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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

After swings and hugs, some realism returns

Relations with Pakistan represent a major policy failure.

30 May 2018 1:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia. (Photo: PTI)

Modi, US & Russia: Is this neo-nonalignment?

India's geopolitical environment has mutated considerably since Donald Trump became America's President.

23 May 2018 12:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli (L) issued a joint press statement on Saturday afternoon. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Nurture links to Nepal, keeping China in mind

Indo-Nepal relations would need careful nurturing after the foolhardy gambles of 2015.

15 May 2018 12:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a house boat at Wuhans East Lake in China. (Photo: PTI)

After Wuhan, India and China on reset' track?

The Indian statement, after some introductory moralising on the need for strategic convergence, addresses the border...

30 April 2018 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks with his Nepalese counterpart Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli during a ceremonial reception for the latter in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Closer India-Nepal ties vital, restore trust first

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's domestic slogan Sabka Saath Sabka Vikasâ€ was extended to the neighbourhood.

9 April 2018 12:18 AM IST

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AP)

Trump targets Moscow as a diversionary tactic?

Russia had also not yet resurrected its role in West Asia to defend Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime.

29 March 2018 1:28 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Diplomatic brawl with Pak may not end soon

After India chose to retaliate in kind, the Pakistanis have recalled their high commissioner for consultations.

19 March 2018 6:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: PTI)

Opaque defence deals may impact Paris ties

The French foreign minister was in India on an official visit during India's May 1998 nuclear tests.

13 March 2018 12:20 AM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Trump's America now a global rule-breaker?

The US trade deficit in 2017 in goods and services was $566 billion, though this balloons to $810 billion if you exclude...

6 March 2018 6:15 AM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

Trudeau's India storm': It's time to heal bruises

Canada is a reliable source for high quality uranium and foodstuffs, including pulses.

26 Feb 2018 12:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: PTI/File)

Iran Prez's visit signals India's Mideast balance

President Rouhani has vast experience as a long-serving national security adviser of his country.

19 Feb 2018 4:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media after his meet with Palestine President Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Photo: AFP)

Deft diplomacy needed, hugs just aren't enough

Government spokesmen of course gushed over its historic nature as indeed it was the first visit by any Indian Prime...

14 Feb 2018 1:09 AM IST