- 26 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityIndia
India abstains in UNHRC vote on establishing independent commission of inquiry on Russia-Ukraine crisis
Geneva/United Nations, Mar 4 (PTI): India on Friday abstained in a vote in the UN Human Rights Council that has decided to urgently establish an independent international commission of inquiry…
Two years after world’s biggest lockdown, India surges back to normal life
By Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) - Almost two years after India went into the world's biggest lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19, students headed back to school in Maharashtra…
India abstains from UNSC procedural vote to call for General Assembly session on Ukraine
United Nations, Feb 28 (PTI) India abstained from a procedural vote taken in the UN Security Council to call for a rare special emergency session of the UN General Assembly on…
India’s Nuclear Policy – Advocating No ‘No First Use’
The Ukraine crisis has re-ignited the nuclear weapon debate once again. India’s most pervasive nuclear ‘news’ involved two breakthrough events – the nuclear tests of 1974 and 1998. The latter,…
By Jay Maniyar
India’s PM Modi offers help in peace efforts over Ukraine crisis
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered to help in peace efforts in the Ukraine crisis, during a phone call with President Volodymyr…
India-Russia relations ‘distinct’ from Washington’s equation with Moscow, that’s okay: US
Washington, Feb 26 (PTI) India's relationship with Russia is "distinct" from that the US shares with the latter and that is okay, the Biden administration has said, underlining that Washington has…
Dialogue ‘only answer’ to settle disputes, says India as it abstains on UNSC resolution that ‘deplores’ Russian aggression against Ukraine
United Nations, Feb 26 (PTI) India abstained on a UN Security Council resolution by the US that "deplores in the strongest terms" Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine, as New Delhi called for…
‘India retained option of reaching out to all sides by abstaining from UN vote on Ukraine’
New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) By abstaining from a UN Security Council resolution on the Ukraine crisis, India retained the option of reaching out to all relevant sides to find a…
India, Japan to hold annual joint military drill in Karnataka from Feb 27-Mar 10
New Delhi, Feb 25 (PTI). India and Japan will conduct the annual joint military exercise "Dharma Guardian 2022" in Belgaum, Karnataka, from February 27 to March 10, the Defence Ministry said…
UNSC to vote on resolution condemning Russian invasion in Ukraine; US says fully expect Moscow to veto
United Nations, Feb 25 (PTI) The UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution on Friday tabled by the US and Albania that will condemn in the strongest terms possible…
The Rising Tide of India’s Multilateralism
The treaty of Westphalia[1] marked a crucial genesis that led to the process of countries transform and becoming a nation-state. In its essence, the treaty was intended to mark the…
By Sankalp Singh
Atmanirbhar Bharat 2022: A Report Card on Defence Modernisation
A lot has been spoken and written on Atmanirbhar Bharat in recent times. There was a lot of fanfare associated with the Make-in-India campaign wherein a number of defence reforms…
By Maj Gen (Dr) Rajan Kochhar (Retd)
