The US and India has been caught up in a diplomatic row in recent days over the US arrest of Devyani Khobragade, Indias deputy consul general in New York, who was accused of visa fraud and abusing her Indian maid. Khobragade claimed she was...
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs decision not to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka has aroused a fierce debate in Indian political realm and drawn the worlds attention. Finally Singh confirmed that he wou...
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The signature of the Border Defense Cooperation Agreement between China and India was hailed by Indian media as the most significant and enduring diplomatic achievement since the birth of the US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement. During his rec...
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Indias upcoming general elections are of paramount importance this year, as many Indians are pinning their economic hopes on the outcome.When Indias new ambassador to China Ashok K. Kantha visited our institute, I questioned him bluntly whe...
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As the 6th largest world economy, Brazil has built strong economic ties with every corner of the world. Africa is not an exception. Under the leadership of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and president Dilma Rousseff Brazi...
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Currently, Sino-Indian border dispute became a focus of world mass media again. A “tent confrontation” between Chinese army and Indian army took place and has been continuing near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) for these days. From Indian...
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Unlike other parts of the Asia Pacific, the South Pacific never really attracted much attention because its small island states were regarded as quiet, sleepy backwaters, sparkling like pearls cast over the waters. Now, however, the situati...
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From the beginning of the 21st century, the rise of the emerging powers gears up the momentum of a new round of South-South cooperation. The establishment of the India-Africa Forum in 2008 shows that the cooperation mechanisms between India...
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The direct reason for Indias massive power cut last week, which blacked out swathes of the country for two days, is the countrys inadequate electric power and backward infrastructure. Indias power production in 2011 was 866.9 billion kilowa...
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Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations, recently completed a visit to Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders in the wake of the fatal raid on Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, a town near the...
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