NEW DELHI: Italy, with over 6,000 people felled by the coronavirus has more dead than anywhere in the world at this time. Fausto Biloslavo, a senior journalist with Il Giornale and Panorama warns the actual number of people infected may be ten times the official figure. In this conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P.Revi, he insists the all-India […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The leaders of 27 EU member states were in fighting mode as they held a rare video-conference on Tuesday to carve out a joint response to the crisis. According to latest figures, the virus now numbers 15,000 cases in the continent along with an estimated 536 deaths. This figure is likely to change […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Namastey London” is the title of a Bollywood film that was released over a decade ago. The title was attractive enough for Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder of Ola cabs, to use it when he opened Ola operations in the British capital last month. The London launch was the culmination of global foray by the Bengaluru-based company which saw […]Read More
PUNE: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s belief that the India-EU relationship has so far “underperformed” has found a ready echo amongst leaders of member nations of the European Union, all of whom are ready to discuss business and common concerns on the global geo-political front when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Brussels later this month. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “What the prime minister giveth, the prime minister taketh away…” These words from a Facebook post by former environment secretary Theresa Villiers, summed up the Conservative party’s abject acceptance of the cabinet purge by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Trump-style sacking and the induction of the new cabinet ministers, many of whom are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Post-Brexit, India will find itself being wooed more assiduously by the UK and the European Union. As Ranjan Mathai, former foreign secretary and former high commissioner to the UK, points out in an interview with StratNews Global Opinion Editor Ashwin Ahmad, the formal exit of the UK from the EU on January 31 […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Dominic Asquith, outgoing British high commissioner to India, hopes the Indian government will address concerns being expressed about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “I trust that it (the Indian government) will continue to address the concerns that have been expressed. But that is for the Indian government and Indian people,” he said. Asquith, who […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Europe seems to be at a crossroads today. The US pivot towards Asia has ensured that global geo-politics is slowly but surely being played towards the east of the world. This trend, exacerbated by growing tensions within the transatlantic alliance, and the fact that the 28-member organisation cannot seem to pull together on […]Read More
The competition for strategic space in the Indian Ocean could see China deploying an aircraft carrier with its complement of other vessels, in the coming years. That’s the assessment of the Indian Navy based on a close study of the pattern of China’s naval profile since 2008, when it first entered the Indian Ocean in force. […]Read More
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