Appointment comes at a time when ties between New Delhi and Washington are witnessing multiple challenges. More so, Kwatra will take up posting during an election year in the US.
Ambassador positions in US & Philippines are lying vacant, while those serving in France & Sweden have exceeded their 3-yr-tenure. Permanent Representative of India to UN retired on 1 June.
Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited Long Island gurdwara on Gurpurab Monday, 'listened to Kirtan, spoke about Guru Nanak’s everlasting message of togetherness... partook langar, and sought blessings'.
The India-US partnership has been on a steady upward trajectory in recent years and enjoys strong bipartisan support, India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu said.
Security forces are successfully neutralising top Maoist leaders. The extremists are finally being rooted out through the determined efforts of the Indian government.
Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
In his new book, CDS emphasises that India secures itself through policy & structure, not a written NSS document. Israel never released a formal NSS, he mentions.
India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.
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