Politics
No easy way out of Canadian conundrum for India
September 25, 2023
A week is rather too long in politics, or so goes the old adage. The Indian diplomats have just been served a clear reminder of the saying. On September 10, India was literally and figuratively on top of the world, having successfully piloted a complex and heavily divided Summit ...
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India should use G20 to push climate justice &...
September 9, 2023
The crescendo of India’s year-long high-profile and even higher cost presidency of the G20 group of nations is finally here as leaders of the world’s most powerful gathering, outside of the United Nations, begins in New Delhi today. India and especially Prime Minister Narendr...
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Struck with collective policy paralysis, EU needs ...
July 26, 2023
Over the past three years or so, this vast economic, strategic and political power has been in a rather volatile state in terms of its domestic politics, its foreign policy and has been dealing with a struggling economy. The above description could fit China as well as the Europe...
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EICC warns EU against extension of GSP+ trade priv...
July 24, 2023
The leading Indo-European trade body, Brussels-based Europe-India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) has warned the European Union against granting extension to Pakistan for the GSP+ trade privilege that expires at the end of this year. According to a press statement by EICC, Sunil Prasa...
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Modi visit to Paris fails to address bilateral tra...
July 18, 2023
At the first look, the Indo-French relationship looks to be in the pinkest of health, with little need for anything to change as cooperation is flourishing in almost every sector of the economy and every aspect of social or people-to-people contact. The year 2023 marks 25 years s...
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World needs transformational diplomacy, not transa...
July 13, 2023
A mighty military parade would march down the Avenue de Champs Elysée, the most dignified avenue in France, while fighter jets would zoom past up in French skies to celebrate ‘Fête nationale française’ –French National Day on July 14. It is also called Bastille Day...
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Indian Ambassador to France talks to MIG on Prime ...
July 12, 2023
A whole host of bilateral and multilateral issues would be on the table when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with the French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on July 13, Jawed Ashraf, Ambassador of India to France, tells Media India Group. Ashraf adds the visit is of ...
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Modi’s Bastille Day visit to cement India-France...
July 8, 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Paris on July 14 to attend the Bastille Day Parade as the Guest of Honour at the Champs-Elysées. France celebrates this day as National Day marking the fall of the Bastille, a French prison on July 14, 1789, a key celebrative mo...
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Nahel killing puts spotlight on France that got le...
July 2, 2023
Large parts of France, including immediate suburbs of the capital Paris and many large towns, have been gripped by intense rioting for the past five days. The rioting, that began after French police shot dead at point blank a young man, has been unprecedented in scale, as buses, ...
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Modi visit to US: Time to institutionalise bilater...
June 17, 2023
On June 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his first State visit to the United States at the invitation of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The White House says that the State visit, the highest level of diplomatic reception, will boost the US and In...
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