Economic corridors, connectivity and port projects, and strategic access arrangements in the Indian Ocean Region resonate in the contemporary oration. Further, China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR), under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),....
China’s rapid climb to become the second largest economy in the world in a span of 40 years has also meant that it is now the world’s largest carbon emitter. The air pollution has been so severe that in 2015, a research paper indicated that it ha....
Tags : Electric Vehicles , Cobalt , Lithium-ion batteries
The general features of the Defence Budget for 2018-19 are not different from those of the past. With a total outlay of Rs 4,04,365 cr, including Rs 1,08,853 cr towards pension liabilities, the defence outlay is 16.6 percent of the budgeted central g....
Tags : national security , Defence budget , military modernisation , defence financing , Strategic Studies , Defence
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan has recently paid a two day State Visit to Dushanbe. His first tour of Tajikistan since coming to power reflects the improving relationship between the two neighboring republics. It also underlines Mirziyoye....
पाकिस्तान की राजधानी इस्लामाबाद ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में कई विरोध और धरना प्रदर्शन देखे है। परन....
Tags : Hindi
सेशल्स 115 द्वीपों के द्वीपसमूह का देश है I भारत और सेशल्स के बीच के समकालीन रिश्तों प्राचीन का�....
Tags : Hindi , भारत-सेशल्स सम्बन्ध , भारत-सेशल्स सैन्य अभ्यास , International Relations , Indian Ocean Region
The past month has witnessed significant political developments in China which have altered the structure of the Chinese domestic political system and may lead to an acute concentration of power and Mao-style personality cult. The developments have a....
Tags : Commentary , China’s 13th NPC , China’s CPPCC , New Era , political developments in China , NPC , Xi , CPC , Chinese Parliament
पाकिस्तान पारंपरिक रूप से श्रीलंका के साथ द्विपक्षीय समझौते, विशेष तौर पर रक्षा-सम्बन्धी समझौ�....
Tags : Hindi , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Gen. Bajwa , पाकिस्तान-श्रीलंका सहभागिता , पाकिस्तानी सेनाध्यक्ष का श्रीलंका दौरा
In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....
Tags : Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security
In an unprecedented development last week, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation to hold a summit meeting and discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.1 Mr. K....
Tags : Commentary , US Summit , De-nuclearisation of North Korea , Korean Nuclear Deal , Donald Trump