PM Modi met President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Qingdao, where he invited the Chinese leader to India for a Wuhan-like informal summit next year. Jinping accepted the invitation.
An advertisement by the government of India on Sunday announced 10 positions at the joint secretary level for ‘talented and motivated’ professionals. Experts weigh in whether it will help.
Experts weigh in on Rajnath Singh's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, his promise to consider extending the Ramzan ceasefire and a possible engagement with the Hurriyat.
Experts weigh in on Rahul Gandhi's speech, in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh where he accused the Modi government of waiving Rs. 2.5 lakh crore in loans for top industrialists and not doing anything for the farmers.
The Supreme Court allowed the continuation of existing laws on SC/ST reservations in promotions in government jobs till a constitution bench rules on the same. Experts weigh in.
A manuscript of Reham Khan's forthcoming book about her experiences as a “mother, wife, journalist and warrior” has been allegedly leaked, causing a political storm. Experts weigh in.
Experts weigh in on the death of two BJP workers in Purulia, West Bengal. BJP members, including party president Amit Shah, have alleged that the two were murdered by workers of TMC.
For nearly 10 days now, there has been an acute water shortage in Shimla. On Thursday, almost a 100 protesters blocked the Shimla-Kalka national highway. Experts weigh in.
After staggering losses in Phulpur and Gorakhpur earlier this year, the BJP lost in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana bypoll despite Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s tight grip. Experts weigh in.
From banning IPL matches in Chennai to banning Rajinikanth's upcoming movie Kaala in Karnataka, protests over Cauvery water dispute are once again trying to draw people’s attention to a decades-old problem. Experts weigh in.
From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.
The announcement, made by JeM’s Maktab-ul-Rabita, or office for communication, comes 2 yrs after Pakistani officials claimed the militant was living under Taliban protection.
India and China are led by powerful, charismatic premiers, with political capital sufficient to forge a more mutually beneficial relationship, not unduly weighed down by the baggage of history. A slow build up of mutual trust dating from PM Rajiv Gandhi’s successful visit and, since 2000, a more swift enlargement of trade – although the imbalance of $ 63 billion is unsustainable and needs to be reduced substantially – was undone in the last few years, culminating in Dokalam, which was more symptom than disease. Both sides realised a reset was necessary. Some have spoken of the need to forge a new modus vivendi, one which honestly acknowledges how the power differential has widened in the last thirty years. 2. The quad / containment of China represents one school of thought. It may be the more realistic, hard headed, mindful of half a century of distrust, compounded by China’s all weather friendship with Pakistan. Lurking below the surface is the possibility of having to fight a two front war, when nuclear deterrence suggests that even a single front war would be unwelcome. At this stage of our economic development, it does not represent the best possible outcome for Indian diplomacy. 3. Relations between great powers are not crafted and refashioned in summits. The test of where the relationship is headed is not how many times the leaders have met. Today, OBOR / BRI is China’s signature initiative to stamp its imprint on infrastructure creation in Eurasia, with SCO and CPEC at its heart. For India to find a way to join this magnificent series of interconnected projects – with suitable caveats regarding our claim over PoK – would truly mean that a new synergy is being created between the two countries. 4. With or without President Trump, who mentioned India at the G 7 summit, a reset with the US was equally warranted. Important bilateral relationships with Russia, Iran, others were being affected by a monochromatic vision of foreign policy. That recalibration seems to be underway.
India and China are led by powerful, charismatic premiers, with political capital sufficient to forge a more mutually beneficial relationship, not unduly weighed down by the baggage of history. A slow build up of mutual trust dating from PM Rajiv Gandhi’s successful visit and, since 2000, a more swift enlargement of trade – although the imbalance of $ 63 billion is unsustainable and needs to be reduced substantially – was undone in the last few years, culminating in Dokalam, which was more symptom than disease. Both sides realised a reset was necessary. Some have spoken of the need to forge a new modus vivendi, one which honestly acknowledges how the power differential has widened in the last thirty years. 2. The quad / containment of China represents one school of thought. It may be the more realistic, hard headed, mindful of half a century of distrust, compounded by China’s all weather friendship with Pakistan. Lurking below the surface is the possibility of having to fight a two front war, when nuclear deterrence suggests that even a single front war would be unwelcome. At this stage of our economic development, it does not represent the best possible outcome for Indian diplomacy. 3. Relations between great powers are not crafted and refashioned in summits. The test of where the relationship is headed is not how many times the leaders have met. Today, OBOR / BRI is China’s signature initiative to stamp its imprint on infrastructure creation in Eurasia, with SCO and CPEC at its heart. For India to find a way to join this magnificent series of interconnected projects – with suitable caveats regarding our claim over PoK – would truly mean that a new synergy is being created between the two countries. 4. With or without President Trump, who mentioned India at the G 7 summit, a reset with the US was equally warranted. Important bilateral relationships with Russia, Iran, others were being affected by a monochromatic vision of foreign policy. That recalibration seems to be underway.