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India's new trade and defence deals signal strategic autonomy play amid global flux

Vivek Y Kelkar | May 21, 2026 9:39 PM

New Delhi: India has recently concluded deals with New Zealand, South Korea and Russia that are advantageous in headline terms, but signal more about India’s quest for strategic autonomy. They mark a deliberate shift in how New Delhi is deploying trade and defence alignment policies as calibrated levers of strategic autonomy amidst rising global rivalries and uncertainties. The agreements, different in scale and context, indicate a strategic logic: India is widening its economic and security options in a world where any singular dependence has become a strategic vulnerability.

Taiwan remains central fault line in US-China relations: Report

IANS | May 21, 2026 9:28 PM

Brussels, May 21 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping’s warning that Taiwan could lead to “clashes and even conflicts” and place relations in “great jeopardy” during his recent meeting with US President Donald Trump in Beijing was not mere rhetoric, a report has stated.

'Recognition of India's farmer-centric policies': Padma Shri awardee hails PM Modi receiving FAO's highest honour

IANS | May 21, 2026 9:00 PM

Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), May 21 (IANS) Padma Shri awardee and progressive farmer Ramsaran Verma on Thursday expressed happiness over Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving the highest honour of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the 'Agricola Medal' for 2026, and said the recognition also belongs to the country's farmers, agricultural scientists and India's farmer-centric policies.

India-US trade deal likely in coming months: Sergio Gor

IANS | May 21, 2026 8:48 PM

New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) US Ambassador Sergio Gor on Thursday expressed immense confidence regarding the finalisation of a landmark bilateral trade deal between Washington and New Delhi in the "coming weeks and months".

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