by Madhav NalapatIn 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into a medley of countries, including Georgia, Ukraine and the Central Asian republics. Boris Yeltsin, who took over from Mikhail Gorbachev after the breakup, outsourced economic policy mainly to US experts, who not surprisingly recommended and got adopted by the new government policies that threw the Russian economy into chaos, reported The

While Delhi has been handling ISI, the same needs to be the case when it comes to dealing with MSS, China’s agency, reported The Sunday Guardian LiveIn 2020, Australian policymakers decided to constitute a specialised team, “the Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce” that would work under its intelligence agency, Australia’s National Security Agency (ASIO) in order to carry out intelligence-led

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while commending the brave and prompt response by the Indian Navy to recent incidents of piracy and missile attacks, exhorted the Commanders to remain poised for operations across the spectrum of conflict.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while commending the brave and prompt response by the Indian Navy to recent incidents of piracy and missile attacks, exhorted the

New York: In a decisive call for urgent action, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, emphasised the imperative need for immediate reforms to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).Speaking during the 78th session’s informal meeting of the plenary on the reforms of the Security Council, Kamboj expressed frustration over the prolonged discussions, highlighting

New Delhi: The Foreign Minister of Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson, arrived in the national capital on Sunday.The Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Randhir Jaiswal, extended a warm welcome to the Icelandic Foreign Minister.Sharing on social media ‘X’, Randhir Jaiswal stressed that Benediktsson’s visit will further strengthen India-Iceland ties, including in trade and investment

New Delhi: Liechtenstein Foreign Minister, Dominique Hasler arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for an official visit.Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal shared about her arrival and said that the visit of the Liechtenstein minister will boost economic and commercial partnership between the two countries."Welcome to India! FM @DominiqueHasler of Liechtenstein arrives in