By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India has emerged as the most popular nation to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member, bagging 184 of the total 192 votes, 33 per cent more votes than required to be declared victorious. India will […]
China too faces heavy casualties, war fears loom (Editor’s Note: The story was updated with ANI’s tweet on Chinese military casualties in paragraph 6.) New Delhi: As the world grapples with the battle against COVID-19, it is staring at the worst military conflict in 45 years between India […]
New Delhi: India today summoned the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission Haider Shah and lodged a strong protest with him over the abduction and torture of two officials of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad by the Pakistani security agencies. The abduction, said India, violated the […]
New Delhi: India should rethink and revise its ‘One China‘ policy and exploit the geographic, ethnic, and economic fault lines within the Asian giant, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang, a group of experts have said At a webinar jointly organised by Law and Society Alliance […]
New Delhi: The churn in geopolitics — both just before the outbreak of COVID-19 and during the pandemic — has forced every nation, particularly the more powerful ones, to look for options to further their own interest. Globalisation is paving way for nationalism and calls for self-reliance. This […]
New Delhi: A miffed India today downplayed a provocation from Nepal, made ostensibly at the behest of China, as the Himalayan country approved a map showing parts of Indian territory as its own. The controversy over the map, showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as Nepalese territory amidst a […]
New Delhi: India and China are actively engaged through diplomatic and military channels to peacefully resolve the ongoing dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the two sides have said in a sort of relief to the global community. The border tension, with a […]
New Delhi: Keen to play a larger international role in the likely China-dominant, post-COVID-19 World Order, India today formally launched its campaign for an elected seat at the coveted United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and spelt out its vision for a reformed global system. India’s Minister of External […]
New Delhi: Dr Vivek Lall, one of the most prominent Indian-origin leaders in the global aerospace and defence sector, was today appointed as the Chief Executive at the American company General Atomics Global Corporation. He will be responsible for expanding GA Global’s footprint world over and manage sales, […]
As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ravages across the world, questions abound in strategic circles on what it will mean for the global order; whether it will fundamentally alter the way power is distributed across the world. No matter how long the pandemic stretches, and how widely it impacts […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today reminded China to honour the five existing bilateral peace agreements between the two countries since 1993, while reiterating that the nation was prepared to protect its sovereignty and national security. Responding to queries over the border stand-off along the Line of […]
New Delhi: In yet another move towards stronger military diplomacy, the United States yesterday gave its approval for a $155-million sale of Harpoon missiles and lightweight torpedoes to India. The Donald J. Trump administration notified the US Congress of its determination to sell 10 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As world economies count their losses due to COVID-19 impact, leaders from the G20 nations today pledged to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to counter the ill-effects of the pandemic. At a virtual summit of the leaders through video conferencing, […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Defence ties between India and the US received a booster shot when President of the United States Donald J. Trump was in New Delhi on Feb. 25. The two nations signed military business deals cumulatively worth nearly $3.5 billion for 24 Lockheed […]
New Delhi: India and Brazil today agreed to work jointly on cyber-defence and defence systems, among others, and on an action plan to strengthen their strategic partnership that could shape the way the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) could be reformed. After a bilateral meeting between the visiting […]
