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April - June 2022 Vol-06


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High Commissioner hosts Malawi Parliamentary Committee on International Relations
High Commissioner hosts Malawi Parliamentary Committee on International Relations
High Commissioner S. Gopalakrishnan hosted a delegation of Hon’ble Members of the Parliamentary Committee on International Relations, Parliament of Malawi led by Hon’ble Patrick Bandawe, Chairperson of the Committee on 30 March, 2022. During the meeting, High commissioner briefed the Hon’ble Members of Parliament on India-Malawi bilateral relations and highlighted India’s assistance to Malawi under development partnership and through capacity building programmes. High Commissioner also briefed the Hon’ble members on various socio-economic development that have been taking place in India in recent years.

High Commission celebrated 72nd ICCR Foundation Day
High Commission celebrated 72nd ICCR Foundation Day
High Commission celebrated 72nd ICCR Foundation Day on 9 April 2022. Prof. Emmanuel Kaunda, Vice Chancellor, LUANAR University was the Guest of Honour for the occasion. High Commissioner Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, in his remarks, highlighted the role of ICCR in promoting cultural ties between India and various countries. He also highlighted India’s assistance to Malawi, including capacity building through scholarships and other trainings.


High Commissioner met Malawi’s Cabinet Ministers
High Commissioner met Malawi’s Cabinet Ministers
High Commissioner Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan met Honourable Nancy Tembo, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs (top left) on May 4, 2022, and Honourable Jean Muonaowauza Sendeza, M.P., Minister of Homeland Security (top right) on May 4, 2022. He also met Honourable Abida Sidik Mia, M.P., Minister of Water and Sanitation, on May 11, 2022 (bottom left), Honourable Timothy Mtambo, Minister of National Unity (middle bottom) on May 24, 2022 and on May 25, 2022, met  Honourable Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka, M.P., Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change (bottom right). The High Commissioner discussed bilateral relation and issues of mutual interests with the Ministers.

World Bicycle Day 2022
World Bicycle Day 2022

High Commission organized World Bicycle Day in Lilongwe on June 4, 2022. Large number of cyclists, including children, participated in the event.




Visit of Shri V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs to the Republic of Malawi
Visit of Shri V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs to the Republic of Malawi

Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan (MoS) paid an official visit to Malawi on 08-10 June 2022. During the visit, MoS called on the President of Malawi H.E. Mr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera and discussed long-standing bilateral partnership and both agreed to give further impetus to the relations between India and Malawi. He also called on the Vice-President H.E. Mr. Saulos Klaus Chilima. In his bilateral meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Ms. Nancy Tembo, M.P., both ministers reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations between India and Malawi. During the visit, MoS also announced gifting of 200 laptops for the Members of Parliament of Malawi and donation of Anti-Cancer medicines worth US$ 1.4 mn. MoS visited Salima Sugar Factory in Salima district, which is one of the landmark projects executed under EXIM Bank Line of Credit in Malawi in 2016. MoS also attended a Community Reception hosted in his honour where he addressed and interacted with the members of Indian Community. 




International Day of Yoga 2022
International Day of Yoga 2022
High Commission of India in Lilongwe celebrated the 8th International Day of Yoga at the India House on June 19, 2022. The theme of the 8th IDY was 'Yoga for Humanity'. A large number of yoga lovers, members of Indian Community and Friends of India enthusiastically participated at the celebrations.

Millennium University launches Yoga courses
Millennium University launches Yoga courses

On the occasion of the 8th International Day of Yoga, High Commissioner S. Gopalakrishnan launched two courses on YOGA on June 21, 2022 at the Millennium University, Blantyre. This was the first time that an educational institute in Malawi  offered a course on Yoga. In his interview to media High Commissioner called on the other universities and institutions to emulate the initiative.




Blantyre Water Board (BWB) signed a contract with TATA Consulting Engineers
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) signed a contract with  TATA Consulting Engineers
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) signed a contract with an Indian firm, TATA Consulting Engineers to prepare a detailed project report, feasibility study, design and project management consultancy services for development of 30 megawatts solar power plant for BWB to pump water from walkers ferry in Nkula site in Neno. BWB Executive Officer, Dr. Robert T. Hanjahanja said that this will help the organisation to move away from the national power grid and use renewable energy to pump water the solar plant to be functioning in the next 18 to 24 months. The project is part of US$ 215 mn LOC extended to Malawi Government by Exim Bank of India to upgrade BWB and Southern Region Water Board.

