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NSG roulette spinning for India: All eyes on SCO meeting in Tashkent

June 14, 2016 - by Manish Chand

The NSG roulette wheel is spinning for India, and Tashkent may be the place where New Delhi’s ambition to be a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group could inch closer to fruition. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the Uzbek capital for the SCO summit, all eyes will be on intense diplomatic outreach the Indian leader will launch to mobilise the critical support of Russia and China to back India’s entry into the elite 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Club that controls the flow of global nuclear materials and equipment.

Modi composes a new symphony of conjoined democracies: India-US ties enter new era

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 - by Manish Chand

“A new symphony is in place” between the once estranged, and now conjoined democracies. With his soaring speech before the joint session of the US Congress, India’s Prime Minister Narendra …

India has a big advantage in global development cooperation: Manuel Montes

June 1, 2016June 14, 2016 - by Manish Chand

South-South Cooperation has acquired a new salience in the international development cooperation calculus. In this wide-ranging conversation with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network, Dr Manuel Montes, Senior Advisor on …

VP Ansari’s visit to Morocco, Tunisia to galvanise India’s Africa outreach

May 29, 2016May 29, 2016 - by Manish Chand

More than six months after the grandly-staged India-Africa Forum Summit, Vice-President Hamid Ansari heads on the first such trip to the North African countries of Morocco and Tunisia.

West Asia balancing act: After Modi’s tryst with Riyadh, Swaraj heads to Tehran

April 15, 2016April 16, 2016 - by Manish Chand

In a delicate balancing act vis-à-vis two major players in the volatile West Asia, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be in Iran over the weekend, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s substantive visit to Saudi Arabia.

British Royal Couple’s date with India: Cricket, Bollywood, connecting with children

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 - by Manish Chand

Cricket, Bollywood, Politics and Family – these four passions that resonate across India will frame the maiden visit of Britain’s royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton, kindling the start of their long friendship with this incredibly diverse country.

US has a bigger global agenda with India than Pakistan: Ashton Carter

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 - by Manish Chand

Rejecting the clichéd India-Pakistan hyphenation in Washington’s geopolitical calculus, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has underlined that the US has a much bigger global agenda with India than with Pakistan, and declared his country’s support for the fruition of the ‘Make in India’ campaign.

Modi visit: Paradigm shift in India-Saudi anti-terror, security ties

April 3, 2016April 3, 2016 - by Manish Chand

Imparting a fresh ballast to their strategic and security partnership, India and Saudi Arabia, New Delhi’s top oil supplier and host of the nearly 3 million-strong Indian community, have signalled a paradigm shift in their counter-terror cooperation by signing a pact to target terror financing and jointly called for dismantling sanctuaries of terror.

Re-scripting India-Saudi business story: Modi targets enhanced Saudi investment

April 3, 2016April 3, 2016 - by Manish Chand

It was a morning of business for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Riyadh, pitching the India Story and showcasing new opportunities unleashed by the world’s fastest growing economy.

Human Bonding in Riyadh, Modi-style: Sharing, selfies and eating together

April 2, 2016April 3, 2016 - by Manish Chand

It was the Modi diaspora connect show, albeit with a difference. The usual glitz and song-and-dance spectacular was missing; but the rhetoric was soaring and inspirational as Prime Minister Narendra Modi chatted casually with Indian workers, shared food, heard them out, showered praise on them, and let them take selfies with him.