Global Indian News
The Indo-African partnership has been rooted in the spirit of the Afro-Asian conference held at Bandung, Indonesia in 1955. Cemented by a common stand against colonisation and racism, today, this partnership is at a turning point motored by the stellar economic growth in the two regions and the growing exchange between them.
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India has made a robust pitch for reform and expansion of the UN Security Council and underlined that institutions of global governance can’t exclude New Delhi and Africa, the two emerging growth poles of the world.
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Amid a growing bilateral relationship but limited understating of each other, the news media of India and Africa have decided to step up their engagement to unleash the voices of the two youngest regions of the world and create fresh narratives of each other.
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It was a moment packed with emotions, drama and the humanitarian radiance, which promises to brighten the darkened landscape of the strained India-Pakistan relations. Geeta’s luminous smile, her face lit up with the joy of returning home after straying accidentally into Pakistan 15 years ago, said it all.
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The strong sense of political affinity and solidarity between India and Africa dates back to the several decades of the twentieth century when the peoples of India and Africa were engaged in an unremitting struggle to gain independence from colonial rule and to become arbiters of their own destinies.
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Reacting to Pakistan’s attempt to seek the US’ mediation in the Kashmir issue, which was rejected by Washington, India has underlined its commitment to resolve all issues bilaterally with its estranged neighbour, and put the spotlight on Pakistan’s lacklustre record in combating terrorist outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Haqqani network.
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India will host the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) in Delhi from October 26-29. This represents an ambitious effort by the new government to boost relations with Africa. There are some novel features of this summit and challenges to face in meeting the high expectations that will undoubtedly be generated.
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Independent of the validity of the across-the-board arguments favouring transparency and accountability in judicial appoints all-round, India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley might have over-stated his position and that of the government by publicly questioning the ‘tyranny of the unelected’ as ‘flawed’ and against the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution.
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The much-speculated nuclear deal between the US and Pakistan did not quite take off during US President Barack Obama’s talks with visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with the US putting the focus on Pakistan’s promises to curb terror and prodding the latter to use its leverage to facilitate dialogue in Afghanistan.
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It’s a digital bridge connecting the two emerging growth poles of the world in a transformational project of mutual empowerment and resurgence. Blending technology, innovation and creative diplomacy with the overarching project of socio-economic transformation and sustainable development, the Pan-African e-Network is bridging the digital divide across the African continent and is bringing tele-medicine and tele-education to the African people living thousands of miles away by linking them to premier educational institutions and super-specialty hospitals in India.
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