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India Today to hold a roundtable in New York
NEW DELHII: The India Today group, will flag off Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most important foreign trip to the United States with a news roundtable in New York. The day long conclave promises to be a landmark event that will address the issues and key points behind Modi’s maiden visit to the US since taking over office.
While leaders of the two largest democracies meet and set agenda of international impact, the India Today Global Roundtable will make sense of the power talks and the implications on the road ahead. The high profile Roundtable event will see the presence of the most powerful personalities and thought leaders from across the globe. The discussions will cover the pertinent topics in the wake of the growing Indo – US ties.
The event will be graced by stalwarts from the United States including Former US secretary of Defence and The Cohen group chairman William Cohen, former United States ambassador to India Frank Wisner, India Caucus senate director Mark Brunner, Brookings Institution Project on International Order and Strategy director Bruce Jones, Virginia House of Delegates member Tim Hugo and many more.
Key Indian personalities and American citizens of Indian origin will be adding to the discussions with an Indian perspective. The illustrious speakers will include congress MP Shashi Tharoor, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, Intelligence bureau former director Nehchal Sandhu, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, CCI president Ajay Shriram, BJP MP Jayant Sinha, CCI director general Chandrajit Banerjee, Columbia University professor Jagdish Bhagwati.
The exclusive telecast of the event can be seen through the day on 26th and 27th September on Headlines Today.
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Rising Bharat Summit 2026 spotlights India’s global ascent
PM Modi keynotes two-day event with ministers, diplomats and icons in New Delhi.
MUMBAI: India didn’t just host a summit, it threw a coming-out party for a nation ready to own the global stage. The News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2026, held on 27–28 February in New Delhi, emerged as a high-octane platform for ideas, vision and strategic dialogue, uniting national leadership, global policymakers, industry titans, defence strategists and cultural icons under the theme “Strength Within”.
Prime minister Narendra Modi set the tone with a keynote that framed India’s resurgence as a reclaiming of lost potential built over generations. “In previous industrial revolutions, India and the Global South were merely followers,” he said. “But in the era of Artificial Intelligence, India is a partner in decisions and shaping them.” He highlighted the country’s thriving AI startup ecosystem and the recent AI Impact Summit attended by over 100 nations.
Union minister Piyush Goyal (Commerce & Industry) stressed India’s readiness to scale exports and deepen manufacturing, while Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT) positioned technology and infrastructure as twin engines of growth, especially in AI and digital trust. Jyotiraditya Scindia (Communications & North East Development) revealed India’s ambition to lead in 6G through the Bharat 6G Alliance and partnerships with over 30 countries.
Global voices added depth: former Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo called India’s development “self-sustaining” and strategically vital; ex-UK Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter asserted India deserves a seat at the great powers’ table; and former US Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez joined ambassadors from Norway, Germany and Sweden in discussions on geopolitical realignment, sustainability and defence preparedness.
Other speakers included veteran investor Ramesh Damani, World Gold Council CEO David Tait, Vianai Systems founder Dr Vishal Sikka, DeepTech Bharat Foundation co-founder Shashi Shekhar Vempati, defence experts Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sunil Ambekar, Patrick McGee, Tom Cooper and Adrian Fontanellaz, plus cultural and sporting icons Kangana Ranaut, Saina Nehwal, PR Sreejesh, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mithali Raj, Anil Kapoor and Yami Gautam.
The summit was supported by Jio Financial Services (Presenting Partner), Phonepe and DS Group (Co-Presenting Partners), Pernod Ricard India and Kia Seltos (Powered By & Driven By), state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand (State Partners), and associate partners including NSE, M3M Foundation and Reliance Industries.
Broadcast live across News18 Network, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, the event reinforced India’s image as a confident democracy and emerging global power proving that when strength comes from within, the world can’t help but watch.
