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The ongoing crisis in Palestine has put the Indian government in an uncomfortable position. While the government remains adamant that its policy on the Palestine issue has not changed, the …
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As the crisis in Ukraine escalates after the downing of a Malaysian airliner last night by a surface-to-air missile, India will find it harder to navigate the growing tensions between …
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After a promising debut on the global stage at the July 15-16 BRICS summit in Brazil, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to the US in September is poised to be a blockbuster show. While the Obama administration looks set to roll out a grand welcome to the Indian leader in Washington, Mr Modi, known for his tech-savvy election-campaign and inspired oratory, will launch a major charm offensive in the country which once denied him a visa. He will address a gathering of around 20,000 people in New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden. The video will be broadcast live to crowds in 20 other cities in the US on September 28.
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Since Narendra Modi took over reigns in New Delhi as the new Prime Minister, it has been expected that India-Israel relations would move closer and to a new level. It …
Read MoreAs the fighting in Gaza threatens to escalate further, the Indian government has taken the prudent and correct approach by refusing to be stampeded into foolish parliamentary resolutions that will …
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The idea of an overland pipeline bringing hydrocarbons from Russia to India has been around for a while. Mooted under UPA rule, the proposal is gaining some traction with the …
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Distances never came in the way of love affairs from blossoming or diplomacy’s perennial drive to interlink dreams and destines. Invoking India’s sage poet Rabindranath Tagore and Pablo Neruda, the beloved poet of desire, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a multi-pronged Latin America charm offensive to deepen New Delhi’s engagement with this emerging growth pole of the world.
In a well-received speech in Brasilia at the BRICS’ outreach meeting with the leaders of South American countries July 16, Mr Modi offered an exhilarating brew of trade, IT, tele-medicine and capacity building to South America, which he called
“this great continent; of beauty, opportunities and warm people.”
It’s just been a month and Narendra Modi led NDA government is already confronting impediments on almost all crucial fronts. With the 80 per cent India facing monsoon deficit, terrains …
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In recent days, China’s proposal for a Maritime Silk Route (MSR) has been a subject of speculation and debate. Beijing’s plan for a maritime infrastructure corridor in the broader Indo-Pacific …
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It’s time for BRICS to move beyond summits and cement bonds among over three billion people living in the five emerging countries straddling the four continents. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rightly underlined the need for making BRICS “people-centric” and forging long-term partnership based on knowledge, skills and innovation.
If the BRICS leaders can think and act imaginatively by linking BRICS with surging dreams and aspirations of over three billion people living in India, China, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, it could be a game-changer in elevating the profile of the grouping and buttress its credentials as the voice of the developing world.