10 major disasters, 1.2 million people affected across Himalayas in 2025, says ICIMOD analysisThe analysis by the inter-governmental body, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) also said the increasing imp...
14 May, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
Government specifies 40 sub-sectors for faster clearance of FDI proposals from land-bordering nationsIndia is fast-tracking foreign investment proposals from China and neighboring nations. Forty key manufacturing sub-sectors, including rare...
05 May, 2026, 06.08 PM IST
DPIIT issues updated SOP for processing FDI applicationsThe Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has streamlined Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposal processing wit...
05 May, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
Govt has eased FDI norms for foreign cos having small Chinese/Hong Kong stake: An explainerIndia has eased Foreign Direct Investment rules for companies with up to ten percent Chinese or Hong Kong shareholding. These firms can now...
04 May, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
UNGA president takes potshot at Trump's Board of PeaceUN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock urged a renewed commitment to the UN Charter amidst rising global tensions. She criticized ...
28 Apr, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by ChinaTibetans living outside China are voting for their government-in-exile. This election holds great importance as they face a future without ...
26 Apr, 2026, 10.24 AM IST
Taken-for-granted separation between economics & strategy has collapsed in 21st Century: Pradeep MehtaThe lines between economics and strategy have blurred, as highlighted in CUTS International's geoeconomic webinar. Experts discussed how tr...
25 Apr, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
Separation between economics & strategy that was taken for granted has collapsed in 21stCenturyA recent CUTS International webinar under its Geoeconomic Monograph Series highlighted how global economics and geopolitics are now deeply ...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
What Modi’s Bhutan visit tells us about China’s influence in the neighbourhoodPM Narendra Modi is paying a return visit to Thimphu days after his new Bhutan counterpart visited India. A look at the complex interplay b...
02 Apr, 2024, 09.19 PM IST
China and Bhutan get closer to settling border disputesIndia has cautioned Bhutan against compromising on the Doklam corridor under Chinese pressure as talks between Bhutan and China to settle t...
25 Oct, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
Bhutan heavily pressurised by China to change stand on Doklam: ReportThe Doklam plateau issue rose to the limelight in 2017 when under the CCP's leadership, Chinese troops with construction vehicles and road-...
15 Apr, 2023, 11.30 AM IST
China, Bhutan agree to expedite negotiations to resolve border disputeBhutan shares a 477 km-long border with China and the two countries held 24 rounds of boundary talks in a bid to resolve the border dispute.
14 Jan, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
China steps up construction along disputed Bhutan border, satellite images showThe images and analysis supplied to Reuters by U.S. data analytics firm HawkEye 360, which uses satellites to gather intelligence on ground...
12 Jan, 2022, 02.37 PM IST
View: The cat and MoU games in China-Bhutan relationshipThere is a huge difference between attempting to solve border disputes and establishing diplomatic ties. China has continued to violate the...
03 Nov, 2021, 11.46 PM IST
Amid looming Chinese presence, India woos Bhutan with trade relations and connectivityFrom identifying more trade points to carrying out a feasibility study for a railway link, the government is going all out to thwart China'...
23 Jul, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
China outreach to Bhutan poses fresh challenge to IndiaChina’s Bhutan outreach poses a significant foreign policy challenge for India in the neighbourhood, not least because the new government i...
30 Jan, 2019, 06.17 PM IST
View: Dokalam crisis is a reflection of China's expansionist tendenciesChina obfuscates the Dokalam issue by suddenly finding great virtue in colonial era unequal treaties which it rejects as in the case of the...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.15 AM IST