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The Gist 📹 | Capt. Sarabjeet S. Parmar (Retd), Distinguished Fellow, Australia India Institute and Distinguished Fellow at CSDR, spoke to Nayanima Basu for ‘The Gist’ on StratNews Global, regarding the recent incident of a collission between guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata, a frontline Indian Navy warship with that of Pakistan Navy vessel PNS Hunain on North Arabian Sea on 15 September, 2026.
Parmar said the Pakistani Navy did the brushing-off deliberately, in the same style as Chinese ships do in the South China Sea.
The Gist 📹 | How exposed is India to the deepening crisis in West Asia?
In this edition of The Gist, Kabir Taneja, Executive Director, ORF Middle East, and one of the finest analysts of the region, discusses the growing disruption around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, attacks on critical energy infrastructure and the wider economic consequences for India.
The Gist 📹 | India lacks leverage vis a vis the US. India lacks leverage vis a vis China. This is something we in India are accustomed to hearing and reading about. The lack of leverage is visible in terms of geographical size, economy, military might and so on.
But Pranay Kotasthane, deputy director of the Takshashila Institution and his colleague Lokendra Sharma, have argued in a study that every country small or big has leverage of some kind, no less India. But India tends to "mute" that leverage.
India dispatched another 11 tonnes of relief material to Nepal, including medicines, forensics supplies, tents, hygiene kits, sleeping bags and other essential supplies
The Gist 📹 | Has the time come for India to reach out to the Houthis in Yemen? The Houthis now control the Bab el-Mandeb through their hold over the port of Mocha and their capture of three strategically located islands in the strait.
It has put the squeeze on India's energy lifeline given that the Strait of Hormuz has been constrained by Iran, Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline has been hit and getting oil out of Yanbu through the Red Sea now presents risks given the Houthi presence.
At Thimphu’s Tashichho Dzong, EAM S Jaishankar, Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, PM Tshering Tobgay and FM D. N. Dhungyel lit the 'Aashirvaad ka Diya' to honor PM Modi’s 25 years of public service
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EAM S Jaishankar interacted with FM Roberto Kury of Ecuador on the sidelines of UN High Level Week
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EAM S Jaishankar met FM Jean-Noël Barrot of France on the sidelines of UN High Level Week
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The Gist 📹 | Capt. Sarabjeet S. Parmar (Retd), Distinguished Fellow, Australia India Institute and Distinguished Fellow at CSDR, spoke to Nayanima Basu for ‘The Gist’ on StratNews Global, regarding the recent incident of a collission between guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata, a frontline Indian Navy warship with that of Pakistan Navy vessel PNS Hunain on North Arabian Sea on 15 September, 2026.
Parmar said the Pakistani Navy did the brushing-off deliberately, in the same style as Chinese ships do in the South China Sea.
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The Gist 📹 | How exposed is India to the deepening crisis in West Asia?
In this edition of The Gist, Kabir Taneja, Executive Director, ORF Middle East, and one of the finest analysts of the region, discusses the growing disruption around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, attacks on critical energy infrastructure and the wider economic consequences for India.
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The Gist 📹 | India lacks leverage vis a vis the US. India lacks leverage vis a vis China. This is something we in India are accustomed to hearing and reading about. The lack of leverage is visible in terms of geographical size, economy, military might and so on.
But Pranay Kotasthane, deputy director of the Takshashila Institution and his colleague Lokendra Sharma, have argued in a study that every country small or big has leverage of some kind, no less India. But India tends to "mute" that leverage.
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India dispatched another 11 tonnes of relief material to Nepal, including medicines, forensics supplies, tents, hygiene kits, sleeping bags and other essential supplies
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EAM S Jaishankar met Nepal's Finance Minister Swarnim Waglé in Delhi
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The Gist 📹 | Has the time come for India to reach out to the Houthis in Yemen? The Houthis now control the Bab el-Mandeb through their hold over the port of Mocha and their capture of three strategically located islands in the strait.
It has put the squeeze on India's energy lifeline given that the Strait of Hormuz has been constrained by Iran, Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline has been hit and getting oil out of Yanbu through the Red Sea now presents risks given the Houthi presence.
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EAM S Jaishankar received an audience with The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in Thimphu
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At Thimphu’s Tashichho Dzong, EAM S Jaishankar, Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, PM Tshering Tobgay and FM D. N. Dhungyel lit the 'Aashirvaad ka Diya' to honor PM Modi’s 25 years of public service
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