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S Jaishankar's tenure as foreign secretary comes to an end: A look at how he matched up to his predecessors
Fp Staff • 7 years agoWith just weeks to go for S Jaishankar's tenure as foreign secretary to end, focus will be on his contribution to India's foreign policy establishment.
At JLF 2018, ex-foreign secy Shyam Saran says India should be concerned about China making 'inroads' in its neighbourbood
• 7 years agoIndia should be concerned about the “inroads” China is making in its neighbourhood, says foreign secretary Shyam Saran
Nepal polls 2017: As Communists rise to power, India's 'big brother' attitude only alienated the Nepalis
Aprameyar • 7 years agoThree and a half years later, the "neighbourhood first" is now under scrutiny. Courtesy: Nepal.
Don't see grand reconciliation between India, Pakistan in foreseeable future: Ex-Foreign Secy
• 8 years agoIndia and Pakistan have "different narratives" on Partition and the Indo-Pak wars, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran said
China not prepared enough to handle a cultural giant like India as neighbour, says Shyam Saran
Aprameyar • 8 years agoShyam Saran spoke on the intricacies of the bilateral relations and the way forward for the two Asian giants.
Belief that world hurtling towards Chinese unipolarity misplaced, says Shyam Saran
• 8 years agoThe belief that China is emerging as a new global hegemon and the world is hurtling towards Chinese unipolarity is misplaced as it lacks the wherewithal of the US which remains a pre-eminent power, says former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
China blocks India’s NSG entry, but it's critical that we maintain diplomatic aggression
Shishir Tripathi • 9 years agoChina had opposed the decision to give a waiver to India in 2008, but had not taken a public stand, says former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
From defence pact to bullet train, here’s a roundup of Japan PM Shinzo Abe’s first day in India
Fp Archives • 9 years agoShinzo Abe’s three-day visit to India will further reinforce the growing warmth in Indo-Japan ties as the two Asian democracies clinch a path-breaking defence deal, a major railway investment plan and reach an agreement on civil nuclear co-operation
Ajit Doval as National Security Advisor, but who would be his deputy?
Rajeev Sharma • 11 years agoIt is for sure that the next deputy NSA will be a diplomat. After all, this is the convention and an unwritten, unspoken understanding between the IFS and IPS lobbies.
No question of ceding any Indian territory to China, says Antony
Fppolitics • 12 years agoAntony said that the Indian government was working to build infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control with China.