An Obama Toast For India
Under a starry night, inside a white tent pitched on the south lawns of the White House, US President Barack Obama toasted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the first …
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Canada Calling!
India and Canada, an energy superpower and home to a large Indian diaspora, are set to fast-track their civil nuclear deal and scale up their engagement across diverse sectors, ranging …
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China’s Soft Power Foray into Nepal
In a development that is bound to worry India, China looks set to open a cultural centre in Nepal. According to Chinese official news agency Xinhua, Beijing believes that the …
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Don’t Look In Rear-View Mirror!
Forget past, let’s move ahead! This was the central message of Bangladesh’s former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia during her visit to India this week. In an attempt to build …
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The Shuffle Game: Behind The Scenes
(Buzz, faces, winners and losers) It was a big bang reshuffle, the last spirited rejig by beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to infuse a dash of youth in his largely …
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A Mega Makeover Of Indian Government
Countering the perception of policy paralysis, the Indian government has gone in for a major makeover with a mega cabinet reshuffle that has brought in 17 new faces and five …
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India honours 1962 China war martyrs
Fifty years after China defeated India in a brief but brutal war, the Indian defence establishment has finally woken up to the rites of remembrance. For the first time since …
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From RK to SRK, Bollywood forever in China
There are hardly any Indians in Haikou, the booming capital of the southern Chinese island province of Hainan, known for its sandy beaches, exotic sea food and spanking new high-rises. …
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Don’t fight, see 3 Idiots!
Singing and dancing versus kung fu and martial arts? India and China may have been projected as rivals, but where diplomacy stutters, popular culture scores. Iconic Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, …
Read MoreThe Tata factor
China has lauded Indian industrialist Ratan Tata for playing a “positive” in transforming relations between two Asian giants. “Not long ago, Ratan Tata, the chief of India’s largest private sector …
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