India-Sri Lanka Geopolitical Turnaround: The Path to Connectivity and Cooperation
Renewed proximity with India can help Sri Lanka reduce its dependence on foreign reserves, while giving Delhi the leverage to push for benefits.
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The New Geopolitical Order: How India is becoming a key player in the world stage?
What determines the ardour of the West’s wooing of India? Wherever India’s Prime Minister goes, he is feted, wooed, coddled. What explains this ‘rock star’ treatment?
For the supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the answer is quite simple: his unparalleled charisma and popular support. For those not so adept at such thinking, a more rational explanation is in order. One can be found in the ongoing flux in geopolitics and the desperate search for a new world order, in which the West hopes to retain advantage, even if to a lower degree than it has had in the past.
India-France Ties Strengthened by Indo-Pacific
PM Modi's visit to France further strengthened India-France ties, with major defence announcements and cooperation in various domains.
The Chinese Moves to Marginalize India in its Backyard
Despite tremendous pressure from major powers, India is steering the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meetings with its own flavor of speaking for the Global South, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), food security, climate change, and other issues.
Revitalizing Bilateral Relations: PM Modi’s UAE Visit Sparks New Vigor
Strengthening cooperation in the cross-border payment systems by enabling integration of transactions between the UAE and India more efficiently, PM Modi's latest UAE visit witnessed the signing of a landmark MoU between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to promote the use of local currencies --rupee and dirham-- for cross border transactions. This cooperation will also include the mutual acceptance of domestic card schemes by interlinking national card switches.
India Adds the Might of Millets in its Foreign Policy
2023 is being celebrated as the International Year of Millets. As the celebrations reach almost the middle of the year, India leads the way in promoting millets across the world. This article tries to understand the significance of millets for international issues, India’s role in the declaration of 2023 as the International Year of Millets, its diplomatic efforts to situate millets as a soft power tool of its foreign policy, the challenges ahead of potential millet revolution and possible solutions.
Fostering Knowledge Diplomacy: The Role of IIT and IIM in India’s Engagement with Africa
India’s efforts to bring world-class education to Africa can have far-reaching impacts. It will boost local economy, attract investments and foster a culture of innovation.