India’s Dilemma over RCEP
Plans to finalise an Asia-wide trade deal at Asian Business & Economic Summit in Bangkok this weekend were uncertain after new demands raised by New Delhi in the negotiations to create the world’s largest...
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India, Germany signed agreements in AI, Space, Green mobility & Marine
German Chancellor Merkel is on a two-day visit to India. Merkel will hold extensive talks with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on further expanding overall bilateral ties. German Chancellor will be participating in...
India-China territorial diplomacy around the 1962 war
From the start, Indian and Chinese approaches to the territorial issue remained poles apart. While for Nehru the question of the territorial definition of India continued to be as an ex-colonial modern state and...
India and China engaged in a diplomatic war of words over Kashmir
New Delhi engaged in a diplomatic war of words with China over Kashmir on Thursday as it formally revoked the state’s constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories in a bid to...
Chinese Dragon at the Himalayan Kingdom: A Wakeup call for India?
During my month-long volunteering to Nepal in August 2019, the city of Kathmandu was still in ruins from the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake that adversely affected human lives, the economy, livelihood, development, and...
India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy | Book Review
India is an “unnatural nation”, according to Guha. “Because they are so many and so various, the people of India are also divided”, according to Guha. Guha writes that “the pages of this book...
How has China changed the Indo-Vietnam dynamics?
India and Vietnam’s age-old friendship goes way back to mid-1900s- the era of struggle for independence, the formation of the two nations and the cordial relationship that was shared between the founding fathers- President...
Democratic Accommodations: Minorities in Contemporary India | Book Review
Western countries have a long record of integrating migrant minorities into their societies and economies. Where would Silicon Valley be without tech entrepreneurs of Asian origin? Or the City of London without financiers from...
Indo-Japanese joint military exercise – Dharma Guardian 2019
The second edition of bilateral annual military exercise Dharma Guardian – 2019 between Indian and Japanese Army commenced on Saturday at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) Vairengte, Mizoram. The Japanese contingent is...
India’s “Achilles Heel” in Central Asia: Afghanistan?
Afghanistan, a kryptonite in India’s central Asia Policy, after decades of economic stagnancy, has started to stroll back on the path of development amidst the perennial impediments of insecurity, insurgency, and corruption. The establishment...
