India and Brazil counter China’s BRICS expansion strategy

July 29, 2023

In a turn of events spotlighting international diplomacy and geopolitical relations, India and Brazil are actively opposing China’s persistent efforts to expand the BRICS group of emerging markets. Senior diplomatic sources claim these nations are formulating strategies to ensure China’s political agenda doesn’t determine the group’s evolution. The resistance comes...

India should be wary as China accelerates BRI projects in Nepal

July 13, 2023

A week after India refused to endorse China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in New Delhi, Beijing has accelerated efforts to complete the pending projects in Nepal, previously announced by the Chinese government in 2019 and 2019 under the controversial BRI. China and...

Moment of pride for Indians as PM Modi flags temple vandalism in Australia

May 26, 2023

Addressing a public gathering in Delhi after arriving here from a three-nation visit on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a very significant statement. Referring to his tough-talk against temple vandalisation incidents in Australia, PM Modi said that the world agrees with him when he says the “attack on pilgrimage...

Overwhelming response to G20 event in J&K rattles Pakistan, China

May 24, 2023

The G20 Tourism Working Group meeting which was held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir concluded on Wednesday (24 May). Both Pakistan and China seem to have been rattled by the overwhelming response to the three-day meeting in Srinagar. The visuals of foreign delegates and dignitaries enjoying Shikara ride and visiting...

India prepared: PM amid border row with China

May 20, 2023

In a blunt and strong message to Beijing amid India-China standoff in eastern Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday categorically said that India is fully prepared and committed to protecting its sovereignty and dignity. He also emphasized that peace and tranquility on the border are essential for normal bilateral...

China’s belligerence key agenda for Jaishankar in B’desh, europe.

May 13, 2023

With China’s growing assertiveness in mind, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar focused on the maritime security issues in the Indian Ocean during his meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, diplomatic sources told The Daily Guardian. Jaishankar’s meeting with the Bangladeshi leader assumes significance amid the reports about China seeking to...

Rajnath to China: Violation of pacts ‘eroded’ basis of ties

April 28, 2023

In a clear message, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu that China’s violation of agreements along the frontier in eastern Ladakh “eroded” the entire basis of bilateral ties and that all issues must be resolved in accordance with the existing pacts. At a nearly...

AUSTRALIAN FM SET TO VISIT INDIA

February 28, 2023

The regional security situation and the challenges in the Indo-Pacific obviously resulting from China’s expansionist and aggressive agenda will figure prominently during the upcoming visit by the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong to India. Wong will be in New Delhi 1-2 March to attend the G20 foreign ministers meet here....

INDIA’S BLUNT MESSAGE TO CHINA OVER LAC STANDOFF

February 23, 2023

The 26th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held on Wednesday. This was the first in-person meeting since July 2019. The Indian and Chinese diplomats discussed various issues related to the stand-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The meeting remained...

Quad foreign ministers will focus on ‘assertive’ China in March meet

February 22, 2023

The Foreign Ministers of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) countries—India, Australia, US and Japan—are set to discuss challenges resulting from China’s assertive and expansionist agenda in the Indo-Pacific and other regions including the Line of Actual Control. The foreign ministers of Quad nations are also going to focus on China’s surveillance...