India on Sunday gifted 84 vehicles to various organisations working in health and education sectors across Nepal, the Indian Embassy in Nepal said.   The keys of 34 ambulances and 50 school buses were handed over by Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava in the presence of Ashok Kumar Rai, the Minister of...
Pakistan incurred a huge USD 8.3 billion loss in remittances and exports during the previous fiscal year as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led coalition government chose to appease the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a USD 1.2 billion tranche. Due to a lack of attention to these two big inflows,...
Away from media glare on this three day visit to France and Abu Dhabi, the Modi government signed its first long term LNG contracts with French TOTAL in Paris and with UAE’s ADNOC in Abu Dhabi for 0.8 million metric tons and 1.2 MMT respectively as part of its...
At the recent NATO summit in Vilnius, world leaders expressed concern over Russia’s nuclear posture and the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, given the ongoing conflict between Russia and Western-backed Ukraine. Yet the international community also ought to pay attention to equally-as-important developments in the Indian subcontinent....
The UK and Germany, two of Europe’s leading economies, have taken affront to China’s use of economic prowess to force its political goals on others.   The recent reports suggest China is trying to create a world in which it is “going to be increasingly hard to… swim against the tide...
In a move toward addressing the dynamic and uncertain global geopolitical situation, the Indian Armed Forces are undergoing a transformational process called "theaterisation." During the DRDO Directors' Conclave in New Delhi on July 14, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan laid out a vision that prioritises technological superiority...
Child sexual assault numbers are increasing dramatically in China, according to recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) statistics and data from Girls Protection Fund, a Chinese non-profit.   There are some obvious factors for the rising numbers, including China’s one-child policy and the country’s registration system, which forces many rural parents to...
GANDHINAGAR, India: China has not given an encouraging response so far on reaching a common understanding with the G20 bloc on the issue of restructuring the debt of vulnerable countries, a source aware of the matter said on Sunday (Jul 16).   G20 nations are also not keen on a one-size-fits-all...
Within months, both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to be in the same room again. But whether the two leaders will hold bilateral talks and seek to mend their countries’ deeply strained ties remains to be seen. Doubtful Indian foreign-policy observers cite New Delhi’s...
New Delhi: India has told Myanmar that the border areas have been “seriously disturbed” and to avoid any actions that would “aggravate” the situation.   This was conveyed by external affairs minister S. Jaishankar during a rare bilateral discussion with Myanmar’s foreign minister U Than Swe in Bangkok, where both took...