India and Saudi Arabia conducted their maiden military exercise ‘Sada Tanseeq’ from 29 January 2024 to 9 February 2024. The 12-day exercise has proven to be an indicator of a growing defence relationship between both nations. Saudi crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman paid a state visit to India during the 2023 G-20 summit hosted by India. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia in 2019, the two countries signed a landmark memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation which entailed joint military exercises between the two countries.
Category: India
Ram Mandir Event: A Historic or a Political Move?
The consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024, marked a significant moment for India. The event fulfilled a long-standing promise of the BJP, with political implications for the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 election. It also represents a step towards unity and harmony, following the Supreme Court’s verdict in 2019. The event was both religious and political, shaping the nation’s future.
Interim Budget and the Road to the Big Game Ahead
For the current government it’s not an ordinary budget but it’s a report card or a moment to show its credibility for the next season. This budget is said to be the 6th in row for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Read to know the budget’s nutshell
Popular Narratives Should not be the Drivers of India’s Global Ambitions
Since independence, up until 1991, India had never attempted to establish formal diplomatic relations with the State of Israel. Not that it did not want to, but it was mainly because of the popular Indian sentiment that it should not keep connections or do any business with the nation that ostracises and conducts atrocities against Palestinian Muslims. And also, because certain sections of the society did not want the Indian state to recognise Israel as a separate entity in itself. Is appeasing and pacifying the heated sentiments of the people considered the deciding factor in foreign policy engagements of a nation?