NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point’, from Washington, D.C., Seema Sirohi, Columnist, ‘The Economic Times’ and Dr Tanvi Madan, Director, India Project and Senior Fellow, International Order & Strategy at the Brookings Institution and Author, ‘Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped U.S.-India Relations During the Cold War’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India is poised to scale its audacious plan to reimagine digital commerce through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). It seeks to hit the reset on digital commerce, similar to the manner in which the open protocol Unified Payments Interface (UPI) completely upended the payments business by allowing for inter-operability—wherein we can […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘The Gist’, Yoichiro Sato, Professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Japan, U.S., Indo-Pacific Foreign and Security Policy Analyst in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Professor Sato discusses the state funeral for former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his legacy especially in foreign and security policy after his […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There’s much to learn from the conflict in Ukraine and, as a Navy, we are seized of the matter, says Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar. Speaking to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi at the India Defence Conclave 2022 hosted by Bharat Shakti, the Admiral said the force isn’t hard-pressed as of […]Read More
Due to the severity of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and the lack of household finances, there has been an increase in the number of children being admitted by their families to children’s homes in the Northern Province. Statistical data provided by the Child Care and Probation Department of the Northern Province has revealed that as […]Read More
COLOMBO: The geopolitics of the Indian Ocean is completely different from that of the Pacific, says Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. In an exclusive interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, he said both areas need to be dealt with separately. He also spoke on a range of issues, including the current state of the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The latest round of disengagement involving Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh notwithstanding, two more friction points still remain, says Army Chief General Manoj Pande. In a free-wheeling conversation at Bharat Shakti-hosted India Defence Conclave 2022 with founder and Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, General Pande […]Read More
Ten consecutive nights of mass protests in Iran, ostensibly against the compulsory wearing of the hijab for women but underscoring the reality that this is a regime out of touch with its young. Deaths so far, 41 according to the Iranian authorities, human rights groups say it’s 57 and mounting. The judiciary has warned of […]Read More
When it comes to looking into calls for a system change in the country, it is crucial to understand that the kind of corruption that is being protested against is not simply people breaking the law or finding loopholes to evade the law, but that in Sri Lanka, the rules themselves have been designed and […]Read More
COLOMBO: Allowing a Chinese research vessel to dock at Hambantota last month was a difficult decision, admits Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. In an exclusive interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, he said the decision to allow the ship was taken while Gotabaya Rajapaksa was President and that his government found no grounds […]Read More
5G is now the new talking point in India. Earlier dismissed as just an idea, the government’s first auction of 5G spectrum having concluded in August this year suggests that India could soon be at par with the rest of the world as far as the internet is concerned. The auctions which generated Rs 1.5 […]Read More
SAMARKAND: The SCO summit in Samarkand was a Made for Uzbekistan event, designed to showcase its natural beauty, magnificent and perfectly preserved historical monuments and organisational (read government) competence and efficiency in carrying through a successful world summit. But in a move perhaps harking back to Soviet times, access to Samarkand was tightly controlled for the […]Read More
Russia was not unduly bothered by Prime Minister Modi’s remarks to President Putin at the recent SCO summit, about this not being the era of war, said Denis Alipov, Moscow’s ambassador to India. At a media briefing, he said the remarks had been deliberately pulled out of context by the West. “There is nothing new […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The latest round of disengagement involving Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh notwithstanding, two more friction points still remain, says Army Chief General Manoj Pande. In a free-wheeling chat at the India Defence Conclave 2022 with founder and editor-in-chief of Bharat Shakti Nitin A. Gokhale, Gen. […]Read More
SAMARKAND: The recently concluded heads of state summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan presents India many opportunities: the question is can it capitalise on them? The question is very valid. India is a relative late comer to this region, waking up about a decade ago with the focus on connectivity and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have exacerbated an already disruptive world order, says former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale. The former career diplomat told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale on ‘The Gist’ that India has managed the twin crises better than most countries and is on course to developing its economy, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The latest round of disengagement at PP-15 in the Gogra-Hot Springs area along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh has triggered differing opinions among analysts and in the social media. While some back the move, calling it pragmatic, there are others who are critical of the government, claiming that the […]Read More
SAMARKAND: The United States has been dragging it feet for months now with regard to renegotiating the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, says Seyed Mohammad Marandi, adviser to Iran’s nuclear negotiating team. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor Surya Gangadharan during the SCO heads of state summit here, he said Iran wants to get full benefits […]Read More
SAMARKAND: The summit of the heads of state of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan has ended and the rotating presidency of the bloc has been handed over to India which will host the gathering next year. Addressing the summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the import of land connectivity to Central Asia and, without […]Read More
Samarkand was once a great centre of Buddhism and Sanskrit learning. It lay on the trade route from India via Bactria (Balkh) in today’s northern Afghanistan and Termez, a border city in Uzbekistan. Both Bactria and Termez had flourishing Buddhist monasteries. Bactria had the honour to construct the very first Buddhist stupa during the life […]Read More
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