INS Sahyadri is the third ship of the indigenously designed and built Project-17 class multirole stealth frigates and is commanded by Capt. Rajan Kapoor while INS Kolkata is the first ship of the indigenously designed and built Project-15A class destroyers and is commanded by Capt. Sharad Sinsunwal. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With increasing focus … Read more
Gujarat Titans batters Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India registers highest proportional increase of new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia: WHO The highest proportional increase of new COVID cases … Read more
Talks between India and Australia on an interim trade deal are at an advanced stage and could be concluded this week, according to people in the know. An agreement could potentially bolster India’s economic forays in the Indo-Pacific region through wider market access. Last year in October, the two countries had set the target of … Read more
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday called for a services trade agreement among friendly nations of the Indo-Pacific region aimed at liberalising domestic regulations and building capacity in sectors like e-commerce and IT enabled services. “Given the prospects of services trade, an Indo-Pacific wide services trade agreement should also be considered amongst friendly … Read more
The Quad will play an important role for the concept of mission assurance. By Kazuto Suzuki, On March 12, the leaders of Quad – Japan, US, India and Australia – met for the first summit meeting. Although the Quad is not based on treaty or legally binding documents, it existed since 2006 as a framework … Read more
With the Quad focusing on the Vaccine Initiative, it will help in fostering quick global economic recovery which has been impacted due to the global shut down in 2020 due to the COVID-19. (Representational image: IE) Post COVID-19, in the first ever Leaders summit of the Quad taking place virtually, the focus will be increasing … Read more
MOSCOW: India’s relationship with China is “complex” and the two countries cannot have a “normal” bilateral relationship if there is “transgression” in the border areas, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said here on Wednesday. Addressing a meeting hosted by the Diplomatic Academy of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shringla also said that the relationship between … Read more
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday displayed solidarity with France and deplored personal attacks on President Emmanuel Macron by terming it as ‘violation of the most basic standards of international discourse’. “We strongly deplore the personal attacks in unacceptable language on President Emmanuel Macron in violation of the most basic standards of international discourse,” MEA asserted … Read more
NEW DELHI: Following the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meet in Tokyo on October 6, India and the United States will step up bilateral engagements, including a key face-to-face ministerial meet this month to strengthen its partnership in the Indo-Pacific region amid tensions along the Line of Actual Control with China. The Quad meet will be followed … Read more