Highlights: International travel should be made easier, says PM

PM Narendra Modi US visit Live Updates: During the three day-visit, Modi will be accompanied by a high-level delegation that would comprise external affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Twitter/@MEAIndia)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-day visit to the United States on Wednesday to address a meeting of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He will also participate in the QUAD Leaders' Summit and hold a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House during the trip. ...Read More

 

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• Sept 22, 2021 10:14 pm IST

  International travel should be made easier via mutual recognition of certificates: PM Modi at Global Covid-19 summit

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday at the global Covid-19 summit said that countries need to “focus on addressing the pandemic’s economic effects.” Pertaining to this, he added that global travel “should be made easier” through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates.

• Sept 22, 2021 09:23 pm IST

  Joe Biden launches EU-US vaccine partnership to beef up global vaccine donations

  Biden also stressed for countries to unite to donate, and not sell, Covid-19 vaccine doses to low and lower-income nations, and for these donations to come without any political string.

Sept 22, 2021 07:34 pm IST
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Sept 22, 2021 03:00 pm IST
PM Modi's UNGA address to focus on Covid, climate change
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Sept 22, 2021 02:27 pm IST
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Sept 22, 2021 01:01 pm IST
Flight to fly over Pak airspace to avoid Afghanistan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's non-stop flight to the US on Wednesday will fly over Pakistan's airspace to avoid Afghanistan. Government sources told news agency PTI that India had sought permission from Pakistan regarding the usage of Pakistan's airspace for flight to the US, for which a nod was given by Islamabad.
Sept 22, 2021 11:43 am IST
MEA says PM Modi's US visit ‘a visit of enormous significance’
Arindam Baghchi, the spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs, said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to the United States will be a visit of enormous significance. 
Sept 22, 2021 11:25 am IST
PM Modi departs from New Delhi for his visit to the US
PM Modi on Wednesday departed from New Delhi for his three-day visit to the United States. 
Sept 22, 2021 11:08 am IST
Looking forward to meet US V-P Harris to discuss global issues, says Modi
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Sept 22, 2021 10:49 am IST
‘Visit an occasion to strengthen the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership with US’: PM Modi
Modi also said on Wednesday that his three-day trip to the United States will be an occasion to strengthen the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership with the US, consolidate relations with  Japan and Australia - and take forward  'our' collaboration on important global issues. 
Sept 22, 2021 10:46 am IST
‘Will discuss regional, global issues with Biden’: PM before leaving for US
Moments before leaving for the United States, Prime Minister Modi said on Wednesday that he will exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest with US President Joe Biden.  
Sept 22, 2021 10:37 am IST
PM Modi to leave for United States at 11am
People familiar with developments have told Hindustan Times Modi would leave for the US at 11am on Wednesday. The PM will be accompanied by a high-level delegation that would comprise external affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.