left from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh with three-four weapons and RDX (to carry out blasts),” the official said.
He said prima facie Kavale made the call under the influence of alcohol.
Why should the government bear the medical expenses of the Rishabh Pant? 5
Rishabh Pant was driving from Delhi to his home in Roorkee to surprise his mother and spend the New Year with his family. He was driving alone and while driving he dozed off and lost control of the car. He sustained injuries because his car crashed with the divider and caught fire. A Haryana Roadways bus driver was among the people who took cricketer Rishabh Pant out of the Mercedes SUV. This man acted swiftly to arrange for an ambulance and that is the reason Rishabh is safe today.
While the Mercedes SUV caught fire after the high-speed impact. The entire incident was caught on camera. He has sustained injuries to his head, knee and shin as a result of the accident. There could be a fracture in his leg and he is currently undergoing treatment at the Max Hospital in Dehradun. Thanks to the almighty, Rishabh is out of danger.
However, the state paying his medical expenses is ridiculous since firstly this is a case of careless driving (he dozed off, as per his own statement) and secondly, he is extremely well off thanks to the plump endorsements and IPL he can easily bear his own expenses. A small price for recklessness but a lesson for a lifetime? Why does the government want to pay for his medical expenses? Is he someone living below the poverty line and cannot pay for his medical costs?
Rishabh should decline the state sponsorship and pay from his own pocket. If a common man gets injured in an accident no one can render help. We should stop worshipping these stars (cricket, movie, serials etc). We are working to feed our family and these guys are playing to feed their family. They are making a lot more than the common man and they are wealthy enough to sustain their lifestyle after this expense. Contractual obligations are limited to paying whilst on duty or performing an act related to the contract. In this case, he was driving back home and not performing an act related to the contract, hence why should the BCCI pay? Well, the state paying is an act that taxpayers can always question.
People driving these cars at extreme speeds think that they will be protected due to the premium they can afford and that whatever happens to others, is not their concern. Which is the case most of the time, including this. There needs to be a separate punishment for rashly driving premium cars. They must be more careful when they get into public life. People are watching these young stars and idealizing them as their dream.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Wednesday, announced the nominees for the Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award. South Africa quick Marco Jansen, India pacer Arshdeep Singh, New Zealand batter Finn Allen, and Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran are the contenders to win the award.
It’s admirable just how quickly Arshdeep Singh took to the international game, already an integral part of India’s bowling assault with the white ball.
Building on a strong IPL career, India’s national setup quickly took on the left-arm quick, and he made the most of the opportunity with the team looking to rebound from a disappointing 2021 T20 World Cup.
The fast bowler appeared in 21 T20Is for India, taking 33 wickets at an economy rate of 8.17 and providing tough competition in Powerplay and death-over situations.
Arshdeep was also given an ODI cap during India’s recent tour of New Zealand, and the 23-year-old appears to be destined to take India’s game forward. The Indian youngster stood tall on the big stage, unfazed by the pressure of an India vs. Pakistan match in a global tournament in front of over 90,000 people. Arshdeep removed both members of Pakistan’s prolific opening pair with a prodigious swing at pace. He dismissed Babar Azam with his first ball lbw before dismissing Mohammad Rizwan at the end of his next over.
Arshdeep returned at the end to thwart Asif Ali’s late onslaught, finishing with 3/32 from his four-over allotment. Just when we thought South Africa’s bowling attack could not be strengthened, up stepped a 206cm left-arm quick Marco Jansen who made an impression of his own. Jansen troubled opponents no matter where he went in 2022 after a strong Test debut on home soil on Boxing Day 2021.
Jansen replicated his success on tour in England and Australia, taking 14 Test wickets in the calendar year in South Africa at an average of just 13.50. His nine Test wickets in New Zealand came at a respectable 28.55, and he also batted for Dean Elgar’s side.
Afghanistan made significant strides in the One Day International game, in particular, thanks to Ibrahim Zadran’s efforts, making a number of critical contributions while also demonstrating his mettle in the shortest format.
The country earned automatic qualification for the World Cup with the help of Zadran’s 431 runs in seven One-Day Internationals (ODIs), including three Super League centuries.
Zadran was once again instrumental in T20 cricket. At the T20 World Cup, his 64* from 59 balls against India stands out as his team fell behind in their response, despite his steady runs.
