WTO deal collapses, India plays hardball
The efforts to reach a consensus on a Trade Facilitation Agreement failed at the World Trade Center as India stuck to its key demand that this agreement must be bundled …
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Mullah Omar’s Eid message: The main takeaways
The periodic statements and warnings issued by the reclusive Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Omar – usually around the time of Eid – always provide an insight into his thinking and …
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Taking India-US ties forward
There is a great deal of rhetoric flying around when it comes to India-US relations. In November 2010, addressing a joint session Parliament, President Barack Obama described the US India …
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Scripting a new chapter: India, US hold talks to set stage for Modi visit
Signalling an upsurge in India-US ties under the new leadership in Delhi, India and the US have concluded their fifth strategic dialogue to galvanise their strategic partnership and set the …
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ZARB-e-AZB: Phony War or Paradigm Shift?
Touted as the ‘mother of all’ anti-insurgency operations, the much demanded (by the US) and long delayed (by Pakistan) military operation in North Waziristan (NWA), Operation Zarb-e-Azb has turned out …
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Indian Army’s Modernisation Plans: Call for Pragmatism
The NDA government has identified defence reforms and building a self sustaining defence industrial base as a priority reform sector. To transform this into reality, it is not so much …
Read MoreIndia to US: Snooping unacceptable
In the first high-level formal diplomatic engagement between India and the US since the formation of a new government in Delhi, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has conveyed concerns …
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US think tank launches India: 2020 to improve India-US ties
A top US think tank has launched a programme entitled “India: 2020” to identify policy priorities in the India-US strategic partnership and provide recommendations that can be translated into reality by …
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US disappointed with India’s WTO stance, but remain optimistic
The United States is “very disappointed” with India’s tough stance on multilateral trade negotiations in the World Trade Organisation, but remains optimistic that New Delhi will sign on to the …
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China’s interest in India’s infrastructure is opportunity and challenge
The BRICS decision to give all its members an equal stake in the New Development Bank should be welcomed. But let’s not have any illusion about what this means. China remains far …
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