PM Modi bats for UN Security Council reforms
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched aggressively for reforming the UN Security Council to maintain its relevance and credibility as an international body.
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PM Modi pitches strongly for fast-tracking UNSC reforms
NEW YORK: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a robust pitch for fast-tracking reform and expansion of the UN Security Council during his speech at the Sustainable Development Summit in …
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Modi pitches ‘Make in India’ in business meets in New York
In its bid to attract capital, the Make in India campaign, which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, was pitched aggressively to the CEOs of US businesses who had lined up to meet the Indian leader in New York.
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Modi set for high-wire business diplomacy in New York
It’s business with a capital B for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York. Expect PM Modi to drum up the India growth story and ease of doing business as he courts the corporate elite of the US on his day 1 in the US’ financial capital.
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Dublin-Delhi bonding gets strategic: Focus on IT, innovation and UNSC reforms
The Delhi-Dublin bonding has acquired a fresh shine, with the two countries minting a new template of partnership built around economic rejuvenation, technology and innovation.
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No rivalry, Myanmar needs both India, China: Rajiv Bhatia
Myanmar’s political transition to functional democracy and its emergence as an arena for an unfolding Great Game in the region has sparked a spate of commentaries and discourse on the future trajectory of Southeast Asia’s largest nation. Against this backdrop, Mr Rajiv Bhatia’s book “India-Myanmar relations: Changing Contours” comes as a breath of fresh air as it unravels the evolution and complexities of Myanmar’s ties with the world’s largest democracy and one of the fastest growing economies.
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India, US to fast-track process to combat terrorism
India has been pitching for the finalisation of an anti-terrorism treaty, the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT), which was proposed by India in 1996 to ban terrorists and make it binding for countries to deny funds and safe haven to them.
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Sushma Swaraj calls for shared effort to strengthen India-US business partnership
Wooing US investors at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the US India Business Council (USIBC) in Washington D.C. on September 21, India’s External Affairs Minister Mrs Sushma Swaraj sought investments from the US in both public and private sectors in the country for a ‘win-win’ outcome.
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Washington dialogue to set agenda for Modi-Obama meet
A week before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the UNGA session, India and the US are set to hold their first Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) in Washington on September 22. The dialogue will firm up the agenda and flesh out outcomes for the much-awaited Modi-Obama meeting in New York on September 28
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Battle for Bihar: Development vs caste in electoral calculus
The northern state of Bihar in India has always been synonymous with caste-based crime. However, Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of Janta Dal (U) has managed to change this image and is steadily taking the state towards an inclusive growth.
A resource-rich state with a vote bank of 66.82 million, Kumar has managed to put up an issue based election agenda here. But leaders of rival political parties have managed to pull back the caste politics ahead of the development plank ahead of the crucial assembly elections.
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