US-Iran thaw frees up India to ramp up Tehran ties
The historic deal between the US and Iran, which promises to curb the nuclear programme of Tehran and bring it into the global mainstream, has set the stage for a …
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Hanoi calling: Decoding India-Vietnam bonding
Amid the ongoing churn in Asian geopolitics and Beijing’s charm offensive to reset relations with its Southeast Asian neighbours, India and Vietnam are poised for a closer strategic and economic …
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Making ASEM work: Building people’s bridge between Asia and Europe
Inter-bridging Asia and Europe, the foreign ministers of the two dynamic continents, home to over 3 billion people and over half of global GDP, have taken a leap beyond rhetoric …
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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 …
Read MoreIndia Inc pitches tent in Incas land
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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