India-Korea bonding: Sambhar for the S(e)oul
Kyoungsoo KIM is the archetypal gentleman diplomat. Suave, witty and extremely warm, the Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Chennai definitely checks all the boxes of an ideal …
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India, Japan deepen strategic, economic ties
The leaders of India and Japan, Asia’s leading democracies and economies, have pitched bilateral relations into a higher trajectory, and have imparted a strong strategic orientation to this relationship which …
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Japan a key partner in India’s development
It is a great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Abe to India. We are delighted that he was able to accept our invitation to be Chief Guest at our Republic …
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Changing US-Iran relations and India
Amidst fresh threat of sanctions from the US Congress, Iran’s terms of rapprochement with the West, following the successful breakthrough in its nuclear talks with the P5+1 in November last …
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India, Japan should focus on the Asian strategic framework
Japan is clearly the flavour of the season as far as India is concerned. Japanese defence minister Itsunori Onodera was in New Delhi last week for consultations with his counterpart …
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Moving beyond right and left, creating a new politics and poetics of India
JAIPUR: Dovetailing the preciosities of the high-brow with the pugnacities of popular culture, the seventh edition of the Jaipur Literary Festival is in full flow in this famous touristy city …
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President Park’s India mission: Opening new vistas for Seoul-New Delhi ties
The first lady president of the Republic of Korea, Park Gyun-hye, is visiting India January 15–18 2014 at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee. The visit would be a major …
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Bangladesh Political Crisis and India’s Options
Bangladesh is in deep political crisis. The January 5 national elections have been conducted and there have been allegations against the Commission and the Chief Election Commissioner, Kazi Rakiuddin Ahmed …
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India’s GSLV launch: A major milestone for ISRO
After two successive failures of its Geostationary Launch Vehicle (GSLV) launches in 2006 and 2010 and an aborted mission in 2013, India’s endeavour to launch another GSLV on January 5 …
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New beginnings: Maldives leader India’s first state guest in 2014
New Year, new beginnings. Indian diplomacy has kicked off 2014 with the state visit of the newly-elected Maldives president, underlining the country’s focus on building robust relations with its neighbours …
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