
Modi gets grand welcome in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Nepal rolled out the red carpet to welcome India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first Indian head of government to visit Nepal in the last 17 years. As a …
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KATHMANDU: Nepal rolled out the red carpet to welcome India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first Indian head of government to visit Nepal in the last 17 years. As a …
Read MoreIn this wide-ranging conversation with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network, www.indiawrites.org, Mr Jayant Prasad, a former ambassador of India to Nepal, speaks about the importance of Prime Minister Modi’s August 3-4 visit to Nepal, the potential of hydropower cooperation which can transform Nepal into the richest country in South Asia, and his response to speculation about a developing India-China rivalry in the Himalayan state, a nascent democracy which is navigating its journey to national renewal.
Read MoreIndia has shown the industrialised countries they can longer have their way in multilateral trade negotiations at the expense of the developing world. The WTO General Council meeting that concluded in Geneva on July 31 failed to approve the protocol of amendment proposed by the 9th ministerial conference in Bali for enshrining the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) into the WTO Marrakesh Agreement.
Read MoreThe efforts to reach a consensus on a Trade Facilitation Agreement failed at the World Trade Center as India stuck to its key demand that this agreement must be bundled …
Read MoreThe periodic statements and warnings issued by the reclusive Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Omar – usually around the time of Eid – always provide an insight into his thinking and …
Read MoreThere is a great deal of rhetoric flying around when it comes to India-US relations. In November 2010, addressing a joint session Parliament, President Barack Obama described the US India …
Read MoreSignalling an upsurge in India-US ties under the new leadership in Delhi, India and the US have concluded their fifth strategic dialogue to galvanise their strategic partnership and set the …
Read MoreIn a potential game-changer for internet and banking services in India, the government is planning to launch the Financial Inclusion Mission to ensure that every household in India has access …
Read MoreOpen borders, open hearts – no two countries are as intimately bound and their destinies interlinked as India and Nepal. Now, these fraternal ties, bound by geography, nature, history and …
Read MoreTouted as the ‘mother of all’ anti-insurgency operations, the much demanded (by the US) and long delayed (by Pakistan) military operation in North Waziristan (NWA), Operation Zarb-e-Azb has turned out …
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