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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicNeighbourhood First Policy

Topic: Neighbourhood First Policy

India must ‘underwrite’ infra projects in neighbourhood to ensure stable ties in long term—Jaishankar

India’s growing role in funding such projects gives it baseline for cooperation with neighbours, the EAM said, amidst looming shadow of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

India must balance Trump’s America First policy with Delhi’s Neighbourhood First

India must eschew the temptation of military solutions to regional problems, instead focus on economic agreements, diplomatic engagements and our soft power to advance our interests.

India’s cross-border railway network must reflect its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy

India’s emphasis on developing railway connections with neighbouring countries is driven by the need to respond to China’s expanding railway infrastructure in the region.

5 successes & failures of India’s Neighbourhood First policy—and how govt can energise it

Only if we have a secure and stable regional environment can India achieve its aim of a ‘Viksit Bharat’—Neighbourhood First in letter and spirit.

China has changed the equation for India’s neighbours. New Delhi can’t neglect them anymore

It's hardly surprising that Maldives has played the China card. This is the kind of self-interested behaviour that India frequently invokes with Russia or Iran.

Neglected child Manipur crying for help from double-engine govt that laid ‘strong foundation’

India has callously moved on from brutalities in Manipur, consumed by moon landings and sports medals. The 'strong foundation' laid by PM Modi with such fanfare is now deeply cracked.

India to grant Nepal access to two key ports in Gujarat & Odisha under trade, transit treaties

The move is expected to come into effect from 2023 as the two countries plan to upgrade their trade, transit ties, even as Nepal seeks greater access to Indian markets for tea, spices.

Modi said Neighbourhood First. Sri Lanka crisis is India’s chance to prove it

To beat China’s influence, India needs to put South Asia first. And that includes Pakistan.

Pakistan will be kept afloat as no country wants a ‘nuclear Somalia’, says ex-envoy Vivek Katju

The former Indian ambassador said that the country ‘has always been beyond its means’, and the economic crisis it is facing is ‘nothing unusual’.

India to boost connectivity with Bangladesh & Nepal with new rail links, says foreign secy

Harsh Vardhan Shringla said Wednesday that the neighbourhood is a priority for India, and it works closely with all neighbours, ‘except Pakistan’.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.