With Myanmar’s ruling junta continuing to lose ground to the most powerful rebel group, Arakan Army, in the Rakhine and Chin states, both sharing boundaries with India, officials from several neighbouring countries recently held consultations with the representatives of the military regime in Bangkok. According to reports, Arakan Army captured the military regime’s western command … Read more
New Delhi: The US under Donald Trump will likely add “transactionalism” to its ties with India, while continuing to look to New Delhi as a strategic partner in its escalating rivalry with Beijing, said David Bach, president of IMD Business School. In an interview to ET, Bach, a renowned political economy expert, said: “With Trump, … Read more
Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s participation in the sixth Quad Leaders’ Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. on September 21, 2024 has raised further hopes of consolidating security cooperation among the “four leading maritime democracies in the Indo-Pacific”. Nevertheless, it was India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval’s trip to Russia in early September for the BRICS … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singhsaid talks between India and China are going smoothly and India will never bow down. | Photo Credit: X/@BJP4Gujarat Talks with China going on smoothly, India will never bow down: Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said talks between India and China are going smoothly and in a good environment, and India … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a review meeting for preparedness for a heat wave-related situation, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI PM Modi chairs meet to review preparedness for heat wave conditions Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed India’s heat preparedness plans with senior officials on Thursday. The India Meteorological Department … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters It is almost certain that Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to skip the G20 summit in India next week and Premier Li Qiang is set to represent China at the conclave, people familiar with the development said on September 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin has already … Read more
Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar The last remaining Chinese reporter in India has been effectively expelled after having been denied a visa extension earlier this month. The reporter, from China’s official Xinhua news agency, left New Delhi around one week ago, according to people familiar with the development. … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ meeting, in Goa, India on Thursday, May 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The situation along the India-China border is “generally stable” and both sides should “draw lessons from history”, … Read more
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu at a meeting in Moscow. | Photo Credit: AFP India will host Defence Ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) grouping, including China’s Li Shangfu and Russia’s Sergei Shoigu, later this week, India’s Ministry of Defence said on April 25. While Pakistan Defence Minister … Read more
A bipartisan resolution was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, pushing back against Beijing’s military aggression to change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control. The resolution condemns additional Chinese provocations, including China’s use of military force to change the status quo … Read more