Afro-India: Claiming the 21st century
Shared Dreams, Shared Destiny” screams the banner welcoming African delegates to the Third Indo-Africa Forum Summit. Forty heads of state are in attendance, along with dozens of ministers and …
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Combating terror: Modi seeks support of Africa for CCIT
In the backdrop of growing extremism and violence in Africa and India, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought the support of African countries for the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. …
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India unveils $10 billion boost for Africa partnership
Scaling up India-Africa partnership to new heights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a consolidated fund of $10 billion for a host of development projects, training institutes and scholarships for …
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Reenergising India-Africa Maritime Relations
On October 26, leaders of 54 African nations gathered in New Delhi for the third edition of the four-day India-Africa Forum Summit – an event billed in the Indian media …
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Modi’s Africa: Skill, Scale and Speed
It’s time for Afro-optimism in India, and it is crystallised in the ongoing third India-Africa Forum Summit, the biggest diplomatic show India has hosted in over three decades. The narrative of a resurgent continent is intersecting with that of a rising India, opening up new vistas for reinvigorating a critical partnership between the two growth hubs of the rejuvenated global South.
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Africa Summit: Between talk and action
The focus of India’s ambitious African outreach this week is rightly on deepening economic and political partnerships. Security cooperation, whether it is in the maritime domain or counter-terrorism, is …
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US to host trade policy forum with India
Building upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US, the US is set to host the next round of Trade Policy Forum (TPF) with India, which will firm up …
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UNSC reforms: India pitches for African solidarity, says time is now
India has made a robust pitch for reform and expansion of the UN Security Council and underlined that institutions of global governance can’t exclude New Delhi and Africa, the two emerging growth poles of the world.
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Russian Bombing in Syria: An Interim Assessment
The bombing in Syria against rebels fighting the Bashar al-Assad regime by the Russian Air Force began on September 30. Russia has claimed to have made 934 sorties and destroyed …
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Quake strikes Afghanistan, kills 30 in Pakistan: Tremors felt in India
A high-intensity earthquake which struck Afghanistan on October 26, killed 30 people in Pakistan. The tremors were also felt in India in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, NCR of …
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