Pandemic & Beyond: India, Africa to forge defining partnership of next decades: Rahul Chhabra
India and Africa are set to forge the “defining partnership” of the next decades by jointly combating the coronavirus pandemic and coalescing their strengths to address challenges of the post-Covid recovery and a host of cross-cutting global challenges such as climate change, extremism, counter-terrorism, and transnational crimes. In a big-picture speech at an international webinar […]
It’s time for Indian companies to Make in Africa: Eritrea Ambassador
India Writes Network and India and the World magazine hosted an international webinar on on the Africa Day (May 25), entitled “Mapping Next Steps in India-Africa Partnership: Pandemic & Beyond.” The conference brought together eminent Indian and African diplomats from around the world to brainstorm on enhancing India-Africa cooperation in the immediate context of the […]
Mapping Next Steps in India-Africa Partnership: Pandemic and Beyond
Africa Day is celebrated across the world on May 25 to mark the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity and a rising continent’s liberation from the yoke of imperialism and colonialism. This year, the continent, like the rest of the world, will pledge to liberate itself from the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic, which […]
India stresses more funds, vaccine collaboration at WHA meet
Addressing a two-day virtual summit of the World Health Assembly (WHA), Union Health & Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that “global collaboration is paramount” against the pandemic, and as such, the world should allocate more financial resources and boost partnership in vaccine development that would benefit the entire humanity, regardless of where they […]
India sends aid to eastern Indian Ocean nations
By Sanjeeb Baruah As part of an initiative codenamed “Mission Sagar,” India is sending emergency medical and food aid to the eastern Indian Ocean countries battling COVID-19 and dengue fever. Two medical teams, along with tonnes of relief materials onboard the Indian Navy’s INS Kesari, are on their way to Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, and […]
Border face-off: China says committed to peace
China has invoked friendship and cooperation with India and urged both sides to uphold peace after reports surfaced about clashes between the border guards of the two sides in Sikkim. In a press briefing on May 11, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said that both sides should jointly uphold peace and handle their differences. However, […]
Thousands arrive home as ‘Vande Bharat’ enters final phase
Thousands of stranded Indian citizens have already reached home while many more are arriving in the next two days from over a dozen countries in the largest ever evacuation exercise in India’s history. Dubbed as Vande Bharat Mission, it is tasked with bringing back some 15,000 Indians stuck in various cities in the Middle East, the […]
Vande Bharat: Biggest evacuation exercise of corona-weary Indians start May 7
By Rushali Saha It’s the world’s largest evacuation mission spanning continents, which will see around 15,000 Indians being brought back to their home amid the festering coronavirus crisis. The Indian government has unveiled the flight plan where 64 flights have been designated to travel around the world to bring back students and blue-collar workers among […]
Modi invokes NAM solidarity, calls for ‘new template of globalization’
Underlining a reaffirmation of India’s commitment to the values of the Non-Aligned Movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a new template of globalization at the virtual NAM summit on May 4. While the pandemic has shown the limitations of the existing international system, there is an urgent need to create “a new template of […]
A New Great Game: Has India lost in Afghanistan? Check again
By Shakti Sinha The breast-beating in some strategic circles in Delhi over the perceived loss of India’s influence in Afghanistan is based on a misreading of the Afghan people. The stereotype fostered and perpetuated by this group sees the Afghans as prone to violence, and the country mired in perpetual conflict. The myth about it […]