Setting stage for Modi visit to Kazakhstan
Ahead of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kazakhstan next month, two senior Kazakh ministers are visiting New Delhi to firm up the agenda for the trip that is …
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Kerry speaks to Sharif, voices concern over Indo-Pak relations
Concerned with rising tensions between India and Pakistan, US Secretary of State John Kerry called Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss bilateral ties and regional situation, including the recent …
Read MoreAmid parochial posturing, UN chief backs universality of yoga
Amid concerns among some of India’s minority religious groups over India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to promote yoga as the country’s signature cultural export, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon …
Read MoreVietnam and India-US Cooperation
This year is the 20th anniversary of the restoration of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations. Over the years, the two countries have enjoyed a gradual normalization of ties, with a major fillip …
Read MoreSupporting climate resilient development in India
With the Paris Conference of the Parties (COP) in line, the global politics of Climate Change is taking twists and turns so that the negotiations done will be best fit …
Read MoreLalit Modi visa row: Govt, BJP chorus in Sushma Swaraj’s defence
Amid a raging controversy over India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s decision to help former IPL impresario Lalit Modi procure British travel documents on “humanitarian grounds”, the government and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongly rallied to her defence, asserting that she did nothing wrong.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has firmly stood by Mrs Swaraj, who has been facing a blistering campaign by the Congress party asking for her resignation. In a robust assertion of solidarity, senior Cabinet ministers have spoken in support of the low-key foreign minister, who is widely recognised as one of the most effective ministers in the Modi cabinet.
Two days after Home Minister Rajnath Singh defended Swaraj’s action, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has now rallied to her support, saying she acted “bona fide” and with “good intentions” and the entire government and party were one on the issue.
Read MoreFrom Dar to Delhi: Tanzania President in India, focus on business
With months to go before the third India-Africa Forum Summit, New Delhi is putting its Africa diplomacy into high gear as it rolls out the red carpet for Tanzania’s President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete.
The Tanzanian leader, accompanied by a high-level delegation, including ministers and senior officials, will be in India on a five-day visit starting June 17.
Bolstering infrastructure through soft loans has been the overriding focus of India’s diplomatic outreach to the East African nation. The Indian government extended a Line of Credit (LOC) of US$ 40 million for supply of tractors and agricultural equipment in June 2009 and another LOC of US$ 36.56 million for supply of Ashok Leyland trucks to Tanzania. During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Tanzania in 2011, India unveiled another LOC of US$ 178.125 million for the development of water supply projects.
The 50,000-strong Indian community forms an enduring bridge between the two countries.
Read MoreIndia-China relations gained new momentum after Modi, Xi visits: Zhang Dejiang
Building on the renewed emphasis on expanding the canvas of interaction between the two Asian giants, Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, …
Read MoreSpotlight on India at China-South Asia Expo
KUNMING: It’s India moment for at the third edition of the China-South Asia Expo, which began on June 12 in Kunming, capital of the southwestern Yunnan Province. Minister of State …
Read MoreSwaraj flags off Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims via Nathu La
Weeks after China agreed to an additional route for Kailash Mansarovar, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has flagged off the first batch of pilgrims from the Nathu La pass. …
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