- 26 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securityvaccine
Jaishankar meets Biden Administration top officials, discusses Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan, TRIPS agreement
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (local time) met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wherein they held an hour long meeting discussing wide-ranging issues including the Indo-Pacific…
Dr Jaishankar to visit US from Monday, 2+2 Dialogue and vaccines on agenda
The leadership of India and USA had met a number of times in the past five months which can be termed as high profile meetings setting the course for a…
India sets new Vaccination Guidelines, many countries face crisis due to vaccine shortage
India is only second after the USA in total Covid 19 vaccine dozes administered till now with figures touching almost 200 million. A statement released by Serum Institute of India…
Armed Forces as Disaster Responder
Armed Forces as Disaster Responder The disaster management matrix is based on immediacy, measured in terms of response time and quantum of effort to be applied, dictated by scale…
Futile Fight over Common Fatherland
Photo: IsraelIMFA Futile fight over common Fatherland Jerusalem is the only piece of real estate which is considered the fatherland of three major faiths in the world. For the Jews,…
Pandemics and Their Effect
Pandemics and Their Effect Except for a brief period in 1998 when I was researching for a dissertation on ‘Non Military Threats’, I never ever focused on pandemics as a…
DCGI approves anti-COVID drug developed by DRDO for emergency use
In a major boost to India's fight against Covid 19 and treatment of patients as well as Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Drug Controller has approved an anti COVID drug developed by…
Patent Waiver for Covid 19 vaccine – More countries endorse India’s stand, will boost vaccine production and availability
In a statement issued on 06 May, India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) endorsed the support from USA for TRIPS waiver for Covid vaccines. MEA press release read, "In view…
Second Wave – India at War
Second Wave - India at War It is odd that the possible perpetrator of an activity being investigated becomes the judge and jury deciding whether the perpetrator (himself) was responsible…
India – UK Virtual Summit: Leaders discuss Covid 19 and Bilateral Trade
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom held a Virtual Summit today as we had reported yesterday. The statement released by PMO through…
Pandemic, National Security and Armed Forces
Pandemic, National Security and Armed Forces The traditional Tamil treatise, Thirukkural, written over 2,000 years ago had defined a nations’ characteristics, "Pini inmai Selvam Vilaivinbam Emam, aniyenba Nattirkiv vainthu," implying…
Diplomacy and Tragic Flaw of Overconfidence
Diplomacy and Tragic Flaw of Overconfidence My book, ‘Modiplomacy Through a Shakespearean Prism’ is structured like a Shakespearean play, divided into five parts or acts--the first act is ‘exposition’, which…
