By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: In order to counter China’s influence in the strategic Indian Ocean Region, India today announced a slew of projects in Maldives to deepen its relations with the maritime neighbour. The relationship was not cosy till two years ago. Former Maldives President Abdullah Yameen […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone for a grand temple for Lord Ram, a revered human-god of the Hindu community. A Nov. 2019 judgment from the Supreme Court of India has paved the way for the Ram temple construction […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: India’s pharmaceutical industry, with $20 billion annual sales, has joined the global race for the COVID-19 vaccine, as three Indian drug-makers announced their plans to initiate late-stage clinical trials in the country. Since the beginning of this year, the world is reeling under […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rajiv Prakash Saxena If you have a job; your company is still operating; the company pays you daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly, be […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: The demand for gold in India, the world’s second-largest buyer of the bullion, could fell sharply in 2020 to the lowest level in more than two decades, as the decline in disposable income following the government implemented lock down to check the spread […]
In the United Nations General Assembly session of 2015, China introduced its vision of a world order called “Community with a Shared Future for Mankind”. The vision document contained a lot of high-principled words such as consultation, dialogue, inclusivity, consensus, and cooperation but was vague and ambiguous on […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: On a day five Rafale fighter jets landed at the Ambala air base, political slug fest over the aircraft purchased continued with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailing the high-tech flying machines and the opposition Indian National Congress questioning the deal. Union Minister of […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rajiv Prakash Saxena With one stroke of a pen and $400 billion as long-term investment in Iran, China‘s military deal with Tehran under […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today strongly registered its protest with Pakistan over the forceful conversion of a Sikh Gurdwara in Lahore into a Mosque and asked the western neighbour to probe the matter and protect its Sikh minorities. “A strong protest was lodged with the Pakistan […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India is taking the economic diplomacy route to Bangladesh as a counter to the China–Pakistan combo’s desperate attempts to create a troubled neighbourhood for the South Asian giant. While India is locked in a bitter border dispute with China along the Line of […]
