India needs stable external environment to restore robust growth
The world economy is not in good shape. There is some good news of a strengthening of growth in some industrialised countries, but it is not broad based. The prospects …
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BRICS bond in times of crisis, unveil 100bn currency fund
ST. PETERSBURG: Amid the festering global slowdown, the BRICS club of emerging economies has underlined its commitment to add more economic traction to the five-nation grouping by unveiling progress in …
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Fusing adventure with diplomacy: India’s Latin America odyssey
It’s an epic odyssey, spanning a 35,000- km overland journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic, and promises to provide fresh ballast to India’s reawakened Latin America diplomacy. Thousands of …
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Potential Military Strikes in Syria Threaten Regional Flare-up
The reported chemical weapons strike in the Eastern suburbs of Damascus in Syria on 21 August which killed up to 1300 people has taken the current Syrian conflict to yet …
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GSAT-7: India’s first dedicated military satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just launched GSAT-7, India’s first dedicated military satellite. The satellite was launched into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from French Guiana using the …
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Changing Myanmar: Two years after that fateful meeting
On August 19, 2011, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met at the presidential palace in Naypyidaw. Photographed together for the first time, with Aung …
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Reassessing the US Pivot to Asia
As the US continues its ‘pivot’ back to Asia, three important points need to be reiterated. First, is there really a ‘pivot’? Did the US really leave Asia to pivot …
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Mining truths: Fair growth, fair business
Village councils in the Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha have last week voted decisively against mining in their area and decided the fate of billions of dollars in investment. With this, …
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G20: Bridging hope deficit and reviving world economy
Hope springs eternal, especially in times of crisis. With the global economy still buffeted by the tailwinds of a festering downturn, all eyes are on the G20 summit of the …
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India-China relations: Old ties, new model?
It is fashionable in China today to speak of a ’new model’ of great power relations, indeed of international relations as a whole. In Chinese terminology, this approach is based …
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