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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BRICS bond in times of crisis, unveil 100bn currency fund
ST. PETERSBURG: Amid the festering global slowdown, the BRICS club of emerging economies has underlined its commitment to add more economic traction to the five-nation grouping by unveiling progress in …
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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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Potential Military Strikes in Syria Threaten Regional Flare-up
The reported chemical weapons strike in the Eastern suburbs of Damascus in Syria on 21 August which killed up to 1300 people has taken the current Syrian conflict to yet …
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GSAT-7: India’s first dedicated military satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just launched GSAT-7, India’s first dedicated military satellite. The satellite was launched into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from French Guiana using the …
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