India’s Stakes in SCO
What does SCO membership actually hold for India? Pursuing the goal of multi-polarity apart, are there direct potential gains for India? For India, the SCO has been about increasing its …
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Thailand PM’s visit to India: What’s on agenda?
India’s Act East and Thailand’s Look West policy will be in focus as Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha travels to New Delhi this week, with maritime security and upscaling of economic partnership with the world’s fastest growing economy on top of his agenda.
The Thai leader’s visit comes less than four months after Vice-President Hamid Ansari’s visit to Bangkok, which firmed up an all-encompassing template for reinforcing India-Thailand relations with greater strategic and economic content.
NSG roulette spinning for India: All eyes on SCO meeting in Tashkent
The NSG roulette wheel is spinning for India, and Tashkent may be the place where New Delhi’s ambition to be a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group could inch closer to fruition. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the Uzbek capital for the SCO summit, all eyes will be on intense diplomatic outreach the Indian leader will launch to mobilise the critical support of Russia and China to back India’s entry into the elite 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Club that controls the flow of global nuclear materials and equipment.
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The world is within you: Jack Makani
At 72, Jack Makani defies his age. He is the epitome of fitness. He stands tall and looks suave, attired in his signature blue shirt tucked into a black trouser. A matching black leather belt and black shoes complete the look. A blue cardigan carelessly slung around his shoulder is quite a style statement at his age. He may be beyond all that, but it’s hard to miss his overall persona that spells enigma and magic, literally. On his fourth visit to India, Makani continues to propagate his philosophy of healing with the same zeal as he did years ago.
He is the founding Chairperson of Makani Academy and International Coach and Trainers Association (ICTA), a non-profit firm in Cyprus. He is an internationally certified NLP Master Trainer who has trained and certified several thousands in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) which is an approach to communication, personal development, and psychotherapy. Makani is also the founder of Akasha Healing, a kind of spiritual and intuitive healing. For over three decades, Makani has been teaching his version of NLP and, Akasha Healing along with personal and spiritual development in many countries. He recently developed Hug and Heal campaign to provide psychological refuge to the earthquake survivors in Nepal and people around the world. His self-coaching books have been well-received by audience across the world. And how it all happened is quite a story.
Read MoreModi’s mission America establishes India — and him — as a doer
Every diplomatic visit is a mix of substance and symbolism. In the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fourth visit to the United States in his two years in office, …
Read MoreStage set for India-China strategic competition going underwater
Two events set the stage for India-China strategic competition going underwater — one is the docking of China’s submarine in Sri Lanka’s Colombo port and the other is the loss …
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Modi composes a new symphony of conjoined democracies: India-US ties enter new era
“A new symphony is in place” between the once estranged, and now conjoined democracies. With his soaring speech before the joint session of the US Congress, India’s Prime Minister Narendra …
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LSA agreement will enhance our defence against China
India has in principle agreed to sign LSA, one of the three foundational agreements that the US has been asking India to sign. The agreement provides access to each other’s …
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PM Modi’s Day 1 in US: Tribute to Kalpana Chawla, cultural diplomacy
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his fourth visit to the US with a spot of soft diplomacy in Washington DC on June 6.
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Modi’s Swiss Moment: Bern declares support for India’s NSG bid
In a boost for India’s quest to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Switzerland, a known non-proliferation hardliner, has declared support for New Delhi’s membership of the global nuclear cartel.
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