NEW DELHI: At a time when the world is gripped by panic over the Coronavirus pandemic, a United Nations panel has been doggedly visiting world capitals making the case for a seven-decade-old issue, the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Why the UN would want to spend so much money and time over an exercise […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Two days after the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal, the latter reportedly announced that the weeklong reduction of violence is over and operations against government forces will resume. A letter allegedly from the Taliban leadership says “that as per the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Later today, a moment in history when the U.S. and Afghanistan’s Taliban make a beginning to end their war now 19 years old. It’s America’s longest conflict, also bittersweet given that this was the very movement Washington blamed for being complicit in 9/11 and which it overthrew in 2001. So full circle. What’s […]Read More
PUNE: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar underlined the importance of trade in the current international order when he stated, “The pulls and pressures of the international system are today most evident in the trade domain.” Talking about the increasing focus on trade the minister added that the last few decades there had been what he […]Read More
Broccoli Samosa! Every self-respecting Indian knows that when it comes to snacks, nothing sells like an Indian snack. The puzzle is, this was not evident in Ahmedabad, where the “high tea” menu for Trump, his family and delegation was singularly uninspiring. Dhokla okay but corn broccoli samosa! Good grief. The tweeple were in revolt. Maybe […]Read More
In keeping with India’s foreign policy dictum of ‘Neighbourhood First’, new foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has begun his outreach to the envoys of these countries by meeting them before the envoys of other countries. The first envoy Shringla met after he took charge less than a month ago is Nepal’s ambassador of Nepal Nilambar […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The conviction of UN-designated terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed by a Pak court has come almost on cue. The terror watchdog FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has a crucial plenary meeting where it will assessed if Pakistan has done enough to crack down on terror funding and money laundering and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As India walks the tight-rope between Dhaka and Nay Pyi Taw on the Rohingya crisis, it’s unlikely that Myanmar will take these displaced people back. Dr Avinash Paliwal who is a lecturer in Diplomacy and Public Policy at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London and is currently focusing on India-Myanmar ties, told […]Read More
Outgoing Australian high commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu had some important visitors at her official residence in Delhi recently. And they weren’t from the diplomatic community but sons of noted American architect Joseph Allen Stein who designed some outstanding structures in India, including the India International Centre (IIC), the Ford Foundation building next door to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In June last year, Sri Lanka’s external debt reached an all-time high of US $55.5 billion—a drain on an already struggling economy made worse by the deadly Easter Sunday bombings in April that numbed tourism, one of the mainstays of the economy, and jolted investor confidence. Managing debt is the biggest risk to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Photographs available with StratNews Global show a group of three heavily armed terrorists, who were planning a sophisticated terror attack, intercepted and killed near the Bann toll plaza in Nagrota close to Jammu. Some markings found on the arms, ammunition and other items recovered from the terrorists reveal a clear Pakistani hand. The […]Read More
The administrative rejig in India’s Ministry of External Affairs is described as far reaching by some, even ambitious while others are sceptical. A retired diplomat recalled a similar exercise by a former foreign secretary keen on burnishing his credentials as a thinker and reformer. End result: the IPA Division (Iran, Pakistan Afghanistan) became PAI to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The cyclonic season in southwestern Indian Ocean has been unusually harsh for the island nation of Madagascar where a national emergency has been declared following flash floods and torrential rain. European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations reported on Monday (January 27) that over the past week, heavy rain, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The external affairs ministry is all set to get a new captain of the ship with Harsh Vardhan Shringla taking over as foreign secretary on January 29, so expect some important announcements in the coming days regarding transfers and postings of diplomats. Many senior officers have been awaiting new assignments but had to […]Read More
Blistering barnacles! Or, should we say ‘Thundering typhoons’! The offer made by Nepal to play mediator between India and Pakistan makes one remember Captain Haddock’s exclamations in the comic-book series Tintin. The offer of mediation on Kashmir and terrorism was made by Nepalese “sources” during a briefing on Saturday to a group of visiting Indian […]Read More
The festering territorial claim over Kalapani, a small enclave at the trijunction of India, Nepal and China which Kathmandu claims and India holds has become the latest irritant in bilateral ties. “If India can resolve the land boundary issue with Bangladesh, why not Nepal?” Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali said during an interaction with journalists in […]Read More
So long, farewell to retiring Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale who heads off into the Pune sunset at the end of his diplomatic innings. Incidentally, he was Secretary, Economic Relations, in Delhi when picked for the top job, which is not the norm. Generally, foreign secretaries have moved into South Block from some foreign capital, as […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In the latest move to ramp up its strategic imprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and to counter Beijing’s power play, New Delhi has reached out to Colombo for stepping up maritime cooperation. The outreach to the new Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led Sri Lankan government was done during the visit of India’s National Security Adviser […]Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to be in India for two days and a half, top diplomatic sources indicated today. While he will spend one day in Delhi on completing the official part of his visit, Trump is expected to spend one full day in Ahmedabad with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The highlight of […]Read More
India and Sri Lanka hope to further bolster cooperation in the area of national security among other things. India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flagged it as a priority area during their meeting in Colombo on Saturday. “Strengthening of bilateral cooperation on national security, intelligence sharing, maritime security & […]Read More
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