India to take up racism issue with UK when needed, says Jaishankar
India will raise the issue of racism against Indian students with the UK government, in the backdrop of resignation of Rashmi Samant, an Indian-origin student who served as the president of the Oxford University Students Union on grounds of racism and cyber bullying. Ms Samant was the first Indian woman to be elected as the president […]
Quad leaders pen op-ed, recommit to a free & open Indo-Pacific region
The first-ever Quad summit on March 12 has repositioned the four-nation grouping as a force of global good and a robust partnership of resilient partnership to safeguard and promote a rules-based regional and international order. In a first of its kind, the leaders of the four Quad countries, including US President Joe Biden, India’s Prime […]
The Quad Moment: Scaling a new summit
The Quad moment is finally here as the leaders of the four democracies, shedding chronic hesitations, hold their first-ever summit meeting on March 12, a defining step that is poised to make the four-letter word central to the evolving geopolitical grammar of the Indo-Pacific. The Quad summit meeting is the culmination of the three foreign […]
Modi, Hasina open a new Friendship Bridge between India & Bangladesh
It’s a bridge of friendship that has the potential to herald a new era of shared future not just for India and Bangladesh, but for South Asia as well. Ahead of his visit to Dhaka later this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put the spotlight on enhancing connectivity between India and Bangladesh by inaugurating the […]
Environment in the Media webinar: It’s time for world to unite against global warming
By Shweta Aggarwal With a looming climate emergency and increasing frequency of natural disasters as a backdrop, a virtual conference involving eminent journalists, environment experts and diplomats called for an acceleration of global efforts to combat the scourge of global warming. Canada’s Deputy High Commissioner to India Deirdre Kent set the tone for the webinar […]
India-Japan collaboration in the North-East region
By Simran Walia India’s partnership with Japan in the development of its north-eastern states is set to acquire greater momentum in the coming days. In a recent visit to Assam, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar underscored Tokyo’s crucial role in highlighted integration of the North-eastern states with the larger ASEAN region.In his speech in […]
Quad set for upgrade under Biden’s watch, summit on ministerial agenda
Amid shifting geopolitical realignments in the Indo-Pacific region, the foreign ministers of the Quad countries including the US, India, Australia and Japan, will hold their first meeting since the change of guard in Washington. The ministerial meeting of the Quad on February 18 will focus on advancing a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific and jointly […]
Forging closer India-EU partnership in Indo-Pacific
By Sandeep Chakravorty The Indo-Pacific has become an essential concept in international relations today, in theory as well as in practice. No foreign policy conversation is complete without a discussion on the Indo-Pacific. Literally, it signifies the seamless interface of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. For India, it is that vast maritime space stretching from […]
India a great partner in fighting COVID: Canadian PM Trudeau
The vaccine diplomacy in India continues to get accolades worldwide, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lauding India for its assistance to Ottawa in combating the coronavirus pandemic. This week, the Canadian leader reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 1 million doses of Covid vaccines from Serum Institute of India, one of the […]
Modi, Biden set ambitious agenda for Indo-Pacific, climate change
In their first conversation since the change of guard in Washington, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden focused on enhancing India-US strategic partnership in the Indo-Pacific with a view to constraining China’s assertiveness in the region. The telephonic conversation between the two leaders focused on issues ranging from climate change to COVID-19 […]