Modi’s visit to Russia: New energy and vistas
The time-tested special and privileged strategic ties between India and Russia are poised for an injection of new energy as the two countries prepare to seal a five-year roadmap for enhancing hydrocarbon cooperation during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Russian port city of Vladivostok. Ahead of his annual summit meeting with Russian President […]
India’s Act West policy: New Frontiers
Amid changes and turmoil in West Asia, India’s enhanced engagement with the energy-rich region has emerged as one of the most successful foreign policy achievements of PM Modi’s government, says Amb. (retd.) Anil Trigunayat India has enjoyed close, historic and civilisational ties with West Asia. By the end of the first millennium BC, trade between […]
Fit India movement aims to encourage people to inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday lives : PM Narendra Modi
Modi visit: Russia ignores Pakistan’s hysterical rant, backs India on Kashmir
Pakistan may be getting hysterical in trying to whip up international frenzy on recent changes in Jammu and Kashmir, but Russia has thrown its full weight behind India, saying the two countries have “nearly 100 per cent identical views” on J&K being an internal affair of India. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to […]
Latin America: Where literature intersects politics
A laboratory of many failed and not so successful social and political experiments and land of dystopian realities resulting from utopian dreams, Latin America is often viewed as a sub-continent of missed opportunities, elusive dawns and false prophets. Once home to some of the most advanced civilisations in the world-the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas- the […]
Amid Pakistan’s Kashmir fury, UAE, Bahrain fete Modi with top civilian honours
In a rebuff to Pakistan’s hostile propaganda over the Kashmir issue, two Muslim nations conferred their top civilian honours on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and agreed to intensify economic and security cooperation with Asia’s third largest economy. In a sign of India’s growing stature in the Muslim world, the United Arab Emirates’ Crown Prince, Sheikh […]
India, France unite against cross-border terror, deepen Indo-Pacific connect
PARIS/NEW DELHI: Unveiling a new ambition for their strategic partnership, India and France have signed a pact on setting up of a “joint maritime domain awareness mission” in the Indo-Pacific region and agreed to intensify their counter-terror cooperation. The two strategic partners also unveiled a roadmap on cyber security and digital technology and signed pacts […]
Modi in France: Trust Macron to back India on Kashmir
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, the growing strategic convergence between India and France has come out clearly in Paris’ support for New Delhi’s position that Jammu and Kashmir can only be resolved through bilateral dialogue between India and Pakistan. In a pointed rebuff to Pakistan’s attempt to internationalise […]
UN Security Council snub to Pakistan on J&K: Triumph of India’s narrative and diplomacy
In a resounding diplomatic victory for India, the United Nations Security Council has decisively rebuffed Pakistan’s attempts to internationalize the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation by New Delhi by ending its informal discussions on the issue without a statement. Pakistan had launched a massive disinformation campaign by misrepresenting the recent steps taken by the Indian government […]
India@72: Modi unveils Rs100-trillion infrastructure upgrade for $5 trillion economy
Pitching for a “high jump” in India’s economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled plans for massive infrastructure spending running into billions of dollars, which will accelerate realisation of the stated goal of creating a $5 trillion economy. In his speech on the country’s 73rd Independence Day, Modi fleshed out his plans for spurring India’s […]