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 […]
Navigating Indo-Pacific: India’s Strategy
For India, the US-India joint strategic vision for the Asia Pacific and the Indian Ocean regions (agreed in January 2015) constituted a big leap in its geostrategic thinking. India has important political and economic interests in the East and Southeast Asia. India’s ‘Act East Policy’ encompasses this region. China’s sovereignty claims over the South China […]
India, China differ over J&K, but focus on successful Modi-Xi informal summit
The Wuhan spirit of widening convergences and managing differences between India and China has found a reaffirmation in the second meeting of the P2P mechanism co-chaired by the foreign ministers of the two countries. The wide-ranging discussions between India’s External Affairs Minister and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on August 12 have set […]
Modi launches Kashmir outreach, promises a new dawn for J&K and Ladakh
Barely days after the audacious move to reorganise the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two separate Union Territories and scrapping Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a spirited outreach to the people of Kashmir by assuring them of accelerating development and liberating them from the scourge of terrorism. In a televised address […]
India mourns ex-foreign minister Sushma Swaraj: A gifted politician, orator and sensitive soul
Iconic Indian politician, a brilliant orator and tireless foreign minister who imparted a new resonance to diplomacy with a human face, Sushma Swaraj died of heart attack in New Delhi, brining to “an end a glorious chapter in Indian politics.” Swaraj’s sudden death triggered an outpouring of national grief, with politicians straddling the ideological divide […]
Creating history: Special status for Jammu and Kashmir ends
In a historic decision, the Indian government has announced the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir for the last seven decades. Article 370 has been removed by a presidential order, Home Minister Amit Shah said in parliament on August 5. The announcement came after days of […]
This is a Victory of Gender Justice and will Further Equality In Society: Modi
PM Narendra Modi thanked all the parties and MPs who have supported the passage of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 in both Houses of Parliament. He said that they have risen to the occasion and this step of theirs will be forever remembered in India’s history.In a series of tweets […]