Indian Ocean maritime security: India gifts interceptor boat to Seychelles
Imparting an added traction to its Indian Ocean diplomacy, India has enhanced its maritime cooperation in the region by gifting an interceptor boat to Seychelles.
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Lifting of sanctions against Iran: What it means for world and India
The historic nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 member countries signed in July 2015 has finally been implemented with sanctions against Iran lifted on January 17. The lifting of …
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Start-up India gets wings, Modi flags off a billion dreams
It has all the makings of a new dawn for India’s economic renaissance, with Prime Minister Modi launching the Start-up India initiative and unveiling the fund of around $1.5 billion …
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Panda-elephant waltz: Stepping up two-way tourist flows between India, China
Can Panda and Elephant dance together? Yes, it would seem do, going by the huge turnout at the launch of the China-India Tourism Year 2016 in the Indian capital. The …
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Why Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Israel matters
In a delicate diplomatic waltz, India will seek to balance its burgeoning ties with Israel with a forceful reiteration of its commitment to the Palestinian cause during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to the West Asia region.
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Start-up India set to ignite a million dreams, recast business ecosystem
Start-up India, rebooting the ecosystem of ideas and innovations, igniting a million dreams. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch his blueprint for entrepreneurial revolution in the Indian capital on January 16 in the presence of a galaxy of top start-up enterprises in the country.
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China’s soft power push at Delhi Book Fair
There is no boundary when it comes to cultural interaction and ideas. India and China, the two Asian giants, are looking to widen the arc of understanding, as the large …
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India’s Foreign Policy in 2016: Challenges and Opportunities
The NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has every reason to be satisfied with its performance on the foreign policy front since it came to office. The content, conduct and style of the country’s foreign policy bears the unmistakable imprimatur of Prime Minister Modi. He has led the charge from the front, establishing personal equations and developing rapport with several world leaders including Barack Obama, Shinzo Abe, Angela Merkel and recently also with Vladimir Putin.
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Masood Azhar under protective custody: Pakistan
With India responding positively to action taken by Pakistan and the two countries deciding to reschedule foreign secretary-level talks, Islamabad has confirmed that Masood Azhar, the suspected mastermind behind the Pathankot terror attacks, is under “protective custody”
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India keeps window for dialogue open, FS talks in “near future”
Responding to action taken by Pakistan in the wake of Pathankot terror attacks, India has announced that the talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries has been rescheduled and will be held “in the near future”
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