The Indo-French Strategic Partnership has turned 25 years old in 2023. It was launched on January 26, 1998, on President Chirac's visit to India, and it represents both countries' desire to enhance their separate strategic independence via ...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's rotating chairmanship was handed over to India last year in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. India will be presiding over the SCO grouping till September 2023. From being an observer state in 2005 to full membe...
The global fertiliser prices hit all-time highs in the spring of 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. The Russia-Ukraine conflict exacerbated an already precarious global supply scenario that began in 2020 with COVID-19-...
New Delhi held a rare strategic meeting (March 2) with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focusing on regional security challenges in a step that might have global consequences. According to reports, the dialogue occurred in earl...
Pakistan's economic situation will deepen in the following months as structural weaknesses and policy uncertainties boost recessionary risks, exacerbating political insecurity and security concerns. Pakistan's enormous foreign debt has gene...
The External Affairs Minister visited the Maldives and Sri Lanka from 18 to 20 January to improve India's ties with its critical maritime neighbours in the Indian Ocean Region. Significantly, the Maldives and Sri Lanka have a special positi...
The United States National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, had invited his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, to the White House to "start the next milestone" in the US-India strategic technology and defence collaboration. Doval was in Washin...
G7 countries finally set the highly anticipated price restriction on Russian oil at $60 per barrel on December 3, 2022. This price ceiling applies to crude oil, petroleum oils, and oils derived from bituminous materials produced in or expor...
On December 7, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit after clinching a third term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and effecti...
Japan launched its most significant military buildup since World War II earlier this month, with a $320 billion plan to acquire missiles capable of countering its regional threats and prepare it for any kind of long-term battle. The regiona...
Even at times of high global uncertainty, Bangladesh has a good track record of growth and development. Over the last two decades, rapid economic growth has been supported by a robust demographic dividend, strong ready-made garment (RMG) ex...
Climate change will have the greatest impact on emerging countries, with impoverished populations being especially poorly struck and unable to adapt sufficiently. There is a chance for developing nations to take a complementary strategy, st...
