NEW DELHI: The largest ever delegation of UK universities and education leaders is in India on a five-day visit to meet key stakeholders with discussions on internationalisation of higher education institutions through partnership, dual degrees and furthering research collaborations on the agenda, according to top officials from the British government. The delegation, coordinated by the […]
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The deepening relationship between India and Saudi Arabia has potential to change the dynamic of the subcontinent and West Asia
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Four things stand out about India’s G20 presidency, the crowning moment of which is undoubtedly the Delhi Declaration, announced on Day 1 of the leaders’ summit. PREMIUM People walk past a banner with flags of countries participating in G20 summit at the International Media Center (IMC) at G20 venue on the eve of the two-day […]
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It’s official. China’s president Xi Jinping won’t make it to the G20 summit in Delhi, and Beijing will be represented by the Chinese premier Li Qiang. Whether to attend an international gathering or not is purely a sovereign choice and is dictated by a range of geopolitical, strategic, internal and logistical reasons. But Xi’s decision […]
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At 11.50am on Saturday, India’s space ambitions blasted off into a higher orbit. That morning, the country’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport, marking the second time in as many weeks that the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) had put the country firmly in the top echelons of space-faring nations. The […]
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India’s GDP grew at 7.8% in the quarter ending June 2023, exactly what a Bloomberg poll of economists predicted and broadly in line with the 8% forecast by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its August resolution. Given the fact that there are no surprises in the headline […]
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The noxious mix of vapours in India’s national Capital is shaving off nearly 12 years from a resident’s life expectancy, a global report has estimated, painting a damning picture of the administrative apathy that led the air to deteriorate year after year, intervening only with stop-gap measures once it literally gets too difficult to breathe. […]
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An unprecedented stand-off between the Punjab governor and the elected state government has, once again, outlined the stress India’s federal structure is undergoing, and the dangers to the country’s democratic backbone if all sides don’t take a step back and act more judiciously. The controversy began on Friday last week, when governor Banwarilal Purohit wrote […]
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Kicking up plumes of moondust, Vikram landed at 6.03 pm, completing an improbable two-decade-long arc in India’s lunar exploration. If Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 pushed India into the elite club of space-faring nations, its third iteration propelled the world’s most populous country into its front row. Only three countries have successfully reached the lunar surface before. […]
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Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (Brics) gather this week at what is often called the wealthiest square mile in the African continent. But the first in-person summit since 2019 of the grouping once seen as a credible counterweight to the western-led blocs begins with more than a sense of unease. China, the […]