India to help evacuate Sri Lankans from Yemen
India, which is in the middle of evacuating its nationals from Yemen, has agreed to Sri Lanka’s request to rescue Sri Lankan nationals who are stranded in the war-torn Gulf …
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India banks on yoga export: Blending soft power and commerce
India is banking on the global popularity of yoga to cash in on the success of its most famous cultural export. In the recently unveiled new Foreign Trade Policy, yoga has been included under the services export section, a move that shows the government’s enterprise in leveraging its soft power.
The trade policy focus on the ancient Indian discipline of wellness has come in the run-up to a host of events India will be hosting for celebrations relating to the International Day of Yoga on June 21, a pioneering step that was possible only with India’s proactive diplomacy.
The new trade policy aspires to make India a star player in world trade by 2020 – currently Asia’s third largest economy accounts just about 2% of global trade.
Read MoreArab Spring or Islamic State – The Case of Tunisia
One day in December 2010, twenty-six year old Tarek Mohamed Bouazizi, a jobless youth, succumbed to despair and immolated himself. Fortuitously, the event was captured on Facebook, discovered by al-Jazeera’s …
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China’s Xi to renew special ties with Pakistan
Barely weeks before he hosts India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s President Xi Jinping travels to Pakistan to renew special relationship with Beijing’s all-weather ally. Xi will begin his two-day …
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US submits climate action plan, pressure on India
The US has submitted its climate action plan, which envisages the world’s most powerful economy cutting its greenhouse gas emission by 26-28% by 2025. The plan, also referred as Intended …
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348 Indian nationals evacuated from war-torn Yemen
As the Gulf country descended deeper into violence and anarchy, India evacuated 348 Indian nationals from the war-torn Yemen. They are being taken to Djibouti across the red sea on the horn of Africa, where the Indian Air Force is waiting to fly them home.
INS Sumitra, India’s major petrol vessel, was deployed to rescue Indian nationals after New Delhi got permission to dock its ship at Aden Harbor in Yemen, and evacuate Indians who were stranded in the port city. The Indian government has launched a massive operation through sea and air to bring back around 4,000 citizens stuck in different part of war-ridden Yemen.
The Indian Navy ship departed from Yemen to Djibouti with 348 Indian nationals on March 31 night. They have reached Djibouti on April 1 morning, from where they will be airlifted to India.
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Hackers, beware: India gets first cyber security chief
Amid the growing importance of cyber security in India’s strategic calculus, Gulshan Rai, the Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in), has been appointed as India’s first Cyber …
Read MoreUS-Japan dilemma over China-led AIIB
March 31 was the deadline for countries to join as founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), initiated by China. As of now, over 40 countries are expected …
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Rajnath Singh visits Bangladesh border enclave
A day after the National Investigation Agency claimed that the terrorist involved in Burdwan (West Bengal) blast conspired to dislodge the government in Dhaka, India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited …
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Global warming: India pushes UN to focus on pre-2020 efforts
Stressing on the need to curb global warming, India has pointed out the need to forge a global agreement that will address the enhanced efforts required to tackle climate changes …
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