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  • Indian community in Nigeria reacts over GCON honour on PM Modi

    Indian community in Nigeria reacts over GCON honour on PM Modi

    The Indian community in Nigeria has expressed happiness over the conferment of the prestigious Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger(GCON), award on its home Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    Mr Sanjay Srivastava, Founder of Overseas Friends of Bharatiya Janata Party (OFBJP), Nigeria Chapter, in a statement on Sunday, said the award was a testament to Modi’s contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Nigeria.

    Recall President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, during the Nigeria/India Bilateral meeting held in Abuja, conferred the national honour on the Indian Prime Minister.

    Th president said that the award was bestowed on the Indian leader to signify Nigeria’s appreciation and commitment to the Nigerian-Indian partnership.

    Queen Elizabeth is the only foreign dignitary to have received such honour in 1969.

    NAN also reports that the Nigerian recognition is the 17th such international award conferred on PM Modi by a foreign country.

    Srivastava said that Modi’s recognition was a significant milestone in India-Nigeria relations, reflecting his tireless efforts toward fostering cooperation and mutual understanding between the two nations.

    “On behalf of the Indian community in Nigeria, along with the General Secretary of OFBJP Nigeria, Mr Pravin Kumar, and Vice Presidents Vikas Kane and Mr Sabir Ali, we extend our congratulations to PM Modi for this exceptional recognition.

    “The Indian community in Nigeria sees PM Modi’s GCON honour as a moment of pride, recognising his dedication to promoting global cooperation and development.

    “This award will undoubtedly further solidify the bond between India and Nigeria, paving the way for increased collaboration and mutual growth,” he said.

    “After receiving the honour, Modi addressed a gathering of Indian diaspora in Abuja, where he dedicated the honour to the people of India and the resilient Indian community residing in Nigeria.

    “Modi’s inspiring speech highlighted the enduring bond between India and Nigeria. Modi emphasised the need to further deepen strategic partnership across various sectors such as defence, energy, technology, trade, health and education.

    “The Prime Minister also reflected on the remarkable progress achieved in the last decade, nurturing the shared vision of collaboration based on Bharatiya philosophy and values.”

    He further quoted Modi as saying that honouring him with Nigeria’s National Award was an honour that belongs to the people of India.

    “This honour belongs to all of you, Indians living here in Nigeria,” Modi was quoted as saying.

    Srivastava, who is also the President of the Afro Asian Initiative for Community Development, noted that under Modi’s leadership, India had made significant strides in various sectors.

    He said the growth had been in the area of economic development, digital revolution, international cooperation and many more.

    “Initiatives like Jan Dhan, MUDRA Bank and Unified Pension Scheme have transformed India’s economic landscape, while programmes like BharatNet, DigiLocker and UMANG have bridged the digital divide and enhanced services,” he said.

  • Indian PM reacts after receiving Nigeria’s 2nd highest honour

    Indian PM reacts after receiving Nigeria’s 2nd highest honour

    Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has reacted after receiving Nigeria’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports President Bola Tinubu conferred the national honour of GCON on Prime Minister Modi on Sunday. Tinubu gave the honour during the Nigeria/India Bilateral meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

    Reacting, Modi commiserated with Nigeria over the recent floods that ravaged several cities across the country, including Maiduguri, Borno.

    The Indian prime minister promised to support Nigeria with 20 tonnes of relief materials. Modi said this was to support the administration of Tinubu on its ongoing humanitarian efforts.

    ”We had a very productive discussion with President Tinubu. We talked about adding momentum to our strategic partnership.

    ”There is immense scope for ties to flourish even further in sectors like defence, energy, technology, trade, health, education and more,” Modi said.

    Meanwhile, President Tinubu has explained that the award was bestowed on the Indian leader to signify Nigeria’s appreciation and commitment to the Nigerian Indian partnership.

    Tinubu added that the invitation to the Indian PM was to rekindle and reclassify the existing relationship between Nigeria and India. He also stated that the high level engagement was intended to improve

    “Nigeria values its excellent relationship with India, and we work to deepen and broaden the same to the mutual benefit of our two friendly countries.

    “You represent a very strong commitment in democratic values and norms, you have been doing a good job historically, winning three consecutive elections in a complex society is a feat that we respect so much.

