Iran-US thaw prospects good news for India
NEW YORK: On a crisp bright day in New York, the seeds of a rapprochement between the two sworn rivals were sown quietly, amid cautious hopes that the US and …
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Terror Inc: From Mumbai to Nairobi, mayhem goes on
Terror is rapidly shrinking geographies and has emerged as a truly trans-national enterprise that specialises in manslaughter and packages savagery in the guise of a perverse ideology. Five years ago, …
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Connecting India and China via media, culture and creativity
Cliches are self-perpetuating. How many times have we heard that India and China are ancient civilisations with their relations going back to the dawn of time? In official speeches, much …
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Afghan concerns drive India closer to SCO
As the SCO’s annual show unfolds in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, India has renewed its pitch for full membership of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and underlined that this Central Asia …
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Dreaming big: Africa’s first female president on India journey
It’s not often that a visiting foreign leader brings nine senior ministers to another country. But in a sign of India’s growing engagement with her country and the West African …
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The Nowhere Man II: The Unnameable, Say what you want to say, Truth or Mime
The Unnameable The sea sings a sad song, Waves whisper intimacies Abyss is the Beloved. He desires no belonging, Only a deep-down sadness parted lips, the unspoken. The equipoise of …
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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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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 hopes for upswing in Iran relations, deploys Ansari power
Amid speculation of a possible Iran-West rapprochement under the new dispensation in Tehran, India has signalled its intention to revitalise bilateral ties by sending Vice-President Hamid Ansari for the swearing-in …
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Thinking Smart: A giant digital leap for India’s foreign office
In a revolutionary step to make Indian diplomacy more people-centric, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched a smartphone mobile app to become the first foreign office in the …
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