The Handshake: Navigating Global Diplomacy & Relations

  Hello and welcome to this episode of DePress Room, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how a top US official thinks that how ‘India’s Foreign Policy Shifting From Passive To One Which Vigorously Advances Its Interests’. India is moving away from having a passive foreign policy to the one vigorously advancing its interests, a top American diplomat said on Friday, attributing the trend to New Delhi’s “broadening strategic horizons” over the past two decades.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about why India India should be on alert because of increasing connection between China and Pakistan. Within days of the beginning of the new year, China made clear that its attitude towards India will not change. The all-spectrum China-Pakistan compact will stay intact and get further consolidated through closer diplomatic and military coordination.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how Iran wants India to import oil from them. Amid mounting tensions between the US and Iran, Iranian foreign affairs minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said India will not find a stable and reliable energy partner other than Iran. He said losing Iran as a reliable source of energy will not make the Indian economy more reliable.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about the Davos diplomacy likely between India and Malaysia. On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trade Ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet amid a palm oil spat between the two countries. The row between the countries, nevertheless, pushed benchmark Malaysian palm futures to its worst weekly decline in more than 11 years on Friday.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India retaliated when China pitched for a discussion on Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council. After China once again pitched for a discussion on Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council, India on Thursday said that Beijing should draw “proper lessons” and “refrain” from repeating this step in the future.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India-Russia relations are going to reach new heights. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today interacted with a delegation from Russian media. Speaking to the delegation, Pradhan said, “2019 was a landmark year which boosted the bilateral relations between India and Russia to hitherto unscaled heights.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about what happened on the first day of Raisina Dialogue 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the inaugural session of Raisina Dialogue 2020 -- India's annual global conference on geopolitics and geo-economics -- on Tuesday.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about the Raisina Dialogue which is going to begin from today in Delhi. Foreign Ministers from 13 countries, including Russia, Iran and Australia, would attend the Raisina Dialogue 2020, the fifth edition of the annual geo-political and geo-economic summit, which will begin in the Indian Capital on 14 January.

Hello everyone and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how the demise of Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said might affect India's dynamics in the Gulf region. The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that India will observe state mourning on January 13 as a mark of respect to His Majesty Sultan bin Said Al Said. The spokesperson for MHA said that the Indian flag will be flown at half-mast throughout the day and there would be no official entertainment that day.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told his US and Japanese counterparts, Mark Esper and Taro Kono, that India was firmly in favour of de-escalation in the ongoing tensions between the US and Iran in the Middle East. Rajnath Singh, in separate telephonic conversations with Esper and Kono, shared India’s “concerns, stakes and interest” in the West Asian region, while also affirming the Indian government’s resolve to further expand defence cooperation with the US and Japan.