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Indian PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President Joe Biden stood out in terms of optics and impact.

Modi’s US visit highlights bilateral ties, UNGA speech outlines governance vision

India Global Business Staff

30 Sep 2021

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who chaired the virtual meeting on August 24 in the UK’s role as current president of the Group of Seven, revealed that the leaders had agreed a “roadmap” for future engagement with the Taliban.

Afghanistan crisis: G7 leaders commit to working through G20

India Global Business Staff

25 Aug 2021

4 min read

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban, in Tianjin, China. The Taliban needs diplomatic recognition and funds which Beijing is capable of supplying and this could be potentially dangerous for balance of power in the region and globally.

Afghan crisis could potentially alter the balance of world power

India Global Business Staff

24 Aug 2021

3 min read

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab stressed the need for the UK to work with regional partners like India to safeguard regional stability.

India ‘very important’ for dealings in Afghanistan for Britain

India Global Business Staff

21 Aug 2021

4 min read

An artist in India paints a solidarity message for the people of Afghanistan. India has high stakes in Afghanistan, but with the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government New Delhi’s influence is under threat.

The Great Game in Afghanistan takes a turn for the worse

18 Aug 2021

5 min read

Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, arrives for Afghan peace talks in Doha, Qatar. The evacuation of foreign forces in Afghanistan has plunged the country into chaos. Decades of Indian investments now stand to be erased.

Billions in Indian investments now stand to be erased in Afghanistan

India Global Business Staff

13 Aug 2021

4 min read

Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa offers a floral tribute on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary in a ceremony held at Temple Trees, in Colombo last year. The Lankan premier is looking to build bridges with New Delhi and ensure that bilateral ties between the two nations are put on an even keel.

Sri Lanka applies the reset button with India

India Global Business Staff

04 Aug 2021

4 min read

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Afghan citizens shopping for food in Kabul. The Indian government has a lot riding on Afghanistan’s stability given that both nations had agreed to the 2011 India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement that had recommitted Indian assistance to help rebuild Afghanistan.

India's trade ties with Afghanistan set for robust growth

India Global Business Staff

03 Aug 2021

3 min read

Indian envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra congratulates newly appointed Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at his residence, in Kathmandu. The new Nepali PM assumed office after a series of political twists and turns which led to the exit of former PM KP Sharma Oli.

The Delhi-Kathmandu re-connection

India Global Business Staff

26 Jul 2021

4 min read

Reiterating the importance of ending the violence and bloodshed in Afghanistan, India assured Kabul of continued cooperation in strengthening regional and global consensus to achieve a political settlement in Afghanistan.

India wants Taliban to compromise on the basis of Doha, Istanbul and Moscow processes

15 Jul 2021

5 min read

India’s minister of external affairs Dr. S Jaishankar chairing the BRICS foreign minister’s meeting. The attendees gave their support for waiver of TRIPS agreement for Covid-19 related tools, technologies, medicines and most importantly vaccines during the discussions.

BRICS support for TRIPS waiver injects India with hope

India Global Business Staff

07 Jun 2021

4 min read

A protestor in Myanmar makes a three-finger salute during a civil disobedience gathering. A military sponsored coup on February 1, by junta, has thrown peace and stability into disarray and the tension shows no signs of abating.

India is walking the diplomatic tightrope with Myanmar

India Global Business Staff

22 May 2021

5 min read

KP Sharma Oli once again assumed Nepal’s prime ministerial office after suffering a no-confidence motion. It will be imperative for him to address his country’s issues with India.

Nepal’s PM Oli needs to ensure internal stability and reenergise ties with India

India Global Business Staff

14 May 2021

3 min read

Chinese citizens receive the vaccine against COVID-19 at a sports center in Fuyang, Anhui Province of China. The debate over the origins of the virus continues to swirl.

