Vietnam has improved its growth rate from 2.8% in 1986 to 7.1% in 2019. Its policy, ‘doi moi’ (to make a change) was introduced in 1986. This policy aimed to open its economy and encourage free trade. There was a dramatic increase in foreign investment into Vietnam. As per a 2019 World Ban...
The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 makes some modification to the Citizenship Amendment Act, 1955. In doing so, it seems to have created unprecedented levels of misgivings in the country. The unfolding events demonstrate that even in a mature democracy like India, small issues can trigger an explos...
The Eastern Union region is being conceptualised as the future alliance of Indo-Pacific nations that will bring integrity to the region. The Indo-Pacific region is strategically significant as 60% of the global maritime trade is done through this region. The idea of the Eastern Union is to create th...
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in India, His Excellency Sun Weidong speaking at the Chinese New Year Reception organised by the Chinese Consulate General in Kolkata. ...
The geo-political tension triggered by the killing of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) top military leader Qasem Soleimani and the subsequent retaliatory missile attacks on American military bases in Iraq by Iran has brought many countries including India to the edge. Thoug...
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are scheduled to come together for the Indo-Japan annual meet in Guwahati in December 2019. The meeting has been arranged in the side-lines of Abe visiting Manipur to pay tribute to the Japanese soldiers killed there during W...
A new chapter began in West Asia after the US troops pulled out from north-eastern Syria recently. Turkey launched a cross-border operation in the region controlled by the Syrian Kurds, putting the entire territory at risk. According to the United Nations, more than 200,000 people have been displace...
The recent India visit of the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina has added strength to Indo-Bangla relations. She was invited as the Chief Guest at the India Economic Summit organised by the World Economic Forum on October 03-04, 2019 in New Delhi. On October 05, 2019, she met Indian Prime Min...
A last minute decision by India early this month to not join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) stunned the 10-member ASEAN group and the five Asia-Pacific states. The ASEAN group comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand...
The recent visit of Xi Jinping, the President of China, to Nepal can be a game-changer for the small Himalayan nation. Before this, Jiang Zemin was the last Chinese President to visit Nepal in 1996. The two countries signed several agreements on infrastructure projects. The present government in Nep...