India-Africa partnership assumes critical importance for the global economy facing a slowdown; moderating trade and investment flows, growing trade protectionism and tightening financing conditions. The new dynamism of African economies has contributed to the continent emerging as one of the highly attractive global investment destination. India is committed to partner Africa…

China has placed the application for listing Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar under the United Nations Sanctions Committee 1267 under ‘technical hold’ for fourth time thwarting international efforts to categorise Azhar as a UN designated terrorist. France, the United States and United Kingdom had proposed the move, showing that India…

The much anticipated ‘Brexit’, i.e. Britain’s exit from the European Union, has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty. British parliamentarians have not only rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s existing “exit deal” with the EU but also turned down the option of going out without any deal with the Union. This…

Elections are the backbone of any democracy. All political institutions are directly or indirectly derived from elections. In that way to say that elections are tools to further democratic momentum in a country is not an exaggeration. In India, democratic roots will get further deepened with the country going to…

After the deadly terror attacks in Pulwama last month, hopes were high that China would not block India’s bid to designate the Jaish-E-Mohammed (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). However, the Chinese decision has come…

The 9th round of security and strategic dialogue between India and the United States was conducted amidst difficult issues waiting for resolution between the two countries. The US sanctions against Iran and Russia and the need to extend the waiver to India given by the Trump Administration, the US decision…

China for the fourth successive time blocked the move to designate Masood Azhar, the Pakistan based Chief of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) as a “UN designated terrorist”. The JeM outfit is responsible for the Pulwama terror attack in India’s Jammu and Kashmir; that killed more than 40 Indian policemen and led…

The Rashtriya Janata Party of Nepal’s (RJPN) announcement of withdrawal of support to the K.P. Sharma ‘Oli’ government is a clear sign of rising discontent among the people in the relatively calm and peaceful ‘Madhes’ region, bordering India. RJPN leadership has announced that they will go to the people and…

 The visit of Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir to New Delhi; close on the heels of the visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is significant given the current state of bilateral relations between India and Saudi Arabia. According to India’s Ministry of External Affairs, the…

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a seven phase election schedule for the constitution of the 17th Lok Sabha (House of People or the Lower House) of the Indian Parliament. The entire election process would be completed by the 29th of May 2019. The first phase of the…