UK Foreign Secy Raab hails NEP 2020, expresses resolve on strengthening India-UK collaboration in education ANI | Updated: Dec 16, 2020 21:06 IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Dominic Raab on Wednesday hailed India s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 as visionary and expressed the resolve of strengthening India-UK collaboration on deepening engagement in the field of education and research.
According to an official release, Raab, during a bilateral meeting with Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank , said that the proposed reforms of NEP 2020 will open up opportunities for students, economy and for deeper engagement and collaboration between the two countries.
British PM To Be India’s Republic Day Chief Guest Published by GulteDesk December 15, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is all set to visit India in January. Boris Johnson, who is going to visit India in Jan 2021, will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day Parade on January 26. The news was corroborated by the UK’s foreign secretary on Tuesday after his meeting with Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Boris’ visit to India is expected to strengthen the ties between India and Britain. The duo addressed a joint press conference after holding the talks. After a four-hour long discussion, S Jaishankar said the discussion focused on taking India and the UK’s bilateral ties to the next level.
Updated Dec 15, 2020 · 04:37 pm File photo of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. | Tolga Akmen/AFP
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted India’s invite to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on January 26, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The country’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed the development after delegation-level talks with Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
“I am absolutely delighted to be visiting India next year at the start of an exciting year for Global Britain, and look forward to delivering the quantum leap in our bilateral relationship that Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi and I have pledged to achieve,” Johnson said in a statement, following the announcement. Jaishankar said that Johnson’s presence as the chief guest on Republic Day will mark a new era in the relationship between the two countries.
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