PM Modi Flags 'Disaster Decade' Of Covid, Wars And Energy Crisis, Warns Of 'Massive Poverty'

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• PM Modi Flags 'Disaster Decade' Of Covid, Wars And Energy Crisis, Warns Of 'Massive Poverty' Published By, Last Updated: May 17, 2026, 05:21 IST In The Hague, PM Modi warned global crises risk reversing anti poverty gains, highlighted India-Netherlands cooperation on supply chains, energy, green hydrogen, and EU trade Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a huge Indian diaspora in the Netherlands on Saturday.
• In one of his starkest warnings over the ongoing war in West Asia and past challenges the world has faced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told the Indian diaspora in the Netherlands that decades of hard-won progress against poverty stood at serious risk if the world’s cascading crises were not urgently reversed.
• Addressing a community event in The Hague during the second leg of his five-nation European tour, he said, “The world is dealing with new challenges." “Whenever India succeeds, the entire humanity benefits from it....