Indian auto industry revs up for good times…
With the business-friendly Narendra Modi in the driving seat, India’s automobile sector looks set to shift gears and pick up speed in the days to come. It may be early …
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Modi high on Japan ties, to travel to Tokyo after budget session
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a robust backer of stronger India-Japan relations, is expected to travel to Tokyo towards July-end or early August. Modi is known to be an admirer of Japan’s technological prowess and will be looking to enlist Tokyo’s proactive support and investment in building India’s infrastructure sector. Modi had visited Japan as the chief minister of Gujarat and had developed a personal rapport with the nationalist prime minister of Japan.
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Iraq crisis: Indian govt. works 24×7 to free Indian hostages
Taking the first major diplomatic challenge head-on, the new Indian government is working virtually 24×7 and is leaving no stone unturned to secure the release of 40 Indians abducted in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
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Iraq crisis: Negotiations the best option for India, says ex-envoy
In this interview with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief of India Writes Network (www.indiawrites.org), R. Dayakar, a former Indian envoy to Baghdad, shares his views on the unfolding crisis, its impact on the India and the options before New Delhi to secure the release of its nationals.
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Rescue Pakistan chorus is back again
From the media in India it would appear that the attack by Taliban terrorists on the Karachi airport is the tipping point which would pave the way for India and …
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Iraq challenge: 40 Indians kidnapped, India explores all rescue options
In a diplomatic challenge for the newly-installed Modi government in New Delhi, forty Indian construction workers have been abducted from the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, controlled by a Sunni militant group.
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Iraq crisis won’t impact Indian economy: RBI chief
Amid apprehensions about the likely fallout of the Iraq crisis on Indian economy, the head of the country’s central bank has assured that India is ready to deal with any …
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Militants onslaught: Iraq, US should equally share blame
On June 11, hundreds of Sunni militants aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the al-Sham (ISIS) captured Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s home city. …
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Wang Yi’s Delhi visit: Why China is courting Modi
Three missions characterised China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to New Delhi. To a large extent, these missions were fulfilled and the trip can be stated as successful from the Chinese point of view.
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Modi visit should decide how Bhutan relates to China: S.D. Muni
Prof. S.D. Muni speaks about the growing Chinese influence in Bhutan and contends that the forthcoming prime ministerial visit should be used to discuss with Thimphu the latter’s ties with Beijing in the spirit of special partnership between India and Bhutan.
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