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INDIA-EU PARTNERSHIP IN CLEAN ENERGY: COLLABORATION FOR THE FUTURE

India-EU partnership in renewables should focus on long term goals. While the ITER project shows a novel path towards clean energy it is still a long time to go before the project makes gains on the ground.

INDIA THE EMERGING STAR ON HIGHER EDUCATION HORIZON

India is fast emerging as a key higher education hub for students from its neighbouring countries. And, the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) is aiming to attract foreign students in a bigger way. “Research/teaching collaborations and faculty/student exchanges with high-quality foreign institutions will be facilitated, and relevant mutually beneficial MoUs with foreign countries will be signed. High performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries, and similarly, selected universities e.g., those from among the top 100 universities in the world will be facilitated to operate in India,” according to the NEP 2020.

INDIA A LAND OF CULTURES

India is a land of myriad and exquisite cultures and subcultures. For a civilization which stretches its roots to as far back as several millennia ago, India has emerged as a cultural colossus today.

ENABLING AN ECOSYSTEM FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS IN INDIA

The context The rapid technological developments we are witnessing in the twenty-first century, together with the forces of globalization, are likely to lead to radical changes in the world of work. To this end, vocational education and training across the globe, more so in the global south, is critical to harness the demographic dividend for the social, economic and scientific development of the country and the region.

India's “Look West” Policy In The Middle East

The “Look West” policy assumed significance and focussed attention in India’s policy approach with Prime Minister Modi’s remarks at the ‘Make in India’ conference in New Delhi on 26th September 2014, when he said, “For a long time Look East policy is under discussion, I would like to talk about Link West”.

INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH SOUTH ASIAN NATIONS

At 73, one is thought to be old and wise, have difficulty in changing, but a nation like India at 73 can be thought of as a young enough, vibrant nation, historically still in a neo infancy stage.

INDIAN AGRICULTURE SECTOR LEADING THE WAY

Agriculture was perhaps the first organized activity discovered by humans more than 10,000 years ago.

INDIA AS AN EMERGING GLOBAL POWER CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

India is at a crucial juncture, seventy-three years after independence.

IMAGINING INDIA IN THE POST-COVID WORLD

AN ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE PATHWAYS

EXAMINING INDIA AT IBSA

Global politics is a place where state interacts with other states through several ways – bilateralism, forming groups or alliances, and building up institutions or organizations for serving their own national interests.

CHANGING DYNAMICS OF INDIA'S MARITIME POLICY

The ever-dynamic and vacillating maritime strategy of India has been an acknowledgement and response to myriad geopolitical demands, aiming to suit its ambition in the wider global order.

EXPANDING G7 WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR INDIA?

Recently US President Donald Trump announced to postpone the G7 summit to September calling the G7 as a ‘group of outdated countries’ and decided to expand the grouping with liberal democracies like Australia, India, South Korea and Russia.

INDIA'S RISE AND WHY SOFT POWER MATTERS

A country as endowed as India with a rich ancient civilisation and with long innings of being a modern democratic nation since its independence, soft power comes across as an effective foreign policy tool.

NEW INDIA TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN SELF-RELIANCE AND GLOBAL CO-OPERATION

Trade and partnership, an integral part of global co-operation have played a vital role in the economic growth and development of the world.

Mapping Next Steps In India-South Africa Trade Partnership

India and South Africa share long historical relations, dating back to as far back as the fifteenth century.

THE PRIORITIES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE AFRICAN UNION 2020

On the 9th of February 2020, South Africa assumed the Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) for the second time.

SOUTH AFRICA'S TOURISM INDUSTRY PREPAREDNESS FOR POST COVID ERA

SOUTH AFRICA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY PREPAREDNESS FOR POST COVID ERA

TAKE ACTION, INSPIRE CHANGE

Madiba was an untiring fighter for social justice, a leader who believed in leading from the back like a shepherd so that everyone feels that they are at the front. Someone who essentially knew that to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

REMEMBERING NELSON MANDELA: SOUTH AFRICA'S GREATEST SON

South Africa’s first black president, he is a global symbol of freedom and unity. His name quavered the global political landscape in advocating for human rights.

EMERGING AREAS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA

Relations between India with the Republic of South Africa has flourished and gained momentum over the last few decades.

NELSON MANDELA'S UMBILICAL BOND WITH MAHATMA GANDHI

Nelson Mandela was, in many ways, during his lifetime, a practitioner of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of Satyagraha or Truth Force, passive resistance and Ahimsa or non-violence.

AN OVERVIEW OF INDIAN DIASPORA IN SOUTH AFRICA

The term diaspora was derived from the Greek words dia (across) and sperio (to scatter), which was historically associated with exile and dispersion of the Jewish “nation”.

Covid-19: Moulding Security And Political Landscape Of Middle East

Since the modern Middle East came into existence in the aftermath of World War I, the region has been evolving as an intriguing conflict complex.

Covid-19 And India's Upcoming G-20 Presidency In 2022

In 2022, India will complete 75 years of independence coinciding with its presidency in the G20 summit.

Impact Of Covid-19 Outbreak On Russia-China Relations

The strategic partnership between Russia and China is one of the significant aspects which has shaped the modern-day world affairs.

The post-COVID-19 period is going to be challenging

Kanchi Batra, Business Editor, The Diplomatist conducted a written interview with H.E. Mr. Jean Claude Kugener, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to India on issues including the current COVID-19 situation, common interests of Luxembourg and India in the international sphere, the future of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement and on the Luxembourg-India cooperation in the steel sector. Ambassador Kugener also gave a positive evaluation of Luxembourg’s economy and notes that the country is considered an attractive destination for Indians.

VOCAL FOR LOCAL: A SELF SUFFICIENT INDIA

The COVID-19 pandemic halted supply and value chains abruptly, bringing global production levels to a standstill.

THE RECESSION IN JAPAN AND ITS IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

The world’s third-largest economy, Japan, fell into recession into the third week of May, with several countries of the world have initiated the opening up of their economies following the conclusion of nationwide lockdowns as a result of the receding COVID19 pandemic.

INDIA'S DRIVE TO ‘GO LOCAL'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi a few days back when he announced the financial package to help ease the COVID-19 crisis made a big pitch for indigenous products, saying it would be a huge contributing factor to an “Atmanirbhar Bharat” – a self-reliant India.

SPIKE IN DEFENCE SPENDING GLOBALLY IN THE LAST DECADE

The profession of arms is the oldest profession in the world and it presumably started with the first man throwing the first stone at another human being.