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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: Foreign Secretary

Self-reliant India will automatically be more internationalist: Foreign Secretary Shringla

In a virtual address, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla also said Covid-19 pandemic has brought ‘new and uncertain dangers’ to the ‘dangerous world’ we live in.

Taranjit Singh Sandhu likely to be India’s next US envoy as Modi govt readies reshuffle plan

Modi govt has planned rejig of envoys, including MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar who is being considered as India’s next envoy to Singapore or Austria.

Shringla picked as foreign secretary shows Modi govt values experience more than seniority

Harsh Vardhan Shringla, a 1984-batch IFS officer, supersedes three seniors — Ruchi Ghanshyam of 1982 batch and 1983-batch officers Rajeev Chander and Amita Nair.

Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s Ambassador to US, set to be new foreign secretary

Harsh Shringla will take charge on 29 January 2020, a day after Vijay Gokhale's tenure as foreign secretary ends.

Increasing trade and combating terrorism the main takeaways from Day 1 of Modi-Xi summit

Modi & Xi had discussions for over 5 hours on first day of informal summit in Mamallapuram. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale called it ‘quality time’.

What IFS Jaishankar’s speeches reveal about Minister Jaishankar’s roadmap for India

Last year, S. Jaishankar said ‘history has lessons for an aspiring power: Leverage the dominant, collaborate with the convergent, and manage the competition’.

Ex-foreign secy S. Jaishankar makes surprise comeback as minister in Modi’s new govt

S. Jaishankar, who retired from the IFS last year, is known to be close to PM Modi, and hand-held him through the early days of his government in Delhi.

Ex-foreign secy Jaishankar joins Tata Group, cooling-off period waived on request

Former diplomat wrote to PM Modi requesting waiver of the cooling-off period, will now report directly to Tata Sons executive chairman N. Chandrasekaran.

New foreign secretary choice shows India will stand up to aggressive China

Vijay Gokhale belongs to a new generation of China experts in MEA which understands changes in Beijing and believes in a direct approach.

Mr Dixit, I presume

J.N. 'Mani' Dixit, India's former foreign secretary, was an expert on Sri Lanka, an accomplished diplomat and a public servant Delhi didn't deserve.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.