India and the World

India, Nepal re-charge ties, all eyes on Modi visit

July 28, 2014 - by India Writes Network

India and Nepal have agreed on a clutch of steps to reinvigorate their ties that include reviewing the Treaty of Friendship to bring it in tune with contemporary realities, stepping …

Is India Following Chinese Model in Latin America?

July 27, 2014March 3, 2020 - by Ash Narain Roy

The rise of China and India is set to change the rules of the game in international politics in many arenas. Western analysts maintain that Africa and Latin America provide a test for the Asian giants as to how they intend to behave as rising powers. The energy and resource sectors represent the most dynamic part of the economic relations that China and India have forged with Latin America. The region’s importance in the world energy market and its potential are certainly attractive to the two Asian giants. In terms of trade and investment with both the regions, China enjoys a clear edge over India. China is not just elephant in the room, it is a fire-breathing dragon.

India, Nepal hold talks to galvanise ties

July 26, 2014July 26, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Taking a long-range view, the foreign ministers of India and Nepal have held wide-ranging talks and explored a host of ideas, including the signing of an extradition treaty, a hydropower …

India-Nepal ties: Mapping New Horizons

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 - by Manish Chand

It’s a journey that could prove to be path-breaking in mapping new horizons in the age-old India-Nepal relations. In her second stand-alone visit to a neighbouring country in South Asia, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj travels to Kathmandu July 25-27, an important trip that promises to usher in a new chapter between the two fraternal neigbours bound by deep ties of geography, nature, history and culture. The visit underscores yet again the primacy of South Asia in the foreign policy calculus of the new government in New Delhi and comes nearly two months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the leaders of SAARC countries for his swearing-in ceremony and a month after Mrs Sushma Swaraj visited Dhaka.

Modi to World Bank: More ideas, rather than dollars

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 - by India Writes Network

More ideas and information, rather than dollars – this was the message of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to World Bank Group President Jim Kong Kim when he met him …

Knowing India’s nuclear credentials

July 25, 2014 - by India Writes Network

There has been a concerted attack on India from the usual suspects in recent days even as it was entering into negotiations to formally accede to the Nuclear Suppliers Group. …

Gaza violence: India backs Palestine in UNHRC vote

July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Amid the festering violence and mounting casualties in Gaza, India has voted in support of a UN Human Rights Council resolution to probe Israel’s offensive in the region. In the 47-member council, 29 countries voted in support of the resolution while 17 nations abstained. Israel’s long term ally, the US, was the only nation to vote against the resolution. “We remain hopeful that a sustainable ceasefire will be reached between the two sides, linked to the resumption of the peace process, for a comprehensive resolution of the Palestinian issue,” said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Asoke Mukerji.