“India and Fiji share a close bond”: Rugby legend Serevi proud to take charge as Head Coach

Despite the soaring humidity, World Rugby Hall of Fame legend turned coach, Waisale Serevi, is thoroughly enjoying his time at India’s Rugby Sevens camp in Kolkata, West Bengal.  Serevi, affectionately known as the

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Indian President Murmu to visit Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste

Indian President Droupadi Murmu will undertake a state visit to Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste from 05-10 August 2024.  This will be the first-ever visit by a Head of State from India to Fiji and Timor Leste, the

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India to apply for licences to scout Pacific Ocean for critical minerals

India will apply for licences to explore for deep-sea minerals in the Pacific Ocean as it competes to secure supplies of minerals critical for energy transition technologies, a top government scientist said.  The

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Fiji tourism looks to India, China

Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka’s busy schedule last week included a brief meeting with Indian actress, Rakul Preet Singh and her new husband, film producer Jackky Bhagnani. The couple were in Fiji for

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“We are victims of global power play” – PNG PM says Pacific islands will rally behind India

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Monday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Pacific Islands nations consider the Indian premier as the leader of the Global South and will rally behind India’s

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India’s PM Modi lands in PNG for Pacific summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Papua New Guinea on Sunday for talks with Pacific island leaders, the first visit by an Indian premier as New Delhi seeks to counter China’s growing footprint in the

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PIF secretariat rues being left out of regional dialogue

The Pacific’s premier regional body, the Pacific Islands Forum, is concerned that it is being left on the sidelines of a regional dialogue between India and Pacific island countries in Papua New Guinea later this

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We hope to co-host 3rd India Pacific Cooperation Forum: Jaishankar

India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday said India hopes to co-host the third summit of the Forum for India Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) in the coming months. “We hope to

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USP wins award at Robot Contest in New Delhi

Fijian students from the University of the South Pacific (USP) took home the Tokyo Electron Award at the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) 2022, held in New Delhi, India. The four students are in the School

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Pacific states to benefit from new IRIS initiative

Small island states of the Pacific were very much in the forefront when the leaders of India, Britain and Australia launched IRIS, a new initiative aimed at providing infrastructure support to reinforce the resilience

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