By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today reached out to old friend Nepal and carried out a comprehensive review of bilateral economic and development cooperation projects in an attempt to counter China’s efforts to expand its footprints in the Himalayan nation. The reach out took place two days […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: To provide a booster shot to its pandemic-hit economy, India will invest over Rs 110 lakh crore (Rs 110 trillion/$1.5 trillion) in the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) comprising more than 7,000 projects across sectors. Among the major focus areas are the construction of […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India’s newest and strategically important Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir could soon have a new chief minister, ending a yearlong suspense over the restart of the political process in the region that has a border with Pakistan. Addressing the nation from the […]
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 […]
(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 […]