INDIAN COMMUNITY IN MALAWI


Indian Origin Entrepreneur donates K300m to Central Hospital in Blantyre
Indian Origin Entrepreneur donates K300m to  Central Hospital in Blantyre

India Malawian entrepreneurs Hitesh and Meeta Anadkat, Chairman of First Capital Bank in Malawi and his wife Meeta Anadkat donated K300 million to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre for the reconstruction of a state-of-the-art children’s emergency ward. In an interview with Nyasa Times, Anadkat, who said was born at QECH, said he was appalled at the current state of the facility following a visit he made after some doctors had approached him to see if he could render help. Much as QECH also caters for the Blantyre population, it is also the referral hospital for the southern region. Read more  



Ugadi celebrations
Ugadi celebrations

On 2 April 2022 Malawi Telugu Association (MATA) organised Ugadi cleebrations. High Commissioner participated at the celebrations.




Lilongwe Tamil community donates to LSF Hospital
Lilongwe Tamil community donates to LSF Hospital

Tamil community (Tamil Nanbargal sangam, Lilongwe) donated Mk.2 million kwacha to LSF Hospital project. Tamil Community was grateful to the LSF committee for the opportunity.


NEWS FROM INDIA




NHAI Sets Guinness World Record For Laying 75 Km Highway In Just 105 hours
NHAI Sets Guinness World Record For Laying  75 Km Highway In Just 105 hours

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has set a Guinness World Record by completing the longest highway length of 75 kilometers (km) of bituminous concrete in a single lane between Amravati and Akola in the record time of—105 hours and 33 minutes.

Earlier, the Guinness World Record for the longest continuously built bituminous was set in Doha, Qatar in February 2019 for constructing 25.275 km in ten days. Read more


India successfully test-fires VL-SRSAM from Indian Naval Ship off Odisha coast
India successfully test-fires VL-SRSAM from  Indian Naval Ship off Odisha coast

India’s indeigenously developed shipborne weapon system, Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM), was successfully flight tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha on June 24, 2022.  Read more 




PM Modi inaugurates Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar
PM Modi inaugurates Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 20 April 2022. The Prime Minister of Mauritius Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) were present on the occasion. Read more.




PM Modi inaugurates Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar
PM Modi inaugurates Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead the International Day of Yoga celebrations from the heritage city of Mysuru in Karnataka. More than 15,000 people are participate in the Yoga celebrations along with the Prime Minister at the Mysore Palace grounds. Read more.

Celebration of Africa Day
Celebration of Africa Day

African Heads of Missions in New Delhi and Ministry of External Affairs jointly celebrated Africa Day on 25 May 2022 in New Delhi. Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh delivered his keynote address as Chief Guest on this occasion and highlighted multifaceted relations with African countries.

Read more.




India's First Three Layer Bridge opened for public in Surat
India's First Three Layer Bridge opened for public in Surat

The Sahara Darwaza Triple Layer Bridge, the largest bridge in India, was inaugurated on June 18, 2022. This bridge network is an example of promoting economic growth through world-class infrastructure. It will have a multiplier effect for growth of textile markets that will connect the existing market to newly developing textile markets. Read more 




India jumps 6 places to 37th rank on IMD’s World Competitiveness Index
India jumps 6 places to 37th rank on IMD’s  World Competitiveness Index

India has witnessed the sharpest rise among the Asian economies, with a six-position jump from 43rd to 37th rank on the annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development, largely due to gains in economic performance. Denmark has moved to the top of the 63-nation list from the third position last year, while Switzerland slipped from the top ranking to the second position and Singapore regained the third spot from fifth, a global study showed on June 15, 2022. Others in the top 10 include Sweden at the fourth position, followed by Hong Kong SAR (5th), the Netherlands (6th), Taiwan (7th), Finland (8th), Norway (9th), and the USA (10th). Read more




Grammys 2022: India’s Ricky Kej wins his second Grammy award for ‘Devine Tides’
Grammys 2022: India’s Ricky Kej wins his second  Grammy award for ‘Devine Tides’

