In a nation, where the state decides what movies its population can see, celluloid serves as a powerful tool for the CCP to mould and mobilise young minds.
India continues to harbour the illusion that more partners are better than deeper partnerships. This makes creating a regional balance against China more difficult.
After India-Russia 2+2 talks, there will be four countries with which India will have a similar format of dialogue involving the foreign as well as defence ministers from both sides.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the Quad has been insinuating China with the so-called 'rules-based order' and driving a wedge between Beijing and regional countries.
The leaders of the Quad countries are also planning to roll out vaccine deliverables and announce measures in the field of healthcare and infrastructure sector, officials said.
The exercise, Sea Dragon 2021, began in Guam earlier this month and will continue till 28 January. Along with India, Japan, US & Australia, Canada is also participating.
The foreign ministers meeting of the Quad countries next month is expected to give a major signal to China as it has been created to counter Beijing’s growing military adventurism.
Gen. Bipin Rawat is the first military chief to speak on India-US-Japan-Australia quadrilateral approach, says India needs support on ‘assertive China’
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
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.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
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.
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