He finished with 367 runs at a strike rate of 110 and an average of 36.70, playing an important holding role while more aggressive players advanced around him. The Black Caps have discovered another gem in Finn Allen, who had an excellent 2022 season after making his first T20I appearance in 2021. Making a century off 56 balls against Scotland boosted his game in the run-up to the T20 World Cup, where he provided the Kiwis with another dimension at the top of the order. His 42 off 24 balls against Australia effectively ended the defending champions’ campaign before it even began, and Allen also made his ODI debut in July.
The face-off between the Indian and Chinese soldiers along the line of actual control (LAC) in the frontier state, efforts for early resolution of disputed areas along its boundary with Assam, and the state public service commission paper leak case dominated news from Arunachal Pradesh through the year.
The Northeastern state was also in the news for helicopter crashes, floods, and landslides. The state government earmarked 2022 as the year of e-governance with 22 people-centric initiatives, making the state a leader in e-governance across the nation.
Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the LAC in the Tawang sector in early December and the face-off resulted in “minor injuries to a few personnel from both sides.”
The incident took place near Yangtse, along the LAC in the sensitive Tawang sector, amid the over 30-month border standoff between the two sides in eastern Ladakh.
The clash took place within a month of the anniversary of the 1962 border war between India and China. The Arunachal border is disputed by the Chinese who have stepped up their military presence along the border for the past few years.
Efforts to resolve the decades-old boundary dispute between Arunachal and Assam got a fresh impetus this year with the two states on 15 July inking the Namsai Declaration – an agreement to reduce the number of disputed villages from 123 to 86.
“Namsai Declaration is hugely significant and a landmark progress towards enduring brotherhood, peace and prosperity in the Northeast,” Chief Minister Pema Khandu said.
Three rounds of the regional committee-level meet, besides several rounds of district committee-level meets were also held between both states this year.
The first round of regional-level talks was held in Namsai, followed by the second in Dibrugarh and the third in Guwahati. The two Northeastern states share an 804.1-km-long border.
Arunachal, which was made a union territory in 1972, has alleged that several forested tracts in the plains that had traditionally belonged to its hill tribal chiefs and communities were unilaterally transferred to Assam.
After Arunachal achieved statehood in 1987, a tripartite committee was appointed, which recommended that certain territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal. Assam contested the recommendation and the matter is being heard by the Supreme Court.
The alleged paper leak in an examination conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), that rocked the state, came to light after a candidate filed a police complaint.
The assistant engineer (civil) examination conducted by the commission came under a cloud as a result. More than 400 candidates had appeared for the examination held on 26 and 27 August.
In October, the state government handed over the case to the CBI. A chargesheet was filed by the investigating agency against 10 accused people at the district & sessions court in Yupia near here on 8 December.
The case was initially investigated by the capital police, and later transferred to the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the state police.
Ten people, including APPSC deputy secretary-cum-deputy controller of examination, have been arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in the paper leak case. The chairman of the APPSC, Nipo Nabam, too resigned on 14 October as a fallout of the scam.
The state government also ordered a separate probe into all exams conducted by the commission since 2014 by the SIC. Thirty-four people have thus far been arrested by the SIC in this case.
The state cabinet on 22 December gave its approval for a separate departmental inquiry into the APPSC paper leak case, which will be independent of the ongoing investigations by the SIC and the CBI.
It was also decided that the state government will urge the high court to designate a court exclusively for the matter. In recognition of the efforts of the whistleblower who uncovered the paper leak, the cabinet resolved to frame rules for immediate implementation of the Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014.
Tragedy also hit the state during the year with six army personnel losing their lives in two different helicopter crashes in the state in 2022. Five army personnel died in a helicopter crash near Migging village in Upper Siang district on 21 October.
On 5 October, an Indian Army pilot lost his life when a Cheetah helicopter crashed near Tawang. The state government during the year launched three new verticals Aatmanirbhar Plantation, Aatmanirbhar Pasupalan and Aatmanirbhar Matsyapalan Yojanas and allocated Rs 310 crore as front-end subsidy, which would benefit 15,000 farmers and 500 self-help groups across the state.
“We have adopted a five-pillar approach – krishi, bagwani, plantation, pashupalan, and matsyapalan – to realiase the goal of Aatmanirbhar Arunachal,” Chief Minister Pema Khandu said.
