NEW DELHI: The first BRICS summit since Russia invaded Ukraine saw President Putin throw a few more challenges to the West: he called for alternative mechanisms to ensure international payments between BRICS nations. Pointing out that trade between Russia and the other BRICS nations has increased by 38% in the first three months of this […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The 14th BRICS summit opens in virtual format on Thursday and will continue till Friday with President Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other leaders attending. China is the host and ideally the leaders should have attended in person, but with Delhi and Beijing at odds ever since the Ladakh clashes, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Emmanuel Macron’s failure to win an outright majority in the legislative elections proves the sheen around the French president who won the second round of the presidential elections in April, is disappearing. Though his Ensemble (Together) coalition is still the biggest with 245 seats in the National Assembly it is well short of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the war in Ukraine, the “geo-strategic” weight remained in the Indo-Pacific and India would be central to shaping the new geo-political order here as it “sits at the crossroads of Eurasia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.” That was Gen Charles Flynn, Commander of the US Pacific Army who was in Delhi earlier […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There’s a new wannabe trading alternative in the Indo-Pacific but it modestly styles itself as an economic framework and its proponents in Washington have made it clear that it’s not about free trade or lower tariffs or even market access. But the reading among diplomats and trade specialists in New Delhi is that […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Australians vote on Saturday with “3Cs” on their mind: Climate Change, China and Covid. And here’s how things could go on Saturday. Incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to lose with an opinion poll last week showing his rating at -14. He is faulted for not being serious enough on climate change, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There’s a new buzz across the vast stretch of water linking the west coast of India and the Arabian Gulf states. The buzz is about commerce with the India-UAE free trade area coming into force on May 1. Oman and India are beginning the feasibility study for a limited FTA even as Delhi […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Landed in Paris. France is one of India’s strongest partners, with our nations cooperating in diverse areas.” Prime Minister Modi’s understated tweet gave no hint of what was in store during his few hours stopover in Paris, ostensibly to congratulate President Macron on his victory in the elections last month. As it turned […]Read More
No Comment? The last day of the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi on Wednesday began with a tribute to the late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. Moderator Lisa Singh from the Australia-India Institute said “General Rawat led the Indian Armed Forces into a new era of transformation and the Chair of Excellence and the […]Read More
Communication Gap India has been getting more than its fair share of advice regarding Ukraine and it got to the extent that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar – a normally unflappable man – lost patience. The minister who was in the rare position of taking questions from his counterparts from various countries, told the minister […]Read More
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