NEW DELHI: Nearly 10 days after National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval’s hour-long one-on-one meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the buzz in strategic circles, both in India and across the globe, about that rare event refuses to ebb because Putin normally doesn’t meet anyone other than Heads of State. In the wake […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The proliferation of digital technologies has forced an amazing and profound makeover of India’s financial services landscape. India Post joined this transformation in 2018 with the launch of the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). The idea was to leverage the humongous network comprising of 1.55 lakh post offices and around 3 lakh postal […]Read More
The earthquake could not have come at a worse time for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Elections are due in May and the economy is in deep trouble with inflation estimated at around 58% and a wide budget deficit. Yet, he has no choice but to spend more, especially in the 10 provinces hit by […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, from Abu Dhabi, Ambassador Sunjay Sudhir, India’s Envoy to the UAE in this #exclusiveinterview with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Sunjay Sudhir reviews the opportunities and challenges post the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed in February 2022 after just 88 days of negotiation and which […]Read More
NEW DELHI: This year’s Union Budget—the 10th in a row from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance and the fifth for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman—marked a break from the past. Despite the imminent general election next year, FM Sitharaman passed on the opportunity to be populist. Instead, she served up a 25-year growth […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resultant destabilization of the international economic order has hit India hard. Yet India continues to see Russia as a pole in the world order, chiefly because it is the one power that can check China’s rise in Asia. In this conversation on The Gist, Pankaj Saran, former […]Read More
Quiet US Approval Of India Buying Russian Oil? Despite all the noise from Washington, some senior Indian diplomats insist that New Delhi is receiving little to no American blowback for buying Russian oil. The reason is simple: India is stabilising the global oil market. Currently Delhi and Beijing are buying Russian oil at lowered prices […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Ambassador (Dr) Mohan Kumar, Former India Envoy to France, and Dean & Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Mohan Kumar discusses the increased foreign policy focus on minilateral and plurilaterals, India, France and the UAE “establishing a formal trilateral cooperation […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s notice to Pakistan about modifying the six decades old Indus Waters Treaty underscores the view that Islamabad has played spoiler, continually seeking to delay and frustrate Delhi’s legitimate rights under the treaty, says Uttam Kumar Sinha, a specialist on river waters and a senior fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies & […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Ambassador Arun K. Singh, Former India Envoy to the U.S., France, Member, National Security Advisory Board(2021-22), Non Resident Senior Fellow, Carnegie India in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Arun Singh discusses National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s meetings in the U.S. with his counterpart Jake Sullivan, […]Read More
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
NEW DELHI: It took about four weeks to organise the virtual Voice of the Global South Summit and despite Christmas and the New Year holidays, leaders from 125 nations including heads of state and foreign ministers, took part. That does say something about India’s powers of persuasion and while the tendency would be to credit […]Read More
The government’s plans to revamp the central vista and then build India’s new Parliament building are just part of a series of mega urban projects scheduled through the year. Urban Development Minister Hardeep Puri states that the large-scale acceptance of the projects by the public, despite some voices of criticism, shows that Indians are embracing […]Read More
Prime Minister Modi signed off on the Voice of the Global South virtual summit on Friday, promising help to “any developing country affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crises” under the newly launched ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project, and proposed a novel science technology initiative for the Global South that India would drive. “I am happy to […]Read More
India is planning a massive expansion of green hydrogen production to curb its dependence on energy imports and wean the economy off fossil fuels. According to Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Puri who dubs green hydrogen as the “fuel of the future”, while the government will not shirk its responsibility of acquiring and providing […]Read More
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for reform of the international order to better reflect the voices of those nations hit hard by the current international crisis. Speaking at the inaugural head-of-state session at the two-day virtual summit entitled “Voice of Global South Summit”, Modi said “In the 20th century, developed countries were the […]Read More
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