#WATCH | Delhi: Speaking about India's energy security during the West Asia crisis, Former NITI Aayog CEO & India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant says, "I think it was an extraordinary crisis... India imports almost 86% of its fossil fuel... In any other country, this would have created chaos... India has handled this in an extraordinary manner... It ensured that the life of the common man... did not hit the public at all... This was possible because India implemented the LPG control order very early. Secondly, it ensured that LPG was made available to common man... there was a stabilised pricing... At the same time, it used India's digital technology... This process ensured there was no black marketing... India did something very unique and notable: the Central Government and the oil companies took on the financial burden... The excise duty on petrol was brought down from Rs 13 to Rs 3. In the case of diesel, it was brought down from Rs 10 to Rs 0... Thirdly, the government widened its procurement base; instead of 27 countries, it started procuring from 41 countries... it has been a very creative, unique, positive, and constructive approach..."
#WATCH | Paris, France | On attending the "Bonjour Modi" event in Paris, a member of the Indian diaspora says, "...Today, Prime Minister Modi spoke to us about transparency and growth in the energy industry. I am very happy to meet him... India is progressing in every field today..."
#WATCH | Paris, France | On attending the "Bonjour Modi" event in Paris, a member of the Indian diaspora says, "...We were impressed by what he said about the friendship between France and India…This is an opportunity for Indians living in France to re-unite here"
#WATCH | Paris, France | On attending the "Bonjour Modi" event in Paris, a member of the Indian diaspora says, "We were very excited. We enjoyed meeting him. He talked about innovation, introducing new technology through AI, it was great…"
#WATCH | Paris, France: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "With the United States, we have made significant progress already on the conclusion of an interim free trade bilateral trade agreement. We are in the final stages of concluding that agreement. Next week in fact the United States trade representative Mr Jamieson Greer will be visiting India to take forward these discussions. In the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister and President Donald Trump yesterday in Evian, this was a major subject of discussion. Both leaders once again gave instructions for this agreement to be concluded at the earliest possible."
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#WATCH | पेरिस, फ्रांस: प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी भारत के लिए रवाना हुए।
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 13 से 18 जून तक फ्रांस और स्लोवाकिया की इस यात्रा के दौरान फ्रांस में जी7 (G7) शिखर सम्मेलन और पेरिस में 'वीवाटेक 2026' जैसे कार्यक्रमों में शामिल हुए।
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#WATCH | Paris, France: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "In Paris today, as I said, the Prime Minister participated in the VivaTech event. India was the AI country of focus at this year's edition of VivaTech. Prime Minister once again emphasized and underlined not just the kind of innovation that was underway in the technology sphere in India, but also what it meant to deploy technology at scale in such a large country. And in this context, the vision that India was putting before the world, at least insofar as artificial intelligence is concerned, which is a transformational technology, and which must be technology that is at the service of humanity, rather than humanity being somehow becoming subservient to technology..."
#WATCH | Paris, France: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "Today in Paris, the Prime Minister began the day by meeting four leading French CEOs. The French corporate leaders, all of whom have significant association with India already, expressed their strong confidence in India's rapidly growing economy and expressed their readiness to expand their local footprints and deepen their presence and their partnership with India."
#WATCH | Paris, France: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "Of course, the focus was on the situation in West Asia. In his meetings with his counterparts and also in his interventions at the G7, the Prime Minister expressed once again India's desire to see sustained peace and security in this region. India welcomed the developments that have taken place through the understanding that has been reached between the United States and Iran and hopes to see a rapid return to peace and stability in this region..."
#WATCH | Paris, France: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "We have always emphasized the importance of maintaining the freedom of navigation and unimpeded commerce through the international waterways in the region. Prime Minister specifically emphasized the issue of the safety and security of seafarers. He noted how hundreds of thousands of Indian seafarers essentially provide a global public good by serving on maritime platforms that serve the global community and serve global maritime trade in a big way, and why therefore their safety and security should be a common concern of the global community and this is something that he voiced not just in his intervention at the G7 summit outreach meetings but also in his bilateral meetings with several leaders."
He further says, "We endorsed at least three of the documents coming out of this G7 summit. And these related to G7 documents on outcomes on cancer research, on the response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa, and on the need to ensure safe digital spaces for minors."
#WATCH | Paris, France: On the bilateral meeting between PM Modi and US President Donald Trump, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "It's true that there hasn't been a meeting between the Prime Minister and President Trump in the last sixteen months. But I don't think this is surprising, given that the Prime Minister visited the United States last February, and this was the last meeting. The Prime Minister hasn't visited the United States since then. President Trump hasn't been able to visit India yet. Now, the opportunity arose during the G 7, and the two leaders decided to meet, and the talks progressed... The meeting between the two leaders took place in a very cordial atmosphere, and they shared important topics that were on their minds. During the meeting, both leaders gave instructions regarding a bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, which is a very important topic at this time. They said that we should move this agreement forward as quickly as possible. Consequently, next week, the US Trade Representative is visiting India and will meet with the Commerce Minister to take this conversation forward..."
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#WATCH | Paris, France: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "As the issue of the interdiction of a vessel by UK authorities is concerned, we are aware of these developments. Our mission in the United Kingdom is in touch with the concerned UK authorities, and we'll follow up with them on the next steps that need to be taken to address this."
#WATCH | Paris, France: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says, "We have a good relationship with Israel. And as I said, throughout this conflict, we have been in touch with various parties. We've been in very close contact with Iran as well, with the Iranian authorities...We are not a party to the conflict. We would leave it to the parties to the conflict to decide how to arrive at arrangements to terminate the conflict, to end the conflict, and to find a roadmap after that for a path forward. Now that we are at the beginning of such a path, if there are ways in which we can contribute through our engagement, whether it is with Iran or with Israel, we would be ready to do that. And those conversations are ongoing. I cannot preview or prejudge those at this point in time."
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron visited an exhibition at VivaTech 2026 in Paris, France, earlier today
VivaTech is Europe's foremost gathering of technology and innovation.
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#WATCH | Paris, France: Addressing the Indian community, PM Narendra Modi says, "Paris is a city of lights. This is the city of colors. There are ideas and there is inspiration for innovation. All of you, coming from different states of India, make this city even more beautiful. You fill it with new colors. Some are Tamil, some are Punjabi, some are Gujarati, some are Marathi, and some are Bengali. Every corner of India is represented here."
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#WATCH | Paris, France: Addressing the Indian community, PM Narendra Modi says, "When I arrived in Nice on June 14th, the first thing I did was participate in the Bharat Innovates program. Today, as I prepare to return from France, I feel as if I have come to the Bharat Connect program. The way you have connected the 21st-century India-France relationship, it is becoming a major strength of our strategic partnership. I bring to you the greetings of 1.4 billion Indian citizens. I express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for this warm welcome."
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#WATCH | Paris: Addressing the Indian community, PM Modi says, "Serving the country as an elected PM for 12 consecutive years has been a great privilege of my life. It is the power of India's democracy that has brought a tea seller to this position. The last 12 years have been a testament to the incredible potential of 1.4 billion Indians. In this period, India's GDP has doubled. The number of airports has doubled. The number of universities has also doubled. Highway construction has doubled."
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