    “I will confer on you today, the Prime Minister of India, Nigeria’s National Honor, the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger. This to signify Nigerian appreciation and commitment to India as a partner”, Tinubu said.

  • Tinubu confers Nigeria’s 2nd highest honour on Indian Prime Minister

    Tinubu confers Nigeria’s 2nd highest honour on Indian Prime Minister

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred on Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India with Nigeria’s second highest honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Prime Minister Modi arrive in the country on a state visit on Saturday and welcomed by President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Sunday.

    “I will confer on you today, the Prime Minister of India, Nigeria’s National Honor, the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger. This is to signify Nigerian appreciation and commitment to India as a partner.

    “You stood side by side with Nigeria on many fronts for many decades. Yes, democracy is a court of essential yield you’ve navigated through Indian sectors, and also ensure joint collaboration to maintain and strengthen our relationship,” President Tinubu said.

  • Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visits Nigeria

    Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visits Nigeria

    President Bola Tinubu will receive Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on a state visit at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday.

    A statement by the presidential adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga indicates that Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to arrive this Saturday.

    His visit to Nigeria will be the first by an Indian prime minister since Dr Manmohan Singh’s state visit in 2007, when the two nations established a strategic partnership.

    President Tinubu and Prime Minister Modi will seek to strengthen Nigeria’s and India’s ties further during their bilateral discussions.

    Both leaders are expected to exchange signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) to enhance collaboration in critical sectors.

  • Facebook bans India’s ruling party leader over hate speech violations

    Facebook bans India’s ruling party leader over hate speech violations

    Facebook has banned a politician from India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the centre of allegations that the social media giant did not apply hate speech rules to members of the ruling party.

    “We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate from having a presence on our platform.

    “The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove his account,” a Facebook spokesperson said on Thursday.

    The move came a day after a parliamentary panel questioned Facebook India representatives following a report in the Wall Street Journal that alleged the company overlooked hate speech posts by leaders and right-wing Hindu groups affiliated with the BJP.

    The paper had reported that a top executive, Ankhi Das, opposed applying hate-speech rules to profiles in Singh’s name, which posted content calling Muslims traitors.

    The posts by Singh, a lawmaker in the southern state Telangana, were also flagged by the opposition during the hearing.

    Facebook denied any bias and said it is a non-partisan platform.

    Singh claimed he did not have any official Facebook page as he stopped using the platform in April 2019, therefore banning him “made no sense.”

    He said earlier his official Facebook account was “hacked” in 2018, adding that “many (Facebook) pages are using my name … I’m not responsible for any of their posts.”

    The BJP has also accused Facebook of bias against it, accusing the company’s employees of abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  • Twitter account of India’s Modi hacked

    Twitter account of India’s Modi hacked

    The official Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked early on Thursday, the social media company has confirmed.

    A series of tweets were sent from the account asking its followers to donate cryptocurrency to the prime minister’s relief fund.

    Twitter said it was aware of the activity and had taken steps to secure the compromised account.

    Narendramodi_in is the official Twitter handle for Modi’s personal website.

    It has more than 2.5 million followers and was created in May 2011.

    Modi’s personal Twitter account, with more than 61 million followers, was unaffected by the incident.

    “We are actively investigating the situation.

    “At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted,” a Twitter spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.

    The tweets were subsequently taken down and the account restored.

    In July, hackers accessed Twitter’s internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top profiles including those of U.S. presidential contender Joe Biden, former U.S. president Barack Obama, Tesla founder Elon Musk, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

    The corporate accounts for Uber and Apple were also compromised in the major breach, according to reports.

  • Sad! Fire razes isolation centre killing 10 COVID-19 patients

    Sad! Fire razes isolation centre killing 10 COVID-19 patients

    There was a fire outbreak on Sunday morning at a Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isolation centre in India that left 10 COVID-19 patients dead.

    Ten other COVID-19 patients were injured in the tragedy that happened in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijaywada hotel that was converted into a COVID-19 care centre.

    The cause of fire was yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report, but it was said the fire outbreak might have been as a result of a short circuit.

    The surviving COVID-19 patients have been shifted to another hospital, Zee News reported.

