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Indian Passport Gets Booster Shot; Moves Up 5 Places in Global Rankings | Details | In Focus

India’s passport is more powerful than ever before. Indians can now flaunt visa-free entry to 57 countries. This year India made a significant jump of 5 spots in the Passport rankings and this has put India at the 80th spot in the latest Henley passport index. Henley passport index ranks passports of countries according to the number of countries a passport holder can visit visa-free. It is based on International Air Transport Association data.

19 Jul 2023
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative has dug itself into a hole | Mint Primer | Mint

China’s Belt and Road Initiative has dug itself into a hole.

15 Apr 2023
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In New Year diplomacy, PM Modi dials neighbours, snubs Pakistan

Many of the countries whose leaders PM spoke to are also those where China has been making deep inroadsIn his conversation with Nepal’s PM, Modi ‘expressed’ his satisfaction at the progress of ties between Delhi and Kathmandu

3 min read1 Jan 2020
Opinion

Opinion | It is not either-or

Staying on good terms with mutually adversarial countries is not easy, but high-level diplomacy never is

1 min read28 Jun 2019
Opinion

Opinion | A new road to Pakistan: hope floats or deja vu?

Is the Kartarpur corridor yet another bold diplomatic gamble by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

3 min read25 Nov 2018
Opinion

Opinion | End TB and global health diplomacy

Eradicating polio was an important step; becoming the first nation to eradicate TB will be a giant leap

4 min read9 Nov 2018
Politics

Bangladesh looks at India to fulfil its ‘power for all’ promise

It comes in the backdrop of India pushing for cross-border energy trade, with energy diplomacy being a key part of PM Modi's South Asia-focused neighbourhood-first policy

3 min read12 Jul 2018
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Xi Jinping says China must lead way in reform of global governance

China is seeking a greater say in global organisations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and United Nations, in line with its growing economic and diplomatic clout

1 min read23 Jun 2018
Opinion

India’s soft power push: just following a fad?

A democratic India's approach to soft power projection should be very different from that of an authoritarian China

4 min read23 Feb 2018
Opinion

For now, it is advantage North Korea

North Korea, through its 'Olympic diplomacy', has decisively seized the advantage while at the same time stopping the doomsday clock that was ticking ominously close to midnight

4 min read22 Feb 2018
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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