NEW DELHI: Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck begins his three-day official visit to India on Monday, in keeping with the long-standing tradition of regular high-level exchanges between the two countries, as the External Affairs Ministry put it. The royal was last here in September 2022. Also, the past six months, the last week in […]Read More
DHAKA: Both Bangladesh and India are embarrassed over the immense delay towards a sustainable solution to sharing of the trans-boundary Teesta river, which remains a bone of contention between the two closest neighbours. This week Bangladesh raised fresh concern with New Delhi, after an Indian newspaper, The Telegraph, reported that West Bengal government has plans […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The recent instance of violence between the police and a group of people protesting against an Ahmadiyya community event that left 2 dead and at least 50 others, including policemen, injured, is only the latest in the slew of extremist violence targeting minorities in Bangladesh in the last decade. Throughout 2014-15, members of […]Read More
“President Solih Will Win Another Term; Opposition Has No Concrete Policy, Only ‘India Out’ Slogan'”
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, Abdulla Shahid, the Foreign Minister of the Maldives and President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly Session in 2022 in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. “Maldives-India relations have never been better,” Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid says “commitments are being met by action”. On Indian financial […]Read More
New Delhi: Bangladesh and India remain good friends despite irritants like the unresolved Teesta waters issue, illegal migration and so on, says Syed Badrul Ahsan, well known journalist and commentator from Dhaka. Answering questions on The Gist, Ahsan acknowledges that while the Modi government at the centre wants to settle the Teesta issue, it is […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘The Gist‘, Ambassador Pankaj Saran, India’s Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Ex- Envoy to Bangladesh in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Saran says “China has been pursuing a fairly aggressive stance, vis-a-vis all our neighbors, particularly those which are contiguous to us. Sometimes, it is quite […]Read More
KABUL: Zahrah Nabi, an Afghan journalist, speaks to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi in Kabul. SNG’s reports in Afghanistan have been filmed by Video Journalist Rohit Pandita.Read More
Kabul: Not only did Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan give his first in-person interview in Kabul with an Indian media platform to StratNews Global, he also had a message in chaste urdu in this conversation with Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. SNG’s reports in Afghanistan have been […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, N. Sathiya Moorthy, Policy Analyst & Commentator and Dr Gulbin Sultana Associate Fellow, South Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses(MP-IDSA) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel discusses Maldives President Ibrahim Solih’s third visit to India since he was elected in 2018, Malé’s ‘India First’ and Delhi’s ‘Neighbourhood […]Read More
Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih’s visit to India struck all the right notes, with a commitment by India for a $100 million line of credit, continued support for the $500 million Greater Male Connectivity Project and closer coordination in defence and security. “It includes capacity building and training support for Maldivian security officials,” Prime Minister Modi […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘The Gist‘, Ambassador Vivek Katju, India’s Former Envoy To Afghanistan and Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Katju discusses the Tashkent International Conference on ‘Afghanistan: Security and Economic Development‘. India and more than 20 countries and international organisations are taking part. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Dr Avinash Paliwal, Associate Professor in International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), University of London, Deputy Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute and Author, ‘My Enemy’s Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, India’s Former Envoy to Afghanistan in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The former Envoy discusses India’s first publicly announced Kabul meetings with the Taliban since it re-took Afghanistan on August 15th last year. “It was a matter of time before some level of official engagement took […]Read More
NEW DELHI: After months of secret, back-channel contacts both in Kabul and Doha, India on Thursday publicly acknowledged that it has sent a team of diplomats to Kabul to “oversee delivery operations of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan” and “meet senior members of the Taliban”. . An official delegation led by Joint Secretary (in charge of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: N. Sathiya Moorthy, Distinguished Fellow and Head of the Chennai Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Mr Moorthy discusses the 5th NSA-level Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) meeting hosted by the Maldives with Sri Lanka, India, Mauritius, Bangladesh and the Seychelles, India’s NSA Ajit […]Read More
New Delhi: Security czars of India, Russia, Iran and the five Central Asian states have ended their confabulations in Delhi. The Delhi Declaration issued after their deliberations is a comprehensive though familiar document. It restated their concerns about Afghanistan, terrorism and extremism, drugs trafficking and the demand for an inclusive government in that country. In […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Terrorism and the threat of radicalisation remain major threats to nations in the Indo-Pacific, Maldives Defence Minister Mariya Didi said at a virtual address during the Defence Conclave organised by BharatShakti web portal in Delhi. “Whether it has been the Christchurch attack, the Easter Sunday bombing in Sri Lanka or the terror attack […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The ball for this piece was set rolling during a conversation with Nandan Unnikrishnan of the Observer Research Foundation. As he pointed out, despite having three consulates in three key cities of Afghanistan (apart from of course the embassy in Kabul), India appeared to have no idea that the Ghani government would collapse […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Helen Clark, three-term Prime Minister of New Zealand, two-term Administrator, United Nations Development Programme in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The global leader discusses what the UN, international community and individual countries can and should do in dealing with the reality of a Taliban government in Afghanistan, the ongoing […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Taliban’s takeover has effectively trampled a fledgling democracy and freedoms that Afghans enjoyed and brought back fears of a descent into the pre-2001 days. Fearing for their lives, people are withdrawing from platforms/practices the Taliban loathe based on their own interpretation of the Islamic law. A fatigued war-torn nation may well degenerate […]Read More
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