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China gets tough with Imran Khan, but will side with Pakistan
China will continue to help Pakistan, but wanted to give a strong message to Khan’s governm...
Trump's populist pitch: Tough choices before Modi
The US plan to export dairy products has raised the hackles for consumers in the country and also...
Sri Lankan President has acted for narrow interests, endangering democracy
Sirisena has now shown an extraordinary level of lack of statesmanship by creating this constitut...
The rise of Barelvi militancy in Pakistan - with army's tacit support
With the Pakistan Army’s tacit, unimpeded support to the radical Barelvi outfit as a counte...
India, Maldives agree on Indian Ocean stability
Modi in Maldives for President Solih’s swearing in
Lankan Parliament again votes to remove Rajapaksa
Cyclonic storm Gaja batters South India
Bangladesh tries to repatriate Rohingyas, but without success
India, China to step up defence cooperation
Jailed photographer granted bail by Bangladesh court
Fights in Lankan Parliament worsen country’s political crisis
Quad officials discuss regional cooperation
Modi attends East Asia Summit
Keynote address by Prime Minister at Singapore FinTech Festival
IORA ministers welcome Sri Lanka's lead in maritime safety and security
Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan
Acceptance Speech of Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling at FAO headquarters in Rome where Sikkim was given Future Policy Award (Gold) on October 15, 2018 for being a 100% organic state.
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling’s address in Rome, October 15, 2018
Shift in power balance – India, US and China
Summary of discussion between former Australian PM Kevin Rudd and former Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; October 1, 2018
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Saved from gallows in Pakistan: Blasphemy laws violate international law
Kelsey Zorzi, Director of Advocacy for Global Religious Freedom for ADF International on Pakistan SC's acquittal of Pakistani-Christian Asia Bibi, who was convicted of blasphemy.
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With India, the strategic relationship has led the economic relationship: Australian envoy
Ties between Australia and India are among the fastest growing and multifaceted. In an exclusive interview with India Review and Analysis, Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu ou...
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Brexit not to hit India-EU ties: Kozlowski
Tomasz Kozlowski, a Polish diplomat, has been posted in New Delhi since 2015 as Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union in New Delhi representing its 28 member states. After the last ...
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Goodbye 377, the fight was worth the struggle: Chef Ritu Dalmia
Celebrity chef Ritu Dalmia speaks about her journey and how she overcame trials and tribulations to be vindicated by the highest court in her stand that "loving a person of same sex i...
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Saudi Arabia wants to cement ties with India: Ambassador
Dr Saud Al Sati has been the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to India for nearly seven years and powered the remarkable growth of bilateral ties. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with...
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'There are too many tensions between India and China'
China today looms large on South Asia's radar, whether regarding uncertain ties with India, its patron-client relationship with Pakistan, and its sustained efforts to gain a strategic footho...
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'Imran Khan has considerable goodwill in India'
In an e-mail interview with South Asia Monitor to mark Pakistan's 71st independence anniversary August 14, Dr Ahmed recalls how Pakistan's creation was a "las...
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Venezuela can give more oil to India, want more agri ties: Ambassador
Venezuela is ready to provide India with more crude oil and is also keen on cooperation in the field of agriculture, said the envoy of the South American nation that is struggling with astronomi...
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Tunisia-India: Taking ties beyond phosphates: Amb Nejmeddine Lakhal
India and Tunisia are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic ties. Speaking to India Review & Analysis, Tunisia’s Ambassador to India, Nejmeddine Lakhal, offered his country as a &ld...
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Lithium is what will get us attention: Bolivian Ambassador
Sergio Arispe Barrientos, Ambassador of Bolivia to India is, at 37, the youngest head of mission in New Delhi. Only the second envoy from his country to India, Barrientos,...
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'Lighthouse' cities will be models of urban transformation: Minister Hardeep Puri
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, is a former top diplomat who retired as India's Permanent Representative at the United Nations. In h...
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Pakistan has the highest fertility rate in South Asia
There is stark contrast between the fertility rates of the three largest Hindi-speaking states and six non-Hindi-speaking states even as India is nearing the population replacement level of fertility, a UN report shows.
Read more...Finally, Indian heroes of WW1 get the memorials they deserved
A new memorial for Indian martyrs got constructed at Cambrai and was inaugurated befittingly by Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, on 10 November 2018.
Read more...Cyclonic storm Gaja batters South India
A severe cyclonic storm, Gaja, battered the coast of the southern Indian state Tamil Nadu on Friday, leaving at least 15 people dead and causing widespread destruction.
Read more...Iran, India discuss trade cooperation under US sanctions
India and Iran discussed ways of continuing biliateral trade under reimposed US sanctions, Eghtesad Online news website reported.
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The Indian Empire At War; by George Morton-Jack; Little, Brown Book Group; Pages 582; Rs 699
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Modi threatening idea of India, stifling dissent: Manmohan Singh
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Nur Jahan: Amazing tale of widow who became Empress of India
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India and EU: The devil lies in the (trade) deal
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16 novels related to South Asian region longlisted for DSC Prize
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