'India should aim to be powerful and set new standards'

'Nonalignment 2.0 -- A foreign and strategic policy for India in the twenty first century' -- was released in New Delhi last week. The document is the product of collective deliberations of Dr......

'The Arab Spring is in great distress'

Former diplomat MK Bhadrakumar delivered a keynote address -- The Arab spring: The region and India -- at an international seminar held in Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. Here's the complete......

Let not Afghanistan slip back: SM Krishna

Following is the text of the speech made by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna at the international Afghanistan conference in BonnYour Excellency President Karzai,Your Excellencies the Foreign......

TEXT: PM Manmohan Singh's historic speech in Maldives Parliament

Following is the text of the address by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the People`s Majlis (parliament) in Maldives:"I wish to thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Members of the People`s Majlis for......