Speaking after receiving the award, Prime Minister Modi expressed gratitude to the King and the people of Norway. He dedicated the honour to the historic friendship between India and Norway, describing it as a tribute to the trust, warmth and affection shared by the people of both nations.
Prime Minister Modi was received at Oslo Airport by Prime Minister Støre, a gesture described by the Indian side as symbolic of the warmth in India-Norway ties. The visit is significant because it marks Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to Norway and the first prime ministerial visit from India to the country in 43 years.
For decades, India’s nuclear power sector was almost entirely state-driven, shaped by strategic restrictions, public-sector control and liability concerns that limited the participation of foreign and private companies. That structure is now changing. India has set an ambitious goal of developing 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047, making nuclear energy a major pillar of its long-term energy transition and energy security strategy.
Merchandise exports were the main headline driver. India’s goods exports rose to US$ 43.56 billion in April 2026, against US$ 38.28 billion in April 2025, registering a growth of 13.78%. Merchandise imports also increased, reaching US$ 71.94 billion, compared with US$ 65.38 billion in the same month last year.
At Kurukshetra, an army did not simply march as a crowd of warriors. It moved
According to News On AIR, the Minister said nearly 33% of this demand was met through renewable energy sources, underlining the growing role of clean energy in supporting India’s rapidly expanding electricity needs.
A super-pressure balloon is not an ordinary weather balloon. It is a specialised high-altitude platform designed to maintain internal pressure greater than the surrounding atmosphere, allowing it to remain stable at high altitudes for longer periods. Such balloons operate in the stratospheric or “near-space” layer, roughly between conventional aircraft altitudes and satellite orbits. This makes them useful for missions where satellites may be expensive and drones may lack endurance.
The presiding deity of the temple is Goddess Rajarajeswari, worshipped here as a powerful form of Bhagavathy/Durga. Kerala Tourism describes the temple as a grand Kerala-style shrine where Goddess Durga is the main deity, with other deities including Hanuman, Ganesha, Krishna, Ayyappa, Nagaraja and the Navagrahas also worshipped within the temple complex. The temple is believed to be around 500 years old, making it one of the important historic temples associated with Alappuzha’s religious landscape.
Under the new arrangement, students will study three languages, and at least two of them must be native Indian languages. Students who wish to take a foreign language may do so as the third language only if the other two are Indian languages, or they may take it as an additional fourth language. This means the policy does not shut the door on foreign languages, but it clearly gives priority to Indian languages within the core curriculum.
A key outcome of the meeting was the decision to elevate India-Sweden ties into a Strategic Partnership guided by four pillars: Strategic Dialogue for Stability and Security, Next-Generation Economic Partnership, Emerging Technologies and Trusted Connectivity, and Shaping Tomorrow Together – People, Planet, Health and Resilience. These pillars show that the relationship is no longer limited to trade or technology cooperation alone, but is expanding into security, resilient supply chains, climate action, trusted connectivity and future-facing innovation.
