Meeting between PM Modi, Putin and Xi reflected rare display of unity: Report

IANS | September 2, 2025 9:02 PM

Tianjin, Sep 2 (IANS) The highly-publicised interaction between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China’s Tianjin showcased a striking display of unity, a report cited on Tuesday.

Seychelles accords grand welcome to Indian Navy's Training Squadron ships

IANS | September 2, 2025 8:56 PM

Victoria, Sep 2 (IANS) As the ships of the First Training Squadron (1TS) of the Indian Navy comprising INS Tir, INS Shardul, and CGS Sarathi docked at Port Victoria in Seychelles, the Charge d'Affaires of High Commission of India, along with senior officers of the First Training Squadron ships hosted an onboard reception on Tuesday which was also attended by the country's Chief of Defence Forces Major General Michael Rosette and Seychelles' Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism Sylvestre Radegonde,

Tianjin bonhomie could rejuvenate RIC amid tariff tensions with US

Baidya Bikash Basu | September 2, 2025 8:42 PM

The Russia-India-China (RIC) initiative is rooted in former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov's ideas and vision of having a powerful troika. He detested the United States' unipolarity in the post-Cold War era. The US viewed Russia as a declining regional power, especially when compared to its primary strategic competitor China. It is relevant to point out that Primakov was the first top-ranking leader among the P-5 nuclear weapon states to visit India in December 1998, since Pokhran-II in May 1998.

India seen as reliable partner of African states in push for economic growth

IANS | September 2, 2025 5:12 PM

Nairobi, Sep 2 (IANS) India’s engagement with African countries focusses on quiet, government-to-government cooperation in building hospitals, training naval crews, financing small and medium enterprises, and supplying affordable vaccines, according to an article in Kenya’s Capital News.