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Sunday, August 16, 2026
TopicForeign policy

Topic: foreign policy

India has more friends, more choices at 79. Real test is to turn them into power

At 79, India’s real test is whether the expanding geometry of ties and choices can be converted into a greater regional influence and a stronger global voice.

Our foreign policy contradiction today—Modi is visible, India is not

Today’s diplomacy often appears oddly eager for approval, as if foreign policy is an influencer campaign for Modi measured in likes, shares, followers or viral clips.

Global media analyses Air India turbulence & India’s imports battle to protect the rupee

Bloomberg notes that market share war between Campa Cola, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo has created an unlikely winner: commercial refrigerators.

Balen Shah is changing Nepal’s foreign policy. He’s treating India, China as equals

For a landlocked country like Nepal, prioritising India and China has not been merely a question of diplomatic courtesy, but a matter of survival.

Our people should learn Persian, your people should learn our languages: Nehru in Iran

On 21 September 1959, PM Jawaharlal Nehru delivered an address at a public function organised by the Indo-Iranian Association in Tehran during his four-day visit to the country.

Not pro-anyone, pro-economy—Bangladesh PM-elect Tarique Rahman sends clear global signal

Rahman also emphasised the scale of the challenge ahead, asking the opposition to be responsible as well. On Hasina, he said the legal route will be followed.

Pakistan doesn’t want Norwegian diplomat to attend Imaan Mazari’s trial. It’s ‘unwarranted’

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday summoned the Norwegian ambassador Per Albert Ilsaas, urging him to “respect established diplomatic norms.”

India Foundation to launch School of Global Leadership. It’s a foreign policy programme

Instead of conventional coursework, the School of Global Leadership focuses on practical training. The school will be inaugurated on 16 December at ITC Maurya in New Delhi.

Trump’s new national security strategy: China a threat, India a critical partner, Europe in ‘decline’

The fresh strategy reconfirms Taiwan’s status quo and approval for the QUAD grouping of the US, Australia, India, and Japan.

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

On Camera

Indians with their love for pink will really enjoy Vilnius Pink Soup Fest: Lithuanian Ambassador

Ambassador Diana Mickevičienė shares what makes Lithuania special — from Vilnius’ cobbled lanes and literary plaques to pine forests, lakes and a deep connection with nature.

All aboard the ‘Reform Express’: PM Modi’s 2047 ride runs on seven tracks

'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.

Navy officer, who entered burning LPG tanker repeatedly to recover missing crew, awarded Shaurya Chakra

Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar was serving onboard INS Trikand when it was directed to assist Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker, while transiting through Houthi attack zone on 18 October, 2025.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman