Modi’s Lexicon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fluent Hindi, through which he engages foreign interlocutors and the rhetorical instinct for catchy phrases, is helping expand India’s diplomatic lexicon. In Kathmandu last month, his …
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Abbott and Modi’s Historic Opportunity
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have braved their arduous political journeys to the top, defying insurmountable domestic odds to head their respective governments. As …
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Modi’s trip affirms India-Japan spiritual bonds
Centuries-old spiritual connections came alive during India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan, as ancient civilisational linkages were reaffirmed by the message of harmony and non-violence. Non-Violence in India’s …
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Chinese daily warns against India-Japan front
Prime Minister Modi’s remarks in Tokyo about the “expansionist” tendency displayed by some countries have elicited sharp reactions from the official Chinese media. The comments in the state-run Global Times, …
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China hopes to make President Xi’s visit a success
It’s a competition India will welcome. With Japan unveiling a mammoth $35 billion package for infrastructural development in Asia’s third largest economy, China is also looking to raise the bar for its economic engagement with India during President Xi Jinping’s trip to Delhi later this month.
President Xi is expected to announce big-ticket investments when he comes here for his maiden visit to India around mid-September. “When President Xi visits India, you can expect a sense of camaraderie and the kind of friendship which will bring a complete change in the manner the two neighbors are engaged,” said Nirmala
Sitharaman, India’s Minister of State for Commerce and Industry September 2, after a day-long meeting with Chinese officials led by her Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng. Sitharaman was speaking to Beijing-based Indian reporters after the India-China Joint Economic Group meeting.
India picks holes in World Bank report
India has taken strong objection against the World Bank’s report, which placed Asia’s third biggest economy 134 on its ‘Doing Business’ report. The Indian government rebutted the reports, citing anomalies …
Read MoreIndia’s Revised Defence FDI Policy
On 26th August, the government formally notified the revised defence FDI policy, which was first announced in the defence and finance minister’s budget speech in July. Coming with immediate effect, …
Read MoreIndia-Japan trade can touch $50 billion by 2020
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit will provide the right impetus for Japanese companies to enhance investments in India and propel bilateral trade between Asia’s two economic giants to 50 …
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Tokyo Calling: Modi drums up India story, promise red carpet, not red tape
No place like India to do business. Blend Japan’s hardware skills and India’s software to create everyday miracles. This is economic diplomacy, with a flourish. Literally, banging the drums in a symbolic “jugalbandi,” India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a charm offensive in Tokyo and told Japanese investors that red carpet, not red tape, awaits them if they come to India.
A day after his meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the two nations launched a path-breaking investment partnership, Modi played the chief salesman and choreographer of the India Story.
“There is no other place more suited to you than India,” said Modi at a meeting organised by the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) and Nikkei on September 2.
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Sharif refuses to resign amid rumours of coup
As the political gridlock in Pakistan turned violent, Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempted to stand his ground and has rallied all parliamentary forces against the protestors in an …
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