India and China resumed direct flights on Sunday, marking a significant step toward rebuilding ties between Asia’s two most populous nations after a five-year hiatus. The flight resumption comes amid a gradual thaw in relations that has developed over the last five years. (AP Photo) The first flight, operated by India’s largest carrier, IndiGo, departed…
Another day, another attack on India by White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, this time with a reference to “vampires”. After days of lashing out at India’s oil trade with Russia, Navarro has now targeted the countries in the BRICS bloc, that India is also a part of. Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for…
The ministry of external affairs on Friday denied a report that said that the thaw in the relations between India and China happened after Beijing sent a ‘secret letter’ to New Delhi. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal speaks during a media briefing.(ANI Grab ) MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal categorically denied the existence of any such letter,…
India’s pivot isn’t about abandoning the US. It’s about strategic autonomy. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Tianjin this week for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit-his first visit to China since 2018-it won’t just be a symbolic handshake with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It will be a signal: India is hedging. Against the…
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Monday met with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, and said both nations should expand cooperation amid “overwhelming bullying” and severe challenges to free trade, reported Bloomberg, citing a statement of foreign ministry in Beijing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping The statement added that India and…