By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India is taking the economic diplomacy route to Bangladesh as a counter to the China–Pakistan combo’s desperate attempts to create a troubled neighbourhood for the South Asian giant. While India is locked in a bitter border dispute with China along the Line of […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. The writer is a Defence.Capital reader. For her other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Uma Sudhindra “Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As the world economies, shaken by COVID-19, look to relocate their manufacturing facilities from China, India today urged the member-states of a Bay of Bengal regional group to seize the opportunity to drive the industry shift to the region. “The shock of the […]
By N. C. Bipindra The world is at present obsessed with, rightly so, the fight against the Coronavirus, with suspicion and rumours of it being a bio-weapon. In this fight against the virus that has claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives, the world”s attention to another major […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As China blames US for the Coronavirus in Wuhan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave a sense of purpose to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), as he urged member-nations to fight the deadly COVID-19 in a spirit of collaboration. […]
New Delhi: Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s present ambassador to the US, was today named to take over as the next Foreign Secretary from end of January 2020. The Modi government approved Shringla’s appointment as foreign secretary from Jan. 29 next for a two-year tenure. Shringla, a topper of […]
New Delhi: Shifting its ties with Myanmar to a higher gear, India will soon formally hand over a submarine to its neighbour for boosting its naval capability. India will transfer the Russian-origin Kilo-class, which will be commissioned by Myanmar as its first-ever submarine to give it the under-water […]
New Delhi: Advanced flight bookings to airports around the holy city of Mecca ahead of this year’s Hajj have increased from Asia, Europe and Oceania, according to research by Travelport, a technology company serving the global travel industry. According to an analysis, India (44,611) had the second highest […]