Flood and landslides also hit the frontier Himalayan state, claiming at least 20 lives during the year. More than 200 houses were damaged and over one lakh were affected by floods.
Over 20 militants from various outfits were arrested during the anti-insurgency operation in the state during the year, while five rebels were killed in a gun battle with security forces.
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15 last year, the country has undergone a myriad of changes such as barring girls from education, restriction on the press, and imposition of repressive policies which all led to an acute humanitarian crisis.
The females in the country are bearing the brunt of the Taliban’s hardlines Islamic regime the most as the outfit has imposed many repressive rules on women including banning education, work, and long travel.
The Taliban had taken over Kabul on August 15 in 2021 following which former President Ashraf Ghani fled the nation.
Following the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban, the incidents of threatening women are becoming a ‘new normal’ in the war-ravaged nation.
Millions of people are unemployed and many are left starved after the country’s aid was cut off post-Taliban regime but the Taliban insist on tightening the rules for women.
The capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban led to widespread accusations on the country’s former President Ashraf Ghani of corruption and fleeing the country at a time when it needed leadership, the most.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had promised to fight to the death if the Taliban did not go along, he fled the country instead, Dawn reported.
According to a report from Dawn, which cited an interview with the chat show “CBS Face The Nation,” Blinken called Ghani on the evening of August 14 and urged him to accept the handover of power to a Taliban-led administration in Kabul that would have represented all facets of Afghan society.
Sticking to their hardline policies Taliban authorities issued an order soon after they seized power asking shopkeepers in several provinces of Afghanistan to hack the heads off their mannequins because “they are idols.”
Shops in Afghanistan’s western Herat province were noticed removing the head of display mannequins after the Taliban regime ordered them to do so.
City mall owners and garment sellers initially criticized the Taliban directive, telling Afghan media that mannequins were also used to display clothes in other Islamic counties.
But Yari, a local trader said shopkeepers were forced to remove the heads of the dummies, according to VOA news. Later, Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, in an interview to Afghan state television, defended the steps taken by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention Vice, saying they should not be a matter of concern for anyone because “Afghanistan is Muslim nation and no one is opposed to Islamic laws in the country.”
While the government has let schoolboys resume their studies, girls in many Afghan areas are still awaiting authorization, and the majority of women are unable to resume their jobs.
Meanwhile, India continues to provide relief assistance to Afghanistan in every possible way.
Taliban have welcomed India’s decision to return its technical team to continue humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.
India supplied the tenth batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan earlier in August consisting of 32 tons of essential medicines as a part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance.
The consignment was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital, Kabul.
“In view of the urgent appeals made by the United Nations to assist the Afghan people, India has, so far, supplied 32 tons of medical assistance in ten batches, which includes essential life-saving medicines, anti-TB medicines, 500,000 doses of COVID vaccine, etc.
These medical consignments have been handed over to the World Health Organization(WHO) and Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement earlier.
India is dedicated to maintaining a unique relationship with the Afghan people and offering them humanitarian aid.
Not only medical assistance, India also have provided wheat to Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance.
Apart from introducing hardline Islamist policies, the Taliban authorities shut close numerous media houses and a number of organizations supporting media and reporters in Afghanistan said restrictions against female reporters are worrisome.
Also, journalists in Afghanistan allege that freedom of the press in Afghanistan is facing serious restrictions and the continuation of this situation will create big obstacles in the way of reporters, especially female reporters, according to Tolo News.
Further, on December 2021, a survey conducted by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) showed that 40 per cent of media outlets were closed since the fall of the former government on August 15, 2021.
Some journalists expressed concerns over their economic status, saying that they have lost their jobs as many media outlets have recently halted operations, reported Tolo News, with local media facing hardships across several provinces of Afghanistan.
Young girls and women in Afghanistan had to suffer the most and they continue to do so as after seizing power and tightening their grip across the Afghan society, the Taliban issued rules requiring women to fully cover their heads if they ride in a public taxi and to be accompanied by a male relative if they travel more than 45 miles.
Furthermore, former Afghan women soldiers also faced the heat of the turn of events under the Taliban regime.
The situation brought many heart-wrenching stories of the Afghan women who served in the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) to the fore. Jamila, 28, an Afghan military officer in the western city of Herat province, said that she feels like she is living in a prison. She said, “I feel like I am in prison. I have to be at home. I can’t work or go out. I am so afraid.” reported VOA News.
