India set to evacuate all Indians from Iraq
Taking a “proactive approach,” the Indian government is looking to evacuate all Indians from a rapidly disintegrating Iraq. The government has prepared a plan to deploy aircraft from the Indian …
Read MoreAuthor: India Writes Network
Facebook’s Sandberg serenades India Story
The Facebook chief, who started her career more than three decades ago with a World Bank project in India, has serenaded the India growth story, saying the Asian country could …
Read More
Presence of the past: Buddha engravings found in Arunachal Pradesh
With the discovery of two engravings of Buddha in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, the state has rediscovered a link to its 400-century-old Buddhist tradition. An excavation led by …
Read More
An Asian Century: India and China partners, not rivals
Partnership, not rivalry, is the way forward in India-China relations. In an overarching speech, India’s Vice-President Hamid Ansari has envisaged a cooperative relationship between the two Asian giants and underscored …
Read More
Big League: India’s PM pitches for SAARC satellite
Pitching India’s SAARC diplomacy into a higher trajectory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Indian scientists to develop a SAARC satellite that will encompass the entire South Asia through a satellite based navigation system.
Read More
High moment: India launches 5 foreign satellites
Marking a milestone, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described as “global endorsement of India’s space capabilities,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle …
Read More
Iraq launches offensive to retake Tikrit, gets Russian jets
A major push to drive back militant Sunni groups, that have taken control of key cities, oil fields and border crossings in north and western Iraq, began on June 29, …
Read More
Singapore set for ride on ‘fast train India,’ to boost business ties
Singapore, a leading partner of New Delhi in Southeast Asia, does not want to miss a ride on the “fast train” that promises to be the India growth story. With …
Read More
NGOs and the games nations play
In the early days of the Cold War, nationalism was a particularly bad word in underdeveloped or developing countries, whose primary purpose was to service the First World and fulfil …
Read More
Modi Mantra: Mentoring first-time MPs in art of governance
It’s never too later to learn. And mentoring comes easy to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a former pracharak (volunteer) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Talking to the first-time MPs of the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Modi unveiled his template of national renewal and imparted lessons in governance and parliamentary etiquette to the 160-odd BJP MPs June 28 at the satellite town of Surjajkund near the capital Delhi. A vibrant presence on social media, addressing the problems of the common man promptly and making their presence felt on the floor of the House — these were some of the tips given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to BJP MPs.
Read More