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 […]
Sharing & Solidarity in the Time of Corona
The spectre of coronavirus is haunting the world, unleashing a macabre dance of death of destruction across hemispheres. Over 200,000 people have died and more than 3 million infected with the killer virus in countries around the world. The death toll is getting updated virtually 24×7, with no light at the end of the tunnel […]
Caring for Diaspora: India poised for large-scale evacuations of workers in Gulf
By Rushali Saha Signalling its commitment to the welfare of Indian diaspora, the Indian government is poised to launch large-scale evacuation of Indian workers in the Gulf countries which are struggling with the twin challenges of the oil slum and the coronavirus pandemic. The government’s recent decision to ask national carrier Air India and Indian […]
Modi unveils plans for graded exit from corona lockdown
Indicating the government’s thinking on balancing lives and livelihood in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the chief ministers of Indian states to focus on a graded exit from the national lockdown from May 3. In a video review conference with the chief ministers of Indian states on April 27, […]
Taliban “want good ties with India”
In comments that seek to assuage anxieties in India about the radical Islamist militia’s attitude towards the county, the Taliban has said that it wants to have good relations with all its neighbors, including India, and would not allow any terror outfit to attack countries from Afghan soil. “We will never want any foreign organization […]
India bares ISI ploy to create rift with Gulf allies
While the world is battling coronavirus, Pakistan’s ISI hopes to use it as an opportunity to target India through false propaganda and create discord at home and abroad. Indian security agencies have unearthed several suspect online accounts that bear the stamp of the ISI targeting the Prime Minister and the government for its parochial objectives.Part […]
China rejects US lawsuit alleging fatal COVID-19 mess-up
As the coronavirus toll rise, a US state has filed a lawsuit alleging that China’s dubious handling of the pandemic led to deaths and “irreparable damage” to the world, but Beijing swiftly dismissed it as “nothing short of absurdity.” In the lawsuit, the state of Missouri alleged that China concealed information, arrested whistle-blowers, and hid […]