New Delhi: The budget has set aside Rs. 200 crore as aid to Bangladesh, the same as last year (see table below). This may appear odd given that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina faces an election towards the end of the year, and in that sense, India as a staunch supporter should have increased aid. It […]Read More

NEW DELHI: India has ceded ground to the Chinese in Ladakh in the last few years, says Lt. Gen. Rakesh Sharma (Retd), who commanded a corps there. But in this conversation on The Gist, he pointed that even the Chinese no longer have access to territory on our side of the LAC. Gen. Sharma believes […]Read More

As part of the rapidly growing strategic relationship, India and the United States held the inaugural meeting on closer cooperation on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in Washington January 31. According to a White House release, the meeting between the two high-level delegations, led by Indian and US National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Jacob […]Read More

New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point‘, Ambassador Navdeep Suri, Former India Envoy to Egypt, the UAE in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Suri discusses the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s second State Visit to India, his being the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day, meetings with […]Read More

NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Former Permanent Representative to the UN, Dean, Kautilya School of Public Policy and Author, ‘India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win‘ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Akbaruddin discusses the UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions […]Read More
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