In a recent crackdown on women’s rights, the de facto authorities issued a decree banning women from working in NGOs. This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice. Taliban’s ban on higher education for women in Afghanistan has drawn widespread reactions from all across the globe. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern about the decision.
The decision, according to Guterres, will jeopardize the work of numerous groups assisting the most vulnerable, particularly women and girls. The UN Secretary-spokesperson, General Stephane Dujarric, stated in a statement. “The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by the reported order of the de facto Taliban authorities banning women from working for national and international non-governmental organizations,” Stephane Dujarric said.
The European Union on Saturday (local time) condemned the Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs and said that it was assessing the impact of its aid in Afghanistan, reported Al Jazeera. “The European Union strongly condemns the Taliban’s recent decision to ban women from working in national and international NGOs,” said a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to the French news agency. Continued discrimination against more than half the population of the country continues to affect the growth of Afghanistan as a country. Since the Taliban seized power in Kabul last year, 18 packages of USD 40 million and more than 30 packages of USD 32 million apiece of cash assistance have been given to Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported citing the DAB records.
Despite receiving financial aid, Afghanistan still has one of the highest rates of poverty, starvation, and unemployment in the world, and its citizens are dealing with one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern times.
Former Pope Benedict passed away at his Vatican residence on Saturday aged 95. “With sorrow, I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican. Further information will be provided as soon as possible,” Vatican News tweeted.
Pope Benedict passed away two days after Pontiff Francis asked to pray for the “very sick” former Pope, CNN said in a report. “I want to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict who sustains the Church in his silence. He is very sick,” Pope Francis said during his general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.
“We ask the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church to the very end,” added Pope Francis. In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by making the almost unprecedented decision to stand down from his position, citing “advanced age.”
Benedict’s announcement marked the first time a Pope had stepped down in nearly 600 years, reported CNN. The last Pope to resign before his death was Gregory XII, who in 1415 quit ending a civil war within the Catholic Church in which more than one man claimed to be Pope.
The year 2022 has been a remarkable and historic year for the India-US relationship, top diplomats and experts from both sides feel and are confident that 2023 would be a momentous year for the ties between the world’s largest and oldest democracies that will determine the future of technology and innovation.
During the year, President Joe Biden met Prime Minister Narendra Modi twice first on the sidelines of the Quad summit in Tokyo in May and second on the margins of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here in September and held productive discussions on the entire gamut of Indo-US relations and the way forward.
“2022 saw further consolidation of the India–US bilateral partnership in the direction and vision set by Prime Minister Modi and President Biden,” India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, told Agencies as the year comes to an end.
The intensity of high-level engagements continued in the form of Quad and Bilateral Summits in Tokyo, the 2+2 Ministerial Meeting in Washington DC, and visits by senior members of the Cabinet in both directions, he said.
The year also saw tangible outcomes – resolution of some old market access issues, the first-ever maintenance of a US Naval Ship in India, the Quad focus on STEM, signing of an Investment Incentive Agreement, the launch of Technology Innovation Hubs as a collaboration of the respective science agencies, record level of trade and investments, etc, said Sandhu.
“Our strategic convergences deepened, new initiatives like the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) were launched while others such as I2U2 were strengthened,” Sandhu said in response to a question.
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu, concurred with Ambassador Sandhu’s take on the bilateral ties, saying that he believes that the India-US relationship is one of the most consequential relationships in the world.
This relationship, he asserted, will determine whether Asia remains free and democratic. “It will determine the future of technology and innovation. And increasingly, it will determine whether we will be successful in combating climate change,” he said. “This has been a remarkable and historic year for our relations,” Lu told Agencies in response to a question.
“We have successfully worked in both countries to move beyond the acute phase of COVID-19 and supported millions of people around the world with innovative vaccines,” he said. “We have worked together in the Quad to launch the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness and the Partnership for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief. We launched the US-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment which is working to support entrepreneurship and mentoring of women business leaders,” he said.
Observing that the bedrock of this relationship has always been the people-to-people relationship, the senior American diplomat said more than 1 million people travel back and forth each year between the two nations.
“This year we had a record number of Indian students studying in the United States, nearly 200,000. Our bilateral trade this year is on track to exceed last year’s record of USD 157 billion. This has been a very good year indeed,” Lu said.