    “The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients & 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident,” Andhra Pradesh Home Minister said.

    Andhra Pradesh government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh each to every deceased family.

    President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday condoled families, who lost members in the fire.

    “Struck with grief after hearing tragic news about COVID-19 care centre in Vijayawada where an accidental fire caused loss of lives. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families. I wish speedy recovery for the injured,” the President tweeted.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union Minister Amit Shah have also expressed grief over the incident.

  • PM Modi sets 2025 deadline to eradicate tuberculosis from India

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday set 2025 as the deadline year to eradicate tuberculosis from India, five years ahead of global target.

    “A target has been set to end TB globally by 2030. I would like to announce that we have set an aim to eradicate it from India five years ahead by 2025,” Modi said, while inaugurating the Delhi End-TB Summit in the Indian capital.

    According to official figures, over 10 million people are affected by TB every year in India.

    And there had been 1.7 million TB-related deaths in India in 2016.

    Urging all chief ministers to join this mission so that the 2025 target could be easily met, the prime minister said: “The state governments across the country have a major role to play in elimination of TB from India.”

    “TB is the most prevalent among communicable diseases in the country and the poor are the worst affected by it.
    “Every step taken towards eradicating the disease is directly connected to their lives,” he added.

     

  • India’s pathway to selling only electric cars by 2030

    India’s pathway to selling only electric cars by 2030

    While the United States is walking away from the historic Paris Climate Agreement, India is making a bold vow to start selling only electric cars by 2030.

    India is one of the world’s most polluted countries. Its energy department said in a blog post that it has set the “ambitious” target to stop selling gas-powered vehicles in an attempt to clean up its air.

    As the country’s economy has boomed, new industries and commuters have spewed pollutants in the air at staggering rates. Now, its 1.3 billion residents are suffering. One estimate says India’s air contributes to 1.2 million deaths per year. Doctors have said breathing the air in New Dehli, the nation’s capital, is like smoking 10 cigarettes a day.

    India’s energy minister, Piyush Goyal, said recently that the country will help facilitate the electric car effort by offering subsidies for a couple of years. “After that,” he said, “the cost of electric vehicles will start paying for themselves.”

    The government’s National Electric Mobility Mission Plan wants annual sales of electric and hybrid cars to hit 6 million to 7 million by 2020.

    That’s music to the ears of Elon Musk, CEO of electric car powerhouse Tesla, who touted the decision on Twitter Thursday.

    Tesla hasn’t actually entered the Indian market yet, but Musk has frequently talked about his plans to open up shop there. He said earlier this year that it could happen by summer, but those plans appear to be delayed.

    India is anxiously awaiting Tesla’s arrival. Even the head of Mahindra, India’s leading electric carmaker, told Musk he’ll welcome the competition.

    “The more the merrier — and greener,” Anand Mahindra wrote.

    Plans to aggressively expand the number of electric cars on the road is just one of a number of ways India is trying to go greener. The government is also underway on major pushes to expand its solar energy capacity.

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also doubled down on his commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement after President Trump rebuked the pact on Thursday.

    He was in France on Saturday meeting with French President Emanuel Macron, who also strongly condemned Trump’s decision.

    “Paris Agreement is a shared legacy of the world. It will benefit the future generations as well,” Modi wrote on Twitter.

     

     

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  • Indian PM invites two African presidents

    ImageFile: Indian PM summons two African presidents
    Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

    The president of Kenya and his Rwandan counterpart have been billed to visit India on an invitiation by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    According to information by Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya will visit India between 9th and 12th of January 2017 on an invitation extended by the Indian Prime Minister.

    The two African Presidents and the Indian Prime Minister are expected to hold official talks and attend a business meeting together.

    According to a statement by the Kenyan government, President Kenyatta is likely to be accompanied by several Ministers as he is expected to attend a business forum in Delhi on 12th forenoon.

    For President Kagame, a business delegation is expected to accompany him.

    Both African Presidents will also attend the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit on 10th January 2017 at Gandhinagar at which President Kagame will be addressing a National Business Seminar on Rwanda, and both will participate in business events as well in the country.

    Rwanda is expected to participate in the Global Trade Show 2017.