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ET Awards has always been ‘Work Hard, Play Hard, At the Same Time.’ That was on full display after the award ceremony at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai when some 40 special guests joined host Samir Jain and foreign minister S Jaishankar, also ET Reformer of the Year, in some serious power chitchat over haute cuisine and ‘hauteur’ company.

India to geopolitical challenges, cultural adjustments, and the need for businesses to invest in domestic supply chains to counter China, said external affairs minister S Jaishankar, Reformer of the Year, covering a broad range of subjects during a conversation at the ET Awards. Edited excerpts:

It firmly believes that changing geopolitics, security concerns, and waning trust in China will dovetail to enable India to marry technology and manufacturing. A day before the announcement of the Lok Sabha election dates, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and external affairs minister S Jaishankar sent across the message, underlining the Narendra Modi government’s milestones, as they addressed some of the best minds of India Inc at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai on Friday.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Mariya Gabriel for thanking the Indian Navy for rescuing seven Bulgarian nationals in a successful anti-piracy operation in the Arabian Sea, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that it is exactly what friends are for. In a post on X, Jaishankar wrote, «That's what friends are for,» alongside Gabriel's post. Notably, Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Mariya Gabriel on Sunday expressed gratitude to the Indian Navy for successfully carrying out a rescue operation to take back control of a hijacked merchant vessel and its 17 crew members including seven Bulgarian nationals in the Arabian Sea.

external affairs minister S Jaishankar said India has begun to take manufacturing seriously, adding that the world's perspective towards the country's technological landscape has changed in the past decade. Speaking at the ET Awards in Mumbai, the minister said, «India is beginning to take manufacturing seriously. Without manufacturing, no one will take you seriously on technology,» he said.

Yashwant Sinha handed over the accolades to India's top industrialists exactly at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai on October 24, 1998. The event, which has acknowledged the contributions of the India Inc's who's who for decades, with the latest edition set to announce the awardees on March 15, 2024. This year's edition termed S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, as the Reformer of the Year. AM Naik, Chairman Emeritus, Larsen & Toubro, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

India's call for a permanent seat in the world body. Addressing a media briefing in the national capital on Wednesday, the Belarussian Foreign Minister stressed the urgency for reforms in the UNSC, adding, «We (Belarus) also discussed this issue and are convinced that UNSC reforms should be facilitated. It is a long-lasting issue which is being discussed within the UN, taking into account the very fragile situation in the world today.» «We also expressed ourselves during the 78th Session of the General Assembly and in our official statement during the 78 Session of the General Assembly, we made it very clear that we would support the accession of India to the Security Council,» he added.

Ambush, barrage of bullets: CCTV captures final moments of Hardeep Nijjar On Saturday, Canada-based CBC News reported about a purported video footage that has surfaced showing Nijjar being shot by armed men. The video shows Nijjar leaving the parking lot of the Gurdwara in his grey Dodge Ram pickup truck. As he approaches the exit, a white sedan pulls in front of him, blocking his truck.

here to register now. Here is the full list of winners. Reformer of the Year: S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs External affairs minister S Jaishankar has led from the front in steering India’s trade and economic diplomacy through the year amid multiple geopolitical uncertainties.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar concluded his three-day visit to Japan, during which he held meetings and interactions with several top leaders to explore ways to qualitatively transform the Special Strategic and Global Partnership, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a press release. The EAM called on Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida and conveyed Prime Minister Modi's greetings to him. He also briefed Kishida about recent developments in India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, and sought his guidance to further strengthen the relationship. Jaishankar held the 16th India-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Japanese Foreign Minister, Yoko Kamikawa, on March 7.

NEW DELHI : India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar urged Japanese companies to consider “Make in India" initiatives as well as export from India to global markets, during the Raisina Roundtable in Tokyo. Jaishankar is on a three-day visit to Japan to meet with his Japanese counterpart Yoko Komikawa.

NEW DELHI : India’s external affairs minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday pitched for South Korea to participate in India-led initiatives such as the International Solar Alliance, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, and the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative. Jaishankar is in South Korea for a two-day visit, during which he will chair a joint commission meeting with his Korean counterpart.

