Renewing Asia-Europe bonds, the New Delhi way
Away from the din and clamour of fractious electoral politics in India, foreign ministers and diplomats from 51 countries gathered quietly in the satellite town of Gurgaon for a two-day …
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‘Unprecedented’ reforms expected at China’s Third Plenum
On December 18, 1978, when the Communist Party of China’s 11th Central Committee held its Third Plenum at a non-descript hotel in Beijing, the meeting sparked off headlines across the …
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Staying away from CHOGM meeting will be a strategic blunder
Sri Lanka is all set to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on November 15, 2013. India still appears to be uncertain whether it should take part or …
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A Free and Prosperous India: Five Principles of Foreign Policy
Underlining India’s development-centric foreign policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has enunciated the five core principles that animate the country’s engagement with an increasingly globalised world, which include prioritising the economic …
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Never say no to India: Fidel Castro power for India-Cuba ties
Never say no to India. The 87-year-old Fidel Castro, the living legend and the iconic revolutionary, has not been seen in public for the past five months and rarely meets …
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Peru boost to India’s Latin America diplomacy
LIMA/HAVANA: Marking an upsurge in its Latin America diplomacy, India has signed four pacts with Peru, including one on defence cooperation, and outlined trade, development and innovation as the trinity …
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It’s the ‘golden’ year for India-Peru relations. Literally. India started exporting gold from Peru only a few months ago, giving a sharp spike to bilateral trade which has now shot …
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Cultural alchemy: Catching up with Bollywood & Bharatnatyam in Peru
LIMA: Say “My Name is Khan” in the Peruvian capital, and you are going to be feted like a king. It sounds a tad exaggerated, but thousands of miles away, …
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Manmohan Singh’s visit to Beijing: Incremental and Institutional Progress
India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suggested that he was satisfied with his just-concluded visit to Beijing. This was his second bilateral visit to China since January 2008 and symbolically represents …
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Look East, Look West: ‘Every country is a potential partner’
“Look East, but that does not mean you don’t look west.” India’s diplomacy is looking to engage with all corners of the world with the country’s growing standing and capabilities, …
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