External Affairs

India’s bid for permanent membership in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) got a big momentum on Monday after UN general assembly (UNGA) agreed to have a common negotiating text for Security Council reforms. But how close India is remains a speculative question and experts of global affairs say that still ...

In BRICS, Brazil has been downgraded to `junk’ and China is battling a growth slowdown. Russia has been the worst-affected by the commodities slump and South Africa’s economy is flirting with contraction. India, on the other hand, is expected to emerge as the world’s fastest growing major economy. Source: ET

India’s goal of becoming a permanent member of the UN security council took a significant step forward. India’s UN ambassador Asoke Mukerji described it as “historic and path-breaking” decision and has significant three counts. It is the first time in the history of the intergovernmental negotiation (IGN) process that a ...

India is playing its South China Sea card (SCS) by restarting oil exploration off Vietnam coast at the invitation of Hanoi. China has lodged official protests against it clamming whole of the SCS as its own which is disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. An article in ...

News Australia seeks cooperation from India to fight against online radicalism and terrorism. Australian Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said that terrorism should be dealt at its roots rather than try to deal with it when it reaches a country He also opposed country exporting terrorism to another country. He said ...

News:  The ambassador to India, for UN Security Council, Richard Verma, said that, the US “strongly supports” India’s bid for a permanent seat in an expanded US Security Council. We know there have been reports to the contrary, but they are not backed by truth. We want to clarify that US supports ...

News: The Myawaddy-Thinggan Nyenaung-Kawkareik section of the Asian highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand has been put into service. With the 25.6-km-long section becoming operational, travel time between Thinggan Nyenaung and Kawkareik will be reduced from three hours to 45 minutes. The Asian highway runs from Moreh in India to ...

News Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a 21-member grouping, is working to enhance sustainable development of an Indian Ocean blue economy.   Indian Ocean provides a substantial opportunities to global population in form of food, livelihood, and as means of transport. But the current levels of management of marine and ...

News Germany will now promote Indian languages including Sanskrit in its educational institutions Human Resource Development Ministry decided to discontinue teaching of German as an alternative to Sanskrit and showcased it as national interests. At G-20 summit in Brisbane in November last year this issue is being raised and criticized ...

News At the counter-terrorism and homeland security dialogue scheduled in December, India and US may enter into an agreement on exchange of information on terrorists on a real time basis. The Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-6) is a model text agreement proposed by the United States to India. US have ...