Washington, April 24 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale spoke with visible pride about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long association with the organisation, underlining the enduring ideological and organisational links between the RSS and India’s ruling establishment.Speaking at a fireside chat at the Hudson Institute, Hosabale confirmed that PM Modi’s roots in the RSS remain a defining part of his public life and leadership journey. “That is …
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Washington, April 24 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale outlined the organisation’s global outreach, its civilisational worldview and its role in shaping social cohesion, arguing that cultural values and modernisation “can exist simultaneously” as India deepens engagement with the United States and other Western countries.Speaking at a fireside chat at the Hudson Institute during the New India Conference, Hosabale described the RSS as a “people…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) India and the United States must rebuild “mutual respect, mutual sensitivity” and align on core interests as their relationship undergoes a “stress test” amid geopolitical shocks and economic frictions, speakers said at a high-level panel at the Hudson Institute. The discussion, part of the New India Conference, highlighted strains across strategic, economic and people-to-people pillars, even as participants stressed that the partnership remains durable and es…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) A deepening “lack of mutual trust” has emerged as the biggest challenge in India-US ties, even as both sides continue to engage across strategic and economic fronts, speakers said at the Hudson Institute’s New India Conference. “There is a big lack of mutual trust today. We need to build that trust once again,” Ram Madhav said, pointing to a sharp shift in perceptions compared to earlier phases of close political alignment.The panel said the relationship, wh…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) India’s push to sustain high economic growth over the next two decades will hinge on investments in human capital and regulatory reforms, a senior policy expert said, flagging skills and workforce gaps as key challenges to the country’s long-term ambitions. Speaking at the New India Conference here, Hemang Jani, Public Policy & Governance expert at the World Bank and former OSD to the Prime Minister’s Office, said India remains well-positioned globally but m…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) India is emerging as a key player in a global shift in supply chains, driven by efforts to reduce dependence on China, former US official Nisha Biswal said. Biswal, Partner at The Asia Group and former US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, said businesses are rethinking their strategies amid geopolitical and economic uncertainty.“There has been enormous progress,” she said, noting that US-India trade has grown “from 50 billion… t…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) India’s relationship with the United States is under visible strain across its core pillars and needs urgent recalibration based on “mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest,” Ram Madhav said at the Hudson Institute’s New India Conference. The president of the India Foundation described the partnership as “a very important relationship” that will endure, but warned that recent developments have weakened its strategic, economic and people-to-p…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) Former US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell described India as America’s most important strategic partner of the 21st century, even as he acknowledged rising concerns over recent strains in the relationship. “I believe the most important relationship for the United States in the 21st century is between the United States and India,” Campbell said at the New India Conference hosted by the Hudson Institute.At the same time, he said it was “troubling… that…