The AfCFTA aims to boost intra-African trade by providing a comprehensive and mutually beneficial trade agreement among the member states, covering trade in goods, services, investment, intellectual property rights and competition policy. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a flagship project of Agenda 2063 of the African Union, Africa’s own development vision. It…
Amidst growing differences between India and Russia due to India’s growing closeness with the US and Russia’s congruence with China, India and Russia held the 21st India-Russia Annual Summit to discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including regional and global issues. Recent events saw the distancing of Russia from India through the re-evaluation of…
PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House today for their first in-person Leaders’ engagement, renewing their close relationship and charting a new course to advance the partnership between the world’s largest democracies. The Leaders affirmed a clear vision that will guide the U.S.-India relationship forward: building a strategic partnership…
The recent meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden evoked a lot of interest for watchers in the diplomatic sphere given the fact that Narendra Modi had been seen openly supporting the Republican Party’s incumbent Presidential candidate Donald Trump. It was indeed a pleasant surprise that Joe Biden put…
As per a government statement released by the South African Department of Home Affairs, 75 countries on the African continent and abroad have been granted visa-free status, including the US, Canada, Cuba, and Qatar, but citizens of China, India, and Nigeria – three of the most populous countries in the world – still complete the…
Between long haul flights and the hardships of obtaining the requisite visas, getting to South Africa was a tricky proposition for tourists. However, it’s about to get a bit easier – for Indians, at least – with an online visa facility made operative last month. Ivor Vaz reports… In an endeavour to stimulate the India…
In a no-holds-barred interview, Milan Hovorka, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, tells Ivor Vaz about the many factors that play a key role in strengthening the bonds between the two countries… Relations between India and the Czech Republic date back to even before diplomatic relations were established in 1947. Could you describe how…
Education isn’t a preparation for your life – it’s an indistinguishable part of life itself. And nowhere is this truer than in Ireland, where time spent in the classroom is just the starting point of a journey towards a fuller, rounder, more interested and more interesting individual, finds Ivor Vaz A RECENT SURVEY has indicated…
President of US-India Business Council (USIBC) Nisha Desai Biswal has said India should present its growth vision and why businesses should look to invest in the country at a time when the global economy is beset with challenges.Citing media reports of challenges facing the Indian as well as the global economy, Biswal said the same…
India’s exports shrank for the first time in nine months in June as global trade tension hit shipments and the country braced for the impact of the US withdrawing some benefits. Exports shrank 9.71% last month to $25.01 billion while imports declined 9.06%. The trade deficit narrowed to $15.28 billion from $16.6 billion a year…
