The Union government is planning to conduct a feasibility study for the Rs 23,000 crore road connectivity between India and Sri Lanka, which the centre is proposing. Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari today said that the Government is considering to …
Done with Central Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s next diplomatic push is going to be in the Middle East. Attempting a delicate balancing act, Modi will visit Saudi Arabia and UAE before he visits Israel early next year. Modi is also likely to visit Iran …
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has asked India to invest in infrastructure projects worth $8 billion, including an expanded role in developing a strategic port that will open up access to Central Asia, Iran’s envoy to New Delhi said on Friday. The port of Chabahar in …
Money is what fuels any organization, whether its purpose is building homes, selling goods – or conducting horrific violent acts. A terror organization, just like any legitimate business, needs capital to survive. Quick cash is used to finance general activities, pay salaries for activists, develop training camps, …
If prime minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy were to be measured on a compass, the pointer towards the northern direction had until recently been looking empty. But this deficit has now been filled. After ‘Act East’, ‘Link West’ and proactive Indian Ocean diplomacy to the …
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted regional leaders at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on July 10, a second day of meetings meant to show the West that Moscow has friends and influence elsewhere at a time when ties with the United States …
Defectors from Defectors from a homegrown jihadist insurgency in the Caucasus are now on Team Caliphate. Here’s what that means. At the same time as bombs rain down on the Islamic State, and it grapples with tactical setbacks in Syria and solidifying their hold in Iraq, …
U.S. President Barack Obama says the fight against Islamic State radicals will be long, hard-fought and require more than American military might to win. “This will not be quick. This is a long-term campaign,” the president said Monday during a rare visit to the Pentagon, …
Recently released emails from Hillary Clinton’s time during her first year as US Secretary of State contain several messages on Sri Lanka which were sent during the last months of the armed conflict. An email sent on May 4, 2009 seemed to suggest that the …
US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has accused China of stealing commercial secrets and government information. She accused China of “trying to hack into everything that doesn’t move in America”, and urged vigilance. US officials had named China as the chief suspect in the massive hack of …