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 […]
Vaccine Maitri diplomacy boosts India’s global stature
By Simran Sodhi As the world struggles to deal with the corona pandemic and an economic slowdown, the production and the availability of the corona vaccines globally has been a sigh of relief. For India, this has also provided it with a great diplomatic opportunity and under the hashtag #VaccineMaitri or Vaccine Friendship, India has […]
#IndiaTogether: PM Modi lauds ‘Atmanirnbhar’ farmers
A day after a wave of foreign celebrities created a flutter on twitter supporting the farmers’ protest in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extolled the crop growers terming them as ‘Atmanirbhar’ and highlighting their contribution to the country’s democracy. This comes in the wake of record agricultural produce that India has registered during the pandemic […]
Party Congress sets stage for Hanoi’s rise as a developed country
The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has culminated in the re-election of Nguyen Phu Trong for a rare third term as General Secretary of the ruling party. The party congress ended on an optimistic note, with the country’s newly re-elected Communist Party chief proclaiming “Great success! Glory to the Socialist Republic […]
Israel Embassy blast: Modi assures PM Netanyahu of punishing perpetrators
Days after a low intensity blast outside the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephonic conversation to intensify counter-terror cooperation.Mr Netanyahu thanked PM Modi for his efforts to safeguard Israeli representatives in the aftermath of the terrorist incident. PM Modi assured his counterpart of […]
Ahead of Chinese Lunar Year, Xi extols CPC’s leadership for building modern China
Ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored the risks and challenges faced by China in the year 2020 at a gathering of non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). Highlighting the achievements of China in containing COVID-19, tackling poverty eradication and sustaining a positive economic growth, […]
India-China ties at cross-roads: Jaishankar shows the way forward
Amid a prolonged standoff between Indian and Chinese troops on the icy heights of Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has outlined an eight-point template for improving India-China ties which have been profoundly disturbed by the territorial incursion by China. Addressing the All-India Conference of China Studies, Mr Jaishankar also underscored the three “Mutuals” for […]