India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said intensifying competition among major powers is colliding with deep economic interdependence, creating a more volatile international environment and forcing countries to rethink how they …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed the expanding economic and strategic relationship between their countries on Friday, while also discussing conflicts in West Asia and the …
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BRICS 2026: India’s Big Diplomatic Test Begins in New Delhi
by Shahid K Abbas 13 minutes readNew Delhi is poised to become the diplomatic center of gravity of the Global South on September 12 and 13 as India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam, …
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India, Russia Move to Fast-Track Investment Treaty
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readIndia and Russia are moving to fast-track negotiations on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), signaling an effort to give their expanding economic relationship a more durable investment architecture even as …
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India, Russia to Discuss SMRs, S-400 Delays, AI and Rare Earths
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 4 minutes readIndia and Russia are likely to discuss joint development of new Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and a second Kudankulam-type nuclear power plant at another location in India, besides the status …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to use bilateral talks on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 11 to …
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What’s at Stake for India at the SCO Meet
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 4 minutes readAll eyes are out on possible outcomes from meetings between the big three at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, that is, on China’s President Xi Jinping, Indian …
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When India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12–13, it will preside over a grouping that is simultaneously larger, more ambitious and, paradoxically, more difficult to …
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Opinion: The Forgotten War in Ukraine
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readNo one seems to be talking of a war that is in its fifth year, a scandalous “Special Military Operation” started by President Vladimir Putin in 2022 to take care …
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There is a habit in commentary of treating every Indian visit abroad as a signal of which way Delhi is leaning. Lean west, lean east, lean north. The habit misses …