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BRICS Summit October 2016 in India Against Soured Background
The 8th BRICS Summit is being hosted by India in Goa on October 15-16 2016 ordinarily would have passed off as an eventful diplomatic event, but it now takes place against a soured background due to adverse strategic postures against India by its member-nations in 2016. BRICS member nations line-up includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and...
'Made in China' terror
Many scrupulous political observers, who keep a hawk’s eye on Sino-Indian relations, are reported to be calling Kashmir terror and turbulence as ‘Made in China’ commodity. China has a method in madness, and this observation of political pundits cannot be disposed off as mere figment of imagination. Taking into view the stand of Beijing on...
Syria: The Cease-Fire that was and wasn’t
On 10 September 2016, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov announced a cease-fire agreement in Geneva following negotiations that lasted over ten months. The agreement was not a cease-fire between Russia and the US, but one between their proxies. Russia was answerable for President Bashar Assad and his...
India-Russia Defence Cooperation: Time to Look Forward
The Soviet Union earlier, and Russia thereafter, have been the most reliable suppliers of state-of-art armament for India’s defence forces. India and Russia have an institutionalized structure to oversee the complete range of issues of military technical cooperation. The India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical...
China Saves Pakistani Terrorist Again
China announced (Oct 01) that it has extended by another three months the “technical hold” on India’s listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) chief, Masood Azhar as an international terrorist in the 1267 Committee of the United Nations. China had first put a technical hold on this issue in April this year, which was to expire on October 3.The...