News articles and essays on the Indian diplomacy at work around the world.
The Indian Prime Minister managed to insert a nine-point action-plan to deal with fugitive financial offenders. This was done by invoking the UN provisions on economic offenders, like the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), and UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC).
India will conduct an “India-Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX)” in Pune from March 18 to 27 next year, which will see the participation of over a dozen countries ranging from Tanzania and Kenya to Ghana and South Africa, said defence ministry sources on Wednesday.
Indian and Chinese soldiers, who are undertaking joint military drills in Chengdu, took some time off for extracurricular activities on Tuesday. While the debate on who among the two has stronger military can go on, it was Chinese troops who literally danced on Indian tunes to blow some steam off in the middle of the 7th round of their ‘Hand-in-Hand’ military drills.
The government on Wednesday said India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation and it made this assertion to Islamabad last month as well.
New Delhi: India and Russia on Monday reiterated the need to further enhance parliamentary diplomacy and encourage regular meetings between the elected representatives of their countries, a statement said. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday co-chaired the Fifth Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission with Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of Federal Assembly of Russia.
Azerbaijan and India will sign an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of customs, said Lieutenant-General of the Customs Service Safar Mehdiyev, the State Committee reported.
NEW DELHI: India pushes development agenda in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state where it is building mega connectivity projects as President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday handed over 50 houses in the Rohingya dominated province.
The joint declaration adopted at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh made no reference to the Kashmir issue, with commentators saying this trend that started some years ago reflected greater appreciation of India’s stand on the matter.
NEW DELHI: India Monday signed an ascension pact to the 30-member Trans Regional Maritime Network that will give it an access to the information on ships passing through the Indian Ocean Region.
New Delhi: India and Iceland discussed cooperation in geothermal energy among other areas during a bilateral meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson here on Saturday.