According to Mukesh Aghi, president, and CEO of US-India Strategic and Partnership, 2022 was “a momentous year” for US-India relations, as the two nations celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations.
These 75 years symbolized a long journey that had humble beginnings from the Cold War era, long before India’s own economic growth story, he noted.
Today, the relationship, which has been dubbed as the most important strategic partner of the 21st century, has moved long beyond symbolic platitudes between the world’s oldest and largest democracy to robust engagements across trade, defence, climate, and technology, Aghi said.
Despite the pandemic, the bilateral trade between India and the US crossed the USD 100 billion mark in 2021, and in 2022, official figures state that the overall US-India bilateral trade in goods and services reached a record USD 157 billion, a drastic increase from the 2020 trade figures, he said.
“The year 2022 has seen deep collaboration between various ministries and not just between the key principals and the Foreign Minister and Secretary of State.
On the finance side, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent visit to India and meeting with her counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman.
On the energy front, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri recently worked with his counterpart, Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm on the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, and of course Minister Piyush Goyal and USTR Katherine Tai are in regular conversations on trade,” Aghi told Agencies.
Next year is going to take the relationship to a new level.
“As we usher in 2023, I am confident that the bilateral relationship would cement even further to address the challenges of tomorrow, continuing to be a partnership for global good. India’s G-20 Presidency and the commonalities that India’s priorities as President have with the US will also be a significant factor in this,” Sandhu told Agencies when asked about the India-US relationship in 2023.
Excited about what lies ahead in 2023, Lu said India has the G20 presidency for the first time, and the United States looks forward to working closely with India at all levels of government in support of this important position.
“This year we plan to move forward on intensive collaboration in the defence and clean energy fields. We have committed ourselves to support Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India efforts through more co-production of cutting-edge defence technologies in India,” Lu told Agencies.
“We are also working to provide the technology and financing to support the Prime Minister’s vision of 500 gigawatts of installed non-fossil fuel energy by 2030. We are collaborating in solar, wind, civilian nuclear, green hydrogen, and thermal energy projects. Together we can change the planet,” he said.
“I am bullish about prospects for cooperation in the year ahead,” Lu said.
In the year 2023, Aghi said the Russia-Ukraine conflict will continue to dominate global affairs as both Washington and New Delhi along with their G20 partners work to secure and prevent escalating energy prices and the shortage arising from food grains.
There is also room for synergy not just in tech but space collaboration, as India and the US both have scientific prowess and with increased privatization and a growing list of unicorns in India, space tech startups will be a new engine of economic growth and scientific synergy, he said.
“Most importantly, in 2023, India will be the President for the G20 summit. India’s G20 Presidency propels its role as an emerging leader in the global scenario. The leadership also gives a stronger voice to the challenges faced by the developing world as New Delhi leads the way with its increasingly growing economy,” he said. “India has already outlined priorities for G20 2023 pertaining to climate action, critical and emerging technologies, resilient supply chains, and vaccines. New Delhi can strive towards building an inclusive ecosystem with holistic mechanisms to address key global issues for the private sector,” Aghi said.
On Saturday while addressing a press conference Congress leader said the government should take necessary precaution military precaution it has been times when China has invaded the country to capture some places and PM Modi was not bothered about it.
The Opposition will help the government if they accept making a mistake as the government is only hiding behind the army of our country and not able to make any decisions.
PM मोदी ने कहा कि हमारे घर में कोई नहीं आया। हमें कहना चाहिए कि- आप आए हो और बाहर निकलो।
सरकार और आर्मी में फर्क है। सरकार ने गलत निर्णय लिया है, उन्हें आर्मी के पीछे नहीं छिपना चाहिए।
सरकार ये माने कि गलती हुई, वो सुधार करेंगे। पूरा विपक्ष उनके साथ खड़ा होगा।
Earlier BJP had alleged that congress leader Jairam Ramesh where they are spreading fake news of attacking India, undermining forces, as they hate one person.
When hate for BJP transmutates into hate for India
Jairam Ramesh is peddling fake news which even Gambian authorities & Indian authorities have rejected
For some, attacking India, undermining forces, peddling fakery is important merely because they hate one man & party pic.twitter.com/RmUOnG7Ht6
