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‘Dangerous anti-democratic shift’—former diplomat Shyam Saran issues warning at book launch

At the launch of his book, Democracy’s Heartland, former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said he attempts to highlight why the Indian subcontinent matters.

India’s climate diplomacy moved from ‘can’t say yes’ to ‘can’t say no’ in a decade

The Delhi launch of ‘Tracks to Transition: India’s Global Climate Strategy ’, a new report by the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, saw diplomats decode India’s climate initiatives.

India-China row ‘not set in stone’, economic asymmetry among Galwan triggers, says Shyam Saran

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran was speaking about his new book at a webinar hosted by Institute of Chinese Studies in New Delhi.

If India contests China’s Asian dominance, there will be no let-up in tensions: Shyam Saran

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says that as long as the power gap between India & China expands, it will be difficult to change the ‘strategic calculus’ driving Beijing’s policies today.

Indian response in Ladakh quite substantial compared to Doklam, Shyam Saran says

In an interview, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says re-engaging with Pakistan without giving up India’s interests may help in avoiding a 'two-front war-like' situation.

A former foreign secretary explains how Narendra Modi can fill the ‘world leader’ void

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says despite the recognition Prime Minister Modi has received, there’s more that needs to be done.

Modi not quite sure how he should deal with Donald Trump: Ex-foreign secretary Shyam Saran

Saran says, PM has more confidence in personal diplomacy over more traditional methods, but is facing a challenge when it comes to Trump.

Shyam Saran’s book is an insight into the compulsions and motivations in our foreign policy

The book “How India Sees The World” traces the roots of Indian quest for multipolarity in and strategic autonomy to Kautilya and Kamandaki.

Doklam proves China is biggest diplomatic challenge for India: Shyam Saran

Ex-foreign secretary Shyam Saran says just like in Doklam, the Chinese use small but incremental moves to exert power, and the dilemma is when...

Indians should remember their non-violent traditions – the Dalai Lama

Speakers at the launch of Arun Shourie’s new book said looking at our past and the lives of Indian mystics, whose lives were inextricably linked to religion yet so removed from the bigotry that vitiates religion today, can be extremely enlightening. SANYA DHINGRA

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.