Non Aligned Movement

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as Republic Day chief guest: India, Egypt make up for lost time, seek strategic convergence

With Egypt being the ‘Gateway to Africa’ for India and a vital partner in the region, it is perhaps the right time to add Egypt to the very privileged list of nations to forge a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’

Security Council an 'impaired' organ; handful of countries stopping UNSC reform: India at UN

Speaking in the UN General Assembly, TS Tirumurti, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, lamented that nothing has moved for more than a decade in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) except hearing passionate statements on the need for reform

Permanent seat in UNSC neither necessary nor only way for India to assert its ‘arrival’ on global centrestage

The changed world offers examples like Germany, Japan and Israel who have stitched alternative arrangements that could be multilateral (EU), bilateral (US-Israel), regional or creatively/strategically relevant, eg, the Quad

As India faces beligerant China, joining military alliance will be realpolitik realism, not sovereign surrender

History suggests that the ‘military alliances’ can make deterrence more effective by increasing the stakes substantially, that are otherwise not possible for a ‘non-aligned’ and effectively, stand-alone nations

Narendra Modi highlights needs for new globalisation based on 'fairness, equality, humanity' during NAM meet

The coronavirus crisis has exposed the limitations of the existing international system and highlighted the need for a new template of globalisation based on fairness, equality, and humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

India strongly rejects Pakistan's references to Kashmir at Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial meet in Venezuela

India has strongly rejected Pakistan's references to Kashmir during the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting in Venezuela, saying the global forum can never be a platform for a "self-serving narrative" that aims to undermine the territorial integrity of one nation by another State

Sushma Swaraj reaffirms commitment to Palestine at NAM meet, seeks negotiation to solve Israel issue

India on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to the Palestinian cause and said that New Delhi's solidarity with the people of Palestine can never be undermined.

Fidel Castro: A revolutionary, an icon for the Third World and a 'genuine friend' to India

Fidel Castro, the great Cuban revolutionary and an icon for the Third World passed away on Friday in Havana at the age of 90.

NAM summit: India makes strong anti-terror pitch, Pakistan raises Kashmir issue

India made a strong anti-terror pitch at the Summit, asserting that "concrete action" was needed in the fight against terrorism and asked the 120-nation group to set up a mechanism to ensure effective cooperation in combating the menace.

Need for concrete action in fight against terrorism: Hamid Ansari at NAM Summit

Describing terrorism as the "biggest threat" to international peace and to the sovereignty of states, Ansari asserted that no cause justifies the indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians as a means to achieve a political goal or change of policies.