Oli is back as Nepal PM. Is it bad news for India?
Jul 17, 2024The presence of a formidable India-leaning alliance partner should have a calming influence on the ‘pro-China’ prime minister, but he may press India to address outstanding issues
No using Nepal against India but important to address pending issues: Oli’s party
Jul 14, 2024Nepal, under K P Sharma Oli, will follow a neutral foreign policy ensuring national interests. Oli’s coalition with Nepali Congress will address border disputes with India. Sher Bahadur Deuba will follow as PM. Partnerships include hydropower projects and funding BRI with grants. Rajan Bhattarai emphasizes the multi-dimensional ties with India.
What Modi’s Russia visit achieved under Ukraine shadow
Jul 10, 2024The two countries signed nine agreements, including one for facilitating Russian investments in India, but that the summit itself took place in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine war is more significant
Change at 10, Downing Street renews hope of FTA movement
Jul 6, 2024Keir Starmer's election renews hopes for a free trade agreement, halted under Rishi Sunak, with India hoping Starmer buffers anti-India propaganda. India's relations with the Labour Party suffered a major blow in 2019 after the latter, under its previous leader Jeremy Corbyn, called for self-determination for Kashmiris and also demanded that international observers be allowed to enter the Union Territory, after India revoked J&K's special status. Starmer, however, corrected course by reaffirming commitment to the UK's official position that J&K is a bilateral issue.
Isolate and expose States that back terrorism, PM Modi tells SCO
Jul 5, 2024PM Modi addresses the SCO summit, emphasizing the need for a decisive response against terrorism and advocating for connectivity projects that respect sovereignty. PM Modi did not participate in the summit but, in remarks delivered through foreign minister S Jaishankar who filled in for him, he sought to allay apprehensions about India’s commitment to the group saying in a world moving inexorably towards real multipolarity, the SCO will only become more important and that it occupies a prominent place in India’s foreign policy.
Why India joined UN's Doha meet on Afghanistan attended by Taliban
Jul 4, 2024With investments worth more than $3 billion in Afghanistan, India is currently working on 490 projects in the country — spread across all 34 provinces in the country — in critical areas like water, connectivity, agriculture, education and health
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