After a recent conference held centered around Chinese and Indian political relations, the United States has responded…maybe? Trump Jr. is visiting India for a week, but as a private citizen, mainly on business selling real-estate throughout the state. However, Trump Jr. will be speaking at the Economic Times Global Business Summit this week in New Delhi on, “Reshaping Indo-Pacific Ties: The New… Read more »
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump Jr is visiting India as a private citizen and not in an official capacity, the US State Department has said, amidst ethical concerns raised by some groups about the high-profile trip of the eldest son of US President Donald Trump. Trump Jr, the executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, is currently on a week-long visit to India… Read more »
PATNA: Japan’s Nara prefecture and Bodhgaya in Bihar will soon have a ‘sister state twinning agreement’ Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who is on a four-day visit to Japan on Wednesday proposed to have a sister state twining agreement with Nara prefecture to strengthen bilateral relation between the two places of Buddhist importance. Nara prefecture has the distinction of having more… Read more »
NEW DELHI: The situation in Doklam is fine and there is no reason to worry, Army chief Bipin Rawat said here on Wednesday. Troops of India and Chinawere locked in a 73-day standoff in Doklam near Sikkim last year after the Indian side stopped the building of a road by the Chinese army in the disputed tri-junction. “There is nothing… Read more »
NEW DELHI: China’s political goal was to “split” India and Bhutan over the Doklam standoff, former National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said on Wednesday while appreciating the way the government handled the issue. Menon, who was NSA between 2010 and 2014 in the previous UPA rule, also said there was a need for an integrated approach in managing the country’s… Read more »
A former Indian ambassador has formally declared that India needs to take a more open approach after China declared that India is “anti-negotiation.” This all happened recently at a conference centered around Indian and Chinese political relations; furthermore, during the modern wake of China’s Silk Road. So, this conference is inevitably a step towards globalization for India, however this was… Read more »
CHENNAI: India ‘s “biggest” foreign policy challenge in the coming years will be to deal with an “increasingly assertive China” but New Delhi has to be more nuanced and self-confident in its approach towards Beijing, a former diplomat said today. Former Indian Ambassador to China, Ashok K Kantha, said enhanced people to people engagement between the Asian neighbours can impart… Read more »
NEW DELHI: In the wake of repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan and terror strikes in the state, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) chief minister Mehbooba Muftiadvocated dialogue with the neighbouring country as the only way to resolve differences. “We fought and won all wars against Pakistan but even now there is no solution other than dialogue, till when will our jawans… Read more »
NEW DELHI: The anti-trafficking Bill, which proposes that NIA probe human trade, is likely to be tabled in Parliament next month, the Women and Child Development Ministry said. A group of ministers constituted to examine the Draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2017 met late last month and gave its nod to the proposed legislation. The group… Read more »
NEW DELHI: Eminent Kannada writer and Jnanpith award winner Chandrashekhara Kambar was elected president of Sahitya Akademi on Friday. Kambar, the third Kannadiga to head the Indian Academy of Letters since its inception, defeated his closest opponent and Odia writer Pratibha Ray in a secret ballot. Of the 89 members of the general council who voted in Monday’s elections, 56… Read more »