United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon recently announced the appointment of Lakshmi Puri as the Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at the......
Will G20 showcase an India that is inclusive, culturally rich, diverse and tolerant, asks Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Prime Minister N D Modi at the G20 all-party meeting in New Delhi. All photographs:......
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday addressed to the nation on the eve of the 74th Independence Day. From India's fight against COVID-19 to China face-off, Kovind spoke on several issues during the......
As one surveys the changing face of mulilateralsim today, we see mutation and multiplication. The underlying reality is that the world is multipolar and with more poles, you tend to get more......
K Alan Kronstadt is the point man for South Asia in the Congressional Research Service, the United States Congress' research arm which is often called the legislative branch's own think tank. Last......
In the chair's summary of the last G-8 conference in Heiligendamm, Germany, there was no mention of food prices or agriculture. What a difference a year makes. Since the G-8 last assembled in June......
Nearly six months after he nominated Dr Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui to be the chief agricultural negotiator at the office of the US Trade Representative, US President Barack Obama -- fed up with what......
On a bright September afternoon, a black Mercedes S320 pulls up to a curb in the middle of Beijing's bustling Zhongguancun, the consumer-electronics shopping district. Out steps a man in a......
Well, here's a rockin' party: a gathering of several hundred midlevel human-resources executives in Las Vegas. (Yo, Wayne Newton! How's the 401(k)?) They are here, ensconced for two days at......