India-US ties: Defence ties poised to be next big thing
WASHINGTON: The landmark nuclear deal, that transformed relations between India and the US, may take some more time to fructify, but defence ties are on an upswing and may well …
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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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Australia, India, Indonesia: A Trilateral Dialogue on Indian Ocean
Like many other countries – or perhaps more than other countries – India’s policy elite is transfixed by China’s rise and evolution in the international arena. In few other strategic …
Read MoreLet’s present a real India and a real China to each other
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang paid an official visit to India during May 19-22 this year. India was the first country that he visited after assuming the post of Chinese Premier. …
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An Asian Century: India, China need to know more about each other
Often we find ourselves speaking of the 21st century being the Asian century. And it is our firm belief that the Asian century dream will remain unfulfilled if India and …
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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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Is there really any proof on Syria?
The debate on Syria, in the Western media, is already narrowing down to the timing and modality of bombing as to whether it should be a ‘limited, surgical strike aimed …
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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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India needs stable external environment to restore robust growth
The world economy is not in good shape. There is some good news of a strengthening of growth in some industrialised countries, but it is not broad based. The prospects …
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