Indians advised to leave violence-torn Libya
Amid escalating violence in Libya, India’s mission in Tripoli has advised all its nationals in the North African country to leave the strife-torn country using all available means. “In view …
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US needs to work harder to lift India ties: Kanwal Sibal
As India and the US hold their fifth strategic dialogue, Kanwal Sibal, well-known foreign policy analyst and a former foreign secretary of India, strikes a cautionary note. In this interview …
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Power sharing holds the Afghan peace balance
The political crisis that threatened to derail the Afghan presidential elections seems to have been settled for now. Both candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, have agreed to an audit …
Read MoreKerry serenades Modi: New opportunities, new possibilities in India-US ties
Ahead of the fifth India-US Strategic Dialogue, US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for renewed dialogue with a new government in New Delhi and underlined the need to seize new opportunities and possibilities to deepen the indispensable partnership between the world’s largest democracies. “Now is the time to renew that dialogue with a new government, with a new set of opportunities, new possibilities. This is a potentially transformative moment in our partnership with India, and we’re determined to deliver on the strategic and historic opportunities that we can create together.”
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Joseph Conrad: Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.
A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. And art itself may be defined as a single-minded attempt to render …
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A sense of renewal in India-US ties: Lalit Mansingh
India and the United states will hold their fifth strategic dialogue and the first one since the installation of the new Narendra Modi government in India. The first substantive diplomatic engagement between New Delhi and Washington under the new dispensation in Delhi July 31 will be watched closely not just in the two countries, but also in key capitals of the world.
In this conversation with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network (www.indiawrites.org), Lalit Mansingh, a former ambassador of India to the US and a former foreign secretary, speaks about the importance of the India-US strategic dialogue, the cluster of bilateral, regional and global issues on the agenda for the strategic dialogue and the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington in September.
Calibrating India’s climate-change response
India and other developing countries have consistently emphasized the notion of equity in the climate-change debate, advocating a “common but differentiated responsibility“—the principle that all states are obligated to address …
Read MoreThe Indian dream is a million acts of private daring –Anand Giridharadas
The Indian dream is a million acts of private daring –Anand Giridharadas
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Zadie Smith’s 10 Rules of Writing
When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else. When an adult, try to read your own work as …
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India, Nepal re-charge ties, all eyes on Modi visit
India and Nepal have agreed on a clutch of steps to reinvigorate their ties that include reviewing the Treaty of Friendship to bring it in tune with contemporary realities, stepping …
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