China again reiterates what it's said repeatedly: essentially 'broader over border' and puts ball in India's court.

Will be interesting to see if PRC budges from that or if India budges from its 'border before broader' stance...

Does this also mean hitting pause re the Indian workers traveling to Israel for now?

I see folks are suddenly discovering the move from 'hub and spoke' to 'latticework.' Been evolving for a while.

(I prefer 'network' 'web' or 'spiderweb' because that's more understandable in more countries & it's a structure that's continuing to be spun.

China also says acc to it, there's been 'positive progress' in border talks.

And reiterates that India should move on from the border devps: 'boundary question does not represent the entirety of China-India relations, and it should be placed appropriately in bilateral relations'

First woman to be British HC to India.

3 Indian women have been HCs to the UK:
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1954-61)
- Ruchi Ghanashyam (2018-20)
- Gaitri Issar Kumar (2020-22)

India sending new defence attaches to: Poland, Armenia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Philippines

Indian reducing defence staff in: France, Russia, UK

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-po…

hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-…

Surprised someone hasn't titled a publication on the history of US rels w Pakistan, 'We also need to solve the Pakistan problem'

So much regard that 20,000 send their kids to Russia to study vs 270,000 to the US.

And why in years like 2019, there were 2 million Indian departures to US vs 100,000 to Russia.

Rhetorical regard in droves ofc.

'To study Alabama’s first presence in a men’s basketball Final Four, it’s relevant to read about the Pali language from the Indian subcontinent, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Dharma, 5th-C Indian scholar Buddhaghosa, his work Visuddhimagga...'
washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

Heard someone again say, 'India is more important to US than US is to India.' No, his name was not Mungeri Lal.

Lil' doubt US has invested in India rel. But for India, US is even more critical. This (from last yr) doesn't even cover utility wrt China/Indo-Pac, tech, int'l order

'Overseas Indians sent home a record $29 billion by way of remittances in the December quarter'

'survey on remittances conducted by the RBI showed that the US is the largest source of remittances, accounting for 23%...flows from the Gulf region declined'
economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/invest/ove…

Report: 'Adani Group plans to set up a think tank'
- 3 focus areas: energy transition & climate change, economics and trade, geopolitics & strategic affairs
- initial funding of ₹100 crore (about $12 million)
- HQ in Delhi; outposts in DC, London
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/c…

President Biden's state dinners...
🇫🇷 Macron (Dec. 2022)
🇰🇷 Yoon (Apr. 2023)
🇮🇳 Modi (Jun. 2023)
🇦🇺 Albanese (Oct. 2023)
🇯🇵 Kishida (Apr. 2024)

Will be interesting to see what the Shanghai Institutes for Int'l Studies delegation's takeaways were from their conversations at India Foundation, Vivekanda Int'l Foundation and IDSA in Delhi (i.e. if they write/speak about them)

Great to have you back in the States, Mr. Prime Minister.

'Trump, speaking at a multimillion-dollar fund-raiser...lamented that people were not immigrating to the US from 'nice' countries 'like Denmark'

...Mr. Trump frequently laments migrants from a list of countries from Africa, Asia & the Middle East'
nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/…

Like I said...

PM Modi: 'India, as a democratic polity and global economic growth engine, is a natural choice for those looking to diversify their supply chains'
newsweek.com/2024/04/19/exc…

On India-China...
Left: PM Modi written answer
Right: DefMin Singh speech

On Monday, April 15, the Jackson School will host a virtual discussion on Indian foreign policy and perspectives on international order with Jackson grad Tanvi Madan, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. Fellow alum Jarod Taylor will moderate.

jackson.yale.edu/jackson-events…

Not surprising (or new) for India to say 'stay out of our internal affairs.'

But India shld also not be surprised others will care cuz GOI highlighting
- democracy as reason 🇮🇳 shld be trusted tech partner
- econ alternative to non-democ China
- domestic pol in diaspora abroad