"India and Russia are natural partners in fighting terrorism unitedly and with determination and to promote a multi-polar international system based on the central role of the United Nations and international law"

Narendra Modi's course correction :"In 2000, India and Russia signed a Declaration on Strategic Partnership. In 2010, we elevated our partnership to the level of a Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. These documents are more than just words. They contain an ambitious blueprint for our cooperation"

"Russia has re-emerged from the events of 1991 as a global power with international reach and influence"

 "Indian merchants travelled between India and Russia and established settlements in Astrakhan (southern Russia)"

Narendra Modi uvaach : "We (india and russia) have been together in times good and bad"

Donald Trump got it right : Whole world is a Covfefe, Maya as we call it in Benares 

Wait for a tectonic shift in Indian polity : Draupadi Murmu as president of Republic of India and anointment of Rajinikanth as Chhatrapati of Tamil Nadu 

Modi-Putin Summit : on the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations, bilateral  ties need a booster shot- An overt Axis

Narendra Modi- Vladimir Putin Summit  : an opportunity for Modi to reclaim lost ground in Asia

Narendra Modi's foreign policy loses momentum and direction thanks to MEA officials

Modi-Putin Summit :  Russia is preface of "Indian Story"

Narendra Modi-Vladimir Putin Summit : Time to Revive "Asrtrakhan Spirit" and "Volga to Ganga" Connectivity

Can Narendra Modi emulate Vajpayee to Create an "India-Russia Axis" to ensure India's domination/ relevance in Asia. India and Russia (perhaps Iran)  can formulate an alternative to OBOR.

Modi-Putin Summit : time to upgrade special strategic relationship 

MEA officials again failed Prime Minister Narendra Modi  : OBOR fiasco pushes India into isolation

Narendra Modi - Vladimir Putin summit  on June 1 

New Delhi . Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Russia on June 1-2, 2017 for holding the 18th India-Russia Annual Summit in St. Petersburg on June 1, 2017 with the President of the Russian Federation H.E. Vladimir V. Putin. It is the first time that the Annual Summit will be held in Russia outside Moscow. At the bilateral Summit  the leaders are expected to review the entire gamut of India-Russia bilateral relations and review the progress made since the last summit held in Goa on October 15, 2016.
Following the Summit,Prime Minister will participate, also for the first time, in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 2, 2017 as Guest of Honour.

Russia was the first country with which India instituted Annual Summits. This had followed the Declaration of Strategic Partnership between India and the Russian Federation in October 2000 in New Delhi. Since then annual Summits have been held regularly every year.

Thus spake Tulsi Gabbard , Krishna's own daughter


"When I was first elected to Congress, I promised that money wouldn't influence my decisions - I rejected $ from Wall St, Big Pharma, & others

"Citizens United worsened the crisis of dark money influencing our country. We need to get corporate money and lobbyists out of politics.

I've decided to stop accepting PAC/lobbyist $$. Bottom line: we can't allow our future to be driven and shaped by special interests."

Operational part of Order of International Court of Justice on provisional measures sought by India in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

May 18, 2017

The Court

I. Unanimously,

Indicates the following provisional measures;

Pakistan shall take all measures at its disposal to ensure that Mr. Jadhav is not executed pending the final decision in these proceedings and shall inform the Court of all the measures taken in implementation of the present Order.

II. Unanimously,

Decides that until it has given its final decision, it shall remain seized of the matters which form the subject-matter of this Order.

Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative at the Peace Palace, the Hague this 18th day of May, Two Thousand and Seventeen, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the Court and the other transmitted to the Government of Republic of India and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Sd/-President

Sd/-Registrar

Draupadi Murmu might be elected 14th president of Republic of India unopposed 

No political party can afford to oppose a tribal lady from Odisha 

Narendra Modi's 3/5 tenure : running marathon in sprint mode 

Draupadi Murmu as president of republic of India would be tribute to Bhagwan Birsa Munda and Pravir Bhanj deo 

Narendra Modi's subaltern coup : Draupadi Murmu as next president of Republic of India ?