International North-South Transport Corridor

INSTC is an ambitious multimodal transport system established in 2000 by Iran, Russia and India to promote transportation cooperation. It is aimed to provide the shortest multi-model transportation route linking…

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ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit

Context: New Delhi hosted an Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS) on December 11-12 on the theme “Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century”. The event comes ahead…

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Russia-India-China Tri-lateral Meet

Context: The Russia-India-China held the 15th foreign ministerial meeting, first trilateral meet post-Doklam in New Delhi. India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister…

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UAE, Saudi Arabia to form new economic partnership group

The UAE  announced it has formed a new economic and partnership group with Saudi Arabia, separate from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a move that could undermine the council amid…

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India gets admission into Wassenaar Arrangement

The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed the decision of the Wassenaar Arrangement to admit India as the 42nd member of the organisation which aims to regulate trade and use of…

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Let us be realistic about the UNSC

Context: Our recent victory in the hotly contested election to the International Court of Justice seems to have lifted our spirits as a nation. We are justifiably proud of our…

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