India-based music composer Ricky Kej won his second Grammy for the album ‘Divine Tides’ for which he collaborated with American legend Stewart Copeland. At the 64th Grammy Awards ceremony, held at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Marquee Ballroom, Kej greeted the audiences with a namaste when he took the stage with Copeland to receive the prestigious gramophone.Read more




PM Modi co-chairs business round table in Berlin
PM Modi co-chairs business round table in Berlin
On May 2, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-chaired a Business Round Table with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In his remarks, Prime Minister emphasised on the broad-based reforms carried out by the Government and highlighted the growing numbers of start-ups and unicorns in India. He invited the business leaders to invest in India’s youth. The event saw participation of high representatives from the Governments and selected CEOs from both sides, who engaged in discussions on topics ranging from climate cooperation; Supply chains; Research and Development.Read more

PM Narendra Modi attends G7 meeting in Berlin, Germany
PM Narendra Modi attends G7 meeting in Berlin, Germany

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the G7 Summit in Germany on June 27 2022 he urged the G7 countries to consider promoting and investing in India’s emerging market for clean energy technologies. Speaking on climate, energy and health, he said that India has achieved the target of 40 per cent energy capacity from non-fossil sources nine years before time. He also highlighted that, although 17 per cent of the world’s population resides in India, its contribution of global carbon emissions is only 5 per cent. During the summit, Modi exchanged views with the leaders of the bloc and its partners on issues such as energy, food security, counter-terrorism, environment and democracy. Read more



PM Modi participates in 14th BRICS Summit
PM Modi participates in 14th BRICS Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led India's participation at the 14th BRICS Summit, convened under the Chairmanship of President Xi Jinping of China on 23-24 June 2022, in a virtual format. President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, President Valdimir Putin of Russia, and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa also participated in the Summit (23 June). The High-level Dialogue on Global Development, non-BRICS engagement segment of the Summit, was held on 24 June. Read more

From Cannes, an India story
From Cannes, an India story

On the Cannes red carpet, a plethora of Indian celebrities sashayed down with the most known face of Deepika Padukone. As India is a “partner country”, this year saw a number of our movie stars, especially from the South, grace the Cannes red carpet. Cannes Film Festival is not just about the red carpet but movie screenings are the main story and there has been an uproar over Indian films shown at Cannes this year. For the first time in its history, the Festival had a Country of Honour in India at the Marché du Film, its international business centre. Read more




Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit to India, April 2022
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit to India, April 2022

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, made an official visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on 21 to 22 April 2022. They agreed a joint statement, ‘Towards Shared Security and Prosperity through National Resilience’, reviewed progress on the ambitious India-UK Roadmap to 2030 (April 2021), and resolved to advance the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreed last year. Read more 




PM launches 1st ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay India to host 44th Chess Olympiad
PM launches 1st ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay India to host 44th Chess Olympiad

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the historic torch relay for the 44th  Chess Olympiad on June 19, 2022 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi in a glittering ceremony. The event was attended by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of State for Sports Shri. Nishith Pramanik, Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, the Indian Chess contingent and members of Chess Federations from various countries. For the first time in the history of the prestigious competition, India not only hosts the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad but is also the first country that starts off a torch relay that has been instituted by FIDE for the first time in the history of the competition which started in 1927. Acknowledging India's stature as the country where Chess was born, from now on, the Olympiad Torch will travel from India to the host nation during every Chess Olympiad. Read more




Nikhat Zareen wins gold at World Boxing Championship 2022
Nikhat Zareen wins gold at World Boxing Championship 2022

Indian female boxer Nikhat Zareen won gold in the 2022 Women's World Championship held in May 2022 in Istanbul. She competed in the flyweight (52kg) division and bounded to a clean 5-0 win over Jitpong Jutamas of Thailand in the final bout. Read more 




Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022: PM Modi inaugurates India’s biggest Drone Festival at Pragati Maidan
Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022: PM Modi inaugurates India’s biggest Drone Festival at Pragati Maidan

On May 27, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the biggest Drone Festival in India – Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.  PM Modi interacted with Kisan drone pilots and also with startups in the drone exhibition centre. Besides, the Prime Minister also witnessed open air drone demonstrations. India’s biggest Drone Festival- Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022 was a two day event and it was held on 27 May 2022 and 28 May 2022 at Pragati Maidan in the national capital. Read more 




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