We don’t need a PR war with China over Covid-19, but we need to know the facts

14 May 2021

4 min read

Once upon a time…. Afghan youth and peace activists gather as they celebrate the reduction in violence, in Jalalabad last year. With the eventual exit of foreign forces the situation on the ground in Afghanistan has altered drastically.

India may have to go back to the drawing board on Afghanistan

India Global Business Staff

11 May 2021

4 min read

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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi speaks at the Quad Leaders’ Virtual Summit with Australian PM Scott Morrison. India, Australia and Japan have discussed the prospects of trade diversification, with the aim of reducing dependence on Chinese markets for finished goods and medical supplies during the pandemic.

India’s new supply chain bulwark with Australia and Japan takes off

India Global Business Staff

30 Apr 2021

3 min read

The 19th Indian-French Navy bilateral exercise ‘VARUNA-2021’ concluded on Tuesday. The coalition of democracies is not going to let its guard down against China.

The Indo-French naval exercises was designed to send a message to Beijing

29 Apr 2021

5 min read

The centre of power. A night-time illuminated view of South Bloc at Raisina Hill, New Delhi. India today conducts its foreign policy with a newfound self-assurance.

Jaishankar signals confident new foreign policy paradigm

India Global Business Staff

21 Apr 2021

4 min read

Poles apart. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary General of the Transatlantic Alliance NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in a joint news conference at NATO's headquarters in Brussels. Indian foreign minister Dr. S Jaishankar has refused to compare the Quad to NATO.

The Quad is not NATO asserts Jaishankar

India Global Business Staff

20 Apr 2021

4 min read

Indian PM Narendra Modi addressing the 17th Asean India virtual summit last year. India believes perceives the Indo-Pacific as a free, open and inclusive region as premised upon the centrality of ASEAN and the common pursuit of prosperity.

Why India needs ASEAN to succeed in its Indo-Pacific vision

India Global Business Staff

20 Apr 2021

4 min read

A friend in need. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during the signing of an MoU between India and Afghanistan, on the construction of Shahtoot dam near Kabul.

India is morally right in thought and action on the Afghan conundrum

Robin Chatterjee

17 Apr 2021

6 min read

‘WE STAND FOR RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY IN MYANMAR’: MEA

India’s stand on Myanmar is nuanced and serves to defend its own interests

08 Apr 2021

4 min read

BIMSTEC is now forging a path of its own. Has SAARC hit a dead end?

BIMSTEC is now forging a path of its own. Has SAARC hit a dead end?

India Global Business Staff

05 Apr 2021

5 min read

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Time is running out with the US' exit from Afghanistan

Time is running out with the US' exit from Afghanistan

India Global Business Staff

01 Apr 2021

7 min read

Navies of India, the United States, Japan, and Australia participating in the second phase of the 24th edition of the Malabar naval exercise, in the Arabian Sea. India and Japan have been expanding cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region with an aim to thwart China’s aggressive postures.

Japan's $2.11 billion infrastructure investment a boost for India

India Global Business Staff

31 Mar 2021

3 min read

Neighbourhood watch: India is checking China with a comprehensive foreign diplomacy

Neighbourhood watch: India is checking China with a comprehensive foreign diplomacy

31 Mar 2021

6 min read

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina release India-Bangladesh Friendship stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, in Dhaka.

Modi-Hasina propel Indo-Bangladesh ties to high

India Global Business Staff

29 Mar 2021

4 min read

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi with Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on the sidelines of 16th India-ASEAN Summit, in Bangkok. Vietnam is renowned for being quick to adapt to changes. Its recent free trade agreement with the European Union which saw the latter lift 85 percent of its tariffs on Vietnamese goods, is a case in point.

The India-Vietnam story – are they allies or competitors?

India Global Business Staff

15 Mar 2021

5 min read

The Maitri Setu, a1.9 km bridge fully funded by India, is the fastest land route to connect India's landlocked Northeast region to Chittagong port in Bangladesh.

Never a bridge too far: India unveils new trade corridor for Northeast

India Global Business Staff

11 Mar 2021

3 min read

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