AI) and Deepfakes, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has stated that these pose a threat to India’s national security. “When we think of security, it is not just the defence of the borders, it is not countering terrorism alone…. But there is the daily routine which is so susceptible today to manipulation and this is growing,” Jaishankar said during a discussion about his latest book organised by India’s leading public policy body Ananta Aspen Centre here on Saturday evening. “Today foreign interference in this country is growing. It is important for the average person to understand how the world is changing because it is an era of AI and deepfakes,” he said.

China said the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reforms “should benefit all member states rather than serving the selfish interests of a few”, comments that come days after external affairs minister S Jaishankar said “one non-Western country” was blocking UNSC reforms. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Thursday said member states need to seek the broadest possible consensus for a package solution through serious and thorough consultations when it comes to UNSC reforms.

Amarnath Ghosh are unable to claim his body, Devoleena Bhattacharjee requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and the Indian Embassy in the United States to get the details about the reasons behind his murder. “My friend #Amarnathghosh was shot & killed in St. Louis Academy neighborhood, US on Tuesday evening.

The Maldives is a key maritime neighbour in the Indian Ocean region and occupies a special place in its initiatives like SAGAR' (Security and Growth for All in the Region) and the Neighbourhood First Policy' of the Narendra Modi government. The island nation's proximity to India — barely 70 nautical miles from the island of Minicoy in Lakshadweep and 300 nautical miles from the mainland's western coast — and its location at the hub of commercial sea lanes running through the Indian Ocean Region gives it significant strategic importance.

PM Modi to lay foundation for upgrading Gurgaon railway station: Rao Inderjit Singh, Union minister of State and Gurgaon MP, announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation for upgrading the Gurgaon railway station on February 26. In the first phase, the project worth has been estimated at ₹295 crore, according to a report by Indian Express. News9 Global Summit-PM Modi to deliver keynote address. Tony Abbott, S Jaishankar, Smriti Irani, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Anurag Thakur to attend: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address at the News9 Global Summit on February 26, the TV network said.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while speaking on his book «Why Bharat Matters», said that whether you're an Indian national or someone living abroad, it is important to understand 'Why Bharat Matters', because it will be bigger in the coming decade and in the century. While speaking at the Raisina Dialogue 2024, Jaishankar said on Friday, «I wrote the book because I was really convinced it was important to present an argument today why, whether you are a national of this country or whether you are someone living abroad, it's important to understand, why Bharat matters, that we will be bigger in everybody's lives in the coming decade and the coming century.» He further explained that the book is about the state of the world, globalization, technology and digital.

geopolitical reasons, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. He made the remarks while elaborating on the need for having coexistence between national interests and multilateralism at a session of the Raisina Dialogue. «That was always the case. Look at our own example. Very literally in our first year of Independence, we put our trust in multilateralism and took the Kashmir aggression issue to the UN and others made it into an accession issue and they did it for geopolitical reasons,» Jaishankar said. He was asked whether values are looking less important in the current geopolitical landscape as countries compromise on principles but never on interests.

global peace and security and bolstering partnership with it should be the cornerstone of Europe's foreign policy, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. In an address at the inaugural session of the Raisina Dialogue, Mitsotakis described the conflict in Ukraine as much more than a «local war on European soil» and that it is a «brutal challenge» to international stability and the rules-based order that India has supported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, foreign ministers from a number of countries and a galaxy of strategic affairs experts and academicians attended the session. When it comes to shaping global debates and addressing great challenges, India is now often regarded, and rightly so, as a consensus builder and a voice of reason in an increasingly polarised world, the Greek prime minister said.

Russia has never hurt India’s interests and everyone conducts a relationship based on their past experiences, was External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s straight reply to German economic daily, Handelsblatt. “…The relations of powers like Europe, the US, China or Japan with Russia, they have all seen ups and downs. We have had a stable and always very friendly relationship with Russia. And our relationship with Russia today is based on this experience. For others, things were different, and conflicts may have shaped the relationship. We, on the other hand, had a politically and militarily much more difficult relationship with China, for example,” Jaishankar said, adding,” My point is: just as I do not expect Europe to have a view of China that is identical to mine, Europe should understand that I cannot have a view of Russia that is identical to the European one. Let us accept that there are natural differences in relationships.” The interview was conducted during Jaishankar’s recent visit to Munich.