BRICS meet likely in June, India to attend China-hosted ev...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Brazil Pre...
New Delhi non-committal on funding curbs on U.K. NGOs
Oxfam India is one the country’s largest NGOs that works on food, clothing, shelter and medical projects. File | Photo Credit: AP
Indi...
Deuba government faces challenge over American deadline on...
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. File | Photo Credit: AFP
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s government is facing a...
India announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olymp...
February 4, 2022
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Chinese media reports identified Qi Fabao (second from left), a PLA regiment commander who received military honours for the Galwan clashes, as one...
Recognise ‘Hinduphobia’ and violence against Buddhists, Si...
January 21, 2022
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By: Suhasini Haidar
India's Permanent Representative to the UN, T.S. Tirumurti speaking at the UNSC, in New York. File | Photo Credit: PTI
Calling for th...
Shringla to visit Myanmar, in first outreach to military r...
December 22, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla | Photo Credit: Srikrishnan P.C.
To discuss security concerns, humanitarian aid and democracy moves...
S-400 is symbol of Indian sovereignty, hope to complete na...
December 13, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
File photo of Russian S-400 defence missile systems. | Photo Credit: AP
The S-400 missile system deal is a symbol of the st...
The Kashmir outreach and the Afghan storm
June 25, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Two years after its dramatic decision to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the Government appears to be rethinking some of the objectives it ann...
Doval, Pak. NSA to attend SCO summit in Dushanbe next week
June 21, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is expected to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan next week, which...
India, Russia diverge on Indo-Pacific strategy
April 15, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
India and Russia are “committed” to completing their contract for the S-400 missile system, due to be delivered to India at the end of the...
India not part of Russian meet on Afghanistan
March 11, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. File Photo | Photo Credit: AP
Expanded ‘Troika’ includes U.S., Chi...
Bhutan conspiracy trial to begin this week
March 3, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
As a Thimphu court prepares for the opening of a trial against three prominent officials accused of plotting to topple and take over top jobs in the S...
Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit India for BRICS sum...
China’s President Xi Jinping may travel to India in the second half of this year to attend the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa...
Afghanistan raises ‘delay’ in India’s acceptance of envoy
January 14, 2021
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By: Suhasini Haidar
More than three months after Afghanistan announced its next Ambassador to India, New Delhi has yet to grant its “Agrément” or accep...
Modi-Hasina summit to highlight infrastructure, connectivi...
PM Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu
Connectivity projects including the resurrection...
Bhutan establishes formal ties with Germany
November 27, 2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Bhutan announced on Wednesday that it had established diplomatic relations with Germany, increasing the restricted number of capitals that Thimphu has...
Nobel nomination is recognition for Afghan women fighting...
October 6, 2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Fawzia Koofi.
Afghanistan’s first woman Deputy Speaker in Parliament Fawzia Koofi talks about being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, ne...
Divergences remain between India and China despite 5-point...
September 12, 2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
The five points agreed by India and China to reduce tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) are a template of the “principles of disenga...
Bhutan will discuss all disputed areas with China
July 23, 2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
China’s Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou (left) visits Bhutan in 2018
A day after China repeated its claims over Eastern Bhutan, Bhutan i...
Iran drops India from Chabahar rail project
July 14, 2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Four years after India and Iran signed an agreement to construct a rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the border with Afghanistan, the Ira...
India, Bhutan sign pact for first joint venture hydropower...
June 30, 2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
The 600 MW Kholongchhu project
India and Bhutan took a major step forward for the construction of the 600 MW Kholongchhu project, their first hy...