News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
The call was made in a joint statement issued after external affairs minister S Jaishankar chaired a customary meeting of foreign ministers of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) grouping via video conference. The other delegations were led by Brazil’s vice-minister for national sovereignty Fabio Marzano and South Africa’s minister of international relations Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor.
The United Kingdom authorities have returned 15th-century idols of Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman to India, confirmed Minister of Culture Prahlad Singh Patel on Tuesday.
A Customized My Stamp on India’s First Anti Satellite Missile (A-SAT) launch was released by Department of Posts on the occasion of Engineers Day today in the august presence of Shri AjitDoval, National Security Advisor (NSA).
Indian Army Chief MM Naravane and Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), Chief of Staff General, Goro Yuasa, on Monday, had a telephonic discussion during which they agreed to advance defence cooperation and exchanges between the two countries to realise a free and open India -Pacific region.
The tone and tenor of India’s straightforward assertions and the fact that India has as of now a strong strategic edge have made the Chinese aware of India’s resilience under the new dispensation. Under Manmohan Singh ‘s ten-year legislative dispensation, the Chinese had also managed to get the Congress party to agree to a bilateral deal with the Communist Party of China, which gave the latter an advantageous relationship with India. Now, under Modi’s dispensation, things are different.
In a significant victory, India got elected as Member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the principal global body focussed on gender equality and women empowerment, beating China in a hotly-contested election.
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Due to Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the entire artist community faced a financial crisis and lost their means of livelihood. To help these artists, the Ministry of Culture ensured speedy and timely release of the grants to the artists under the following various Central Sector Schemes:
The thing that scares the CCP even more than a country pushing back on multiple fronts, is countries banding together to multiply their ability to push back.
India and the US on Friday held a bilateral 2+2 inter-sessional meeting at the official level during which the two sides exchanged views about regional developments and agreed to pursue their quest for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
India’s “strong and sustained” response to China’s aggressiveness and refusal to stand down on its Eastern borders despite facing tough domestic situations, has elicited praise from diplomats posted in India who feel that this confrontation, which is in its fifth month, has enhanced greatly India’s image as a “strong” country.
