Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government, popularly known as Modi 3.0, focussed on key areas, including Agriculture, Infrastructure, and External Affairs, in the first 100 days in office.
Jaishankar said that effort should be "to persevere, infuse that sense of confidence, to give that sense of hope, and to ensure there is security."
Jaishankar lauded Bengaluru's youth for understanding India's standing in the world and PM Modi's 'game-changing' foreign policy.
India and Russia maintained a close strategic, military, economic, and diplomatic interaction during the Cold War.
Russia will not win, and Ukraine cannot lose. Germany, caught in a crisis not of its own making, has to find a way to regain stability and order and of course economic growth
Getting India-Nepal ties back on an even keel is perhaps the most urgent task for the Indian foreign policy establishment in the neighbourhood.
India’s approach to the Ukraine crisis being equidistant, independent, and balanced came under scrutiny within the country and outside.
“We are friends with Russia and we are also friends with America. We are friends with China and with Europe. We are not in any camp." On March 2, Pakistan along with 34 other countries had abstained from voting on the United Nations’ resolution that condemned the “Russian aggression against Ukraine”.
A neighbourhood first policy would definitely help; we may start by providing food and vaccine aid to countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and even Pakistan, which are facing grave food and vaccine shortages. We can restore friendly relations with our neighbours, at no extra cost, by toning down our rhetoric and not letting domestic compulsions affect foreign relations and most importantly, by treating smaller countries properly
At a time when the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will profoundly affect the geopolitics of the region, the former Foreign Secretary of India, Krishnan Srinivasan speaks to Soumyadip Mullick on what policy India must adopt now to tackle the Afghan dilemma.
