By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India, on May 10, 2025, accepted Pakistan‘s request for a ceasefire under Operation Sindoor following a United States backchannel diplomacy to stop military operations of the last four days. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in a statement, said the Director General of […]
By A Correspondent New Delhi: At a media briefing in New Delhi on May 7, 2025, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri issued a formal statement on India’s Operation Sindoor as a punitive military action against Pakistan‘s terror infrastructure in response to the Apr. 22, 2025, terror attack in […]
By N. C. Bipindra (ADDS: Media briefing by India at 10:30 a.m. on May 7, 2025, and additional background.) New Delhi: India punishes Pakistan again. This time, India’s army and air force carried out coordinated precision strikes on nine terror camp locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, targeting […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: It is official now. US President Donald Trump has effectively set up a contest between American F-35 and Russian Su-57 for India‘s big-ticket need for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft to catch up with arch-rival China on high-end combat jets. Trump, after meeting […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India‘s missile muscle got a boost with its all-weather friend Russia helping the nuclear-armed South Asian giant to catch up in air defence capabilities with its arch rival China. India and China are currently in a military faceoff in the Ladakh region […]
New Delhi: India‘s navy will host the maritime forces chiefs of 12 Indian Ocean littoral nations at the third edition of the Goa Maritime Conclave from Nov. 7 to 9, when it will showcase the nation’s warship building prowess and the Deep Submergence Rescue Vessels for submarines. The […]
By Dr S. Jaishankar We are all here virtually to remember Manohar Parrikar, who would have turned 65 years old today. It is natural for us to express our feelings and recall our associations. I myself had the opportunity of working with him as Foreign Secretary. Quite apart […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: In order to counter China’s growing influence in its neighbourhood, India has decided to speed up development assistance projects in Bangladesh and address its concerns. To demonstrate the priority India accords to Bangladesh under its ‘Neighbourhood First‘ policy, the South Asian giant rushed […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Russia, a trustworthy old friend, has backed India in the bitter face off with China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. The support is significant for New Delhi as it has come ahead of the crucial BRICS meeting to be […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As India firmly deals with an expansionist China on its own, the South Asian country reviewed its global strategic partnership with the United States amid positive noises coming from the world’s most powerful democracy. India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and the US […]
New Delhi: India and China military commanders have agreed on “an expeditious, phased, step-wise de-escalation” from the face-off locations along the Ladakh borders after their third round of marathon talks that ended late last night. This agreement was arrived at after a record-breaking over 12-hour talks at Chushul […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India gave a befitting response to China for trying to usurp its territory in eastern Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said in a stern message to the Asian giant but without naming it, against the backdrop of the face-off between their two […]
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, […]
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 […]