PM Modi leaves on five-nation visit: What’s on agenda
It’s an epic voyage spanning five countries straddling five different regions with their distinct profiles.
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India joins Hague Code of Conduct, no curbing of Agni
In a significant development, India has joined a key global ballistic missile proliferation regime on June 2.
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Westinghouse in “advanced talks” to seal nuclear deal with India
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Washington beginning June 7, Toshiba Corp’s Westinghouse Electric and India are in advanced stages of discussions for the company to build six nuclear reactors in India, said India’s ambassador to the US Arun Singh.
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India has a big advantage in global development cooperation: Manuel Montes
South-South Cooperation has acquired a new salience in the international development cooperation calculus. In this wide-ranging conversation with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network, Dr Manuel Montes, Senior Advisor on …
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Ahead of Modi visit, India, US finalising two pacts on counter-terrorism, immigration
India and the US are likely to ink two pacts during the Homeland Security Dialogue in July that would exempt prominent citizens from immigration checks and enable sharing of terror-related information.
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India’s ties with Africa good, not competing with China: VP Ansari
Hailing India’s ties with African countries as “good”, Vice President Hamid Ansari stressed that New Delhi is not competing with Beijing in the continent as the two countries have different capacities.
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Washington-Hanoi axis: China asks Obama not to spark fire in Asia
Are the US and Vietnam ganging up to contain the rise of China? Beijing, which is upset by the much-publicized visit of US President Barack Obama to Hanoi, certainly thinks so.
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VP Ansari’s visit to Morocco, Tunisia to galvanise India’s Africa outreach
More than six months after the grandly-staged India-Africa Forum Summit, Vice-President Hamid Ansari heads on the first such trip to the North African countries of Morocco and Tunisia.
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Modi mantra: Connecting Northeast to ASEAN via Act East policy
Pledging to develop the Northeast region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the NDA government at the Centre is keen on reducing isolation of the northeastern states through its ambitious Act East Policy for all-round connectivity of the region.
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With 12 pacts spanning defence, culture & Chabahar, India-Iran ties on upswing
Pledging to combat terrorism and radicalism along with bolstering economic partnership, India and Iran inked 12 pacts including a pact on developing the Chabahar port that is of critical strategic importance to India.
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