Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin urged India to reconsider its potential purchase of a Russian missile system, hinting to its longtime ally that the move could trigger U.S. sanctions. “We certainly urge all our allies and partners to move away from Russian equipment … and really avoid any kind of acquisitions that would trigger sanctions on…
Pentagon Chief Hints at Sanctions if India Buys Russian Missile System
China Insider: Quad Countries Counter China’s Vaccine Diplomacy
March 17, 2021
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As one of the COVID-19 vaccine producers in the world, China is trying to compete with the West for political and economic influence. On March 12, the four ‘Quad’ countries—India, Japan, the United States, and Australia, agreed to commit to manufacturing one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in Asia. On the next day,…
India Builds Border Infrastructure to Counter China
NEW DELHI—India is constructing 57 roads, refurbishing 32 helipads, and developing 47 outposts and 12 staging camps for its ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) along its border with China. The country is also building a standalone road of critical significance along the border in Ladakh, the region at the northern tip of India where it has…
Amidst Geopolitical Clamor, Indian Silk Industry Identifies Illegal Chinese Dumping
VARANASI—Last year as the bilateral relations between India and China reached their abysmal low after a bloody conflict in Galwan, the silk industry of India reiterated its call for a ban on silk imports and illegal silk dumping from China, saying this was an effort to destroy the indigenous Indian industry. China is the largest…
Biden to Meet Virtually With Quad Leaders from Japan, India, Australia
March 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON—U.S. President Joe Biden will hold an online meeting on Friday with the leaders of Japan, India, and Australia, the White House said on Tuesday, the first leader-level meeting of a four-country group that seeks to promote a rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific region in response to increased military and economic aggression by China’s…
Media Reports: Iran’s Qud Force Linked to Explosion Outside Israel Embassy in Delhi
NEW DELHI—While investigations are happening about the bomb blast that happened outside the Israel embassy in New Delhi in late January, the Indian media this week has reported the Iranian Quds force guiding the blast. The Indian counter-terrorism agencies have drawn up a list of suspects and the investigators have concluded that the improvised explosive…
Iran’s Quds Force Linked to Blast Near Israel Embassy in Delhi, Reports Say
NEW DELHI—Investigators in India have concluded that the Quds Force of Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was behind the bomb blast that occurred outside the Israel embassy in Delhi in late January, Indian media have reported. Indian counterterrorism agencies, who have drawn up a list of suspects, have concluded that the improvised explosive device was…
Indian High Commissioner on Deeper Engagement With Canada
The improving relations between Canada and India have already started to pay off after the two countries struck a momentous vaccine deal
US Proposes UN Meeting With 5 Other Nations for Comprehensive Afghan Peace
NEW DELHI—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has proposed a UN meeting with five other nations, including India, China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan, for a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Afghanistan, in a letter to the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last week. Many of these nations are regional adversaries with competing stakes and experts said…
‘Beggars Corporation:’ Novel Way to Transform Lives and Solve a Threat to India’s National Security
VARANASI—Every day scores of beggars line the banks of the river Ganges in the city of Varanasi where pilgrims pour in from around India to cremate their loved ones, perform the rituals of life and death, or visit the ancient temples that dwell in the world’s longest continuously inhabited city. The city is the parliamentary…
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