SPOTLIGHT


India blazes a trail with Mars mission
By Saroj Mohanty

"I would submit that the highest possible form of national security, well above having better guns and bombs than everyone else, well above 'speaking softly and carrying a big stick, as President Roosevelt suggested, is the security which comes from being a nation which does the kinds of things that make other countries want to join with us to do them. If this is not 'strategic', then what is?"
 

Waka, Waka for Indian SMEs
Abhilash Puljal / The Hindu Business Line

Setting up a business successfully, sustaining it and expanding it in a foreign country — especially in relatively nascent and rapidly evolving economies such as those in many parts of Africa — is not an easy feat.

 

'India not in competition with any country over Africa'

 India is not in competition with any country over Africa and will coninue to work for a stable and prosperous Africa as the relationship is a win-win one, a senior Indian official has said.
 

Push for rupee trade with Africa
Jayanta Roy Chowdhury / The Telegraph

India and South Africa are exploring the option of trading in local currencies — the rupee and the rand — instead of dollars.

Government initiatives aiding India-West Africa trade surge

Reflecting India's efforts to deepen engagement with west Africa, the surge in India's trade with the region has been facilitated by several government initiatives, a senior Indian diplomat said here.

 

India, US to target terrorist financing, money laundering
By Arun Kumar

 Focusing on terrorism financing and money laundering, India and the US have agreed to expand cooperation in targeting the financial networks of terrorist organisations, including Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT).

'India to help craft economic, security architecture in Asia'
By Saroj Mohanty

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reaffirmed India's commitment to building regional architectures of economic and security cooperation in Asia, saying the need for such collective action and collaboration is more acute now because of the global economic uncertainty and political turmoil in some parts of the world.
 

Indians trying to come to terms with Nairobi attack
By Maina Waruru

The Indian community in Kenya is trying to come to terms with the devastating fallout of the Nairobi mall attack Sep 21, coping with the pain of losing loved ones and lost business opportunities.

Terrorism from Pakistan in sharp focus at India-US summit
By Arun Kumar

 Meeting under the shadow of twin terror attacks in Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put terrorism emanating from Pakistan in sharp focus at his third summit in Washington with US President Barack Obama.

Ethnic Indians heroes in Nairobi aftermath
By Maina Waruru

Members of Kenya’s Indian community are emerging as heroes of last Saturday's terrorist attack at a Nairobi mall they frequent in large numbers, with their institutions and individuals providing critical emergency assistance at one of the darkest moments in the east African nation’s history.