DW: India’s nuclear sector to expand, draw foreign capital
Last week, India’s parliament approved legislation that opens nuclear power generation to private and foreign companies. The landmark Atomic Energy Act marks a significant government shift as India moves towards increased nuclear energy and reduced dependence on fossil fuels in order to meet climate targets. India is seeking to boost its nuclear power capacity tenfold to 100 gigawatts by 2047, which would […]
IBG NEWS: ICC Organises ICC Wealth Management Summit
Kolkata, 15th November, 2025: ICC organised the ICC Wealth Management Summit 2025, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers and global advisors for wide-ranging discussions that spanned cutting-edge wealth management trends, India’s economic transformation, and the shifting geopolitical landscape. The summit was attended by Mr. Ajay Bisaria, Global Advisor to Asset Management Companies, author and former diplomat; […]
Business Today: Don’t be surprised if Trump shows up in Delhi’: Ex-Ambassador says US will stay India’s key partner
India’s primary strategic partner will remain the United States, Russia and the European Union will continue to be crucial partners, and China will remain a strategic competitor, says Ajay Bisaria Former Ambassador Ajay Bisaria has predicted that the United States will continue to be India’s key strategic partner despite recent tensions over Washington’s 50% tariff […]
CSC: The One BIG Takeaway
What’s the single takeaway from each of our panelists? Summing up, individually, how do we feel, what’s the most important understanding from this discussion? Ambassador Ajay Bisaria: By way of answering your question and a partial summary of this very interesting discussion on our neighbourhood, what is emerging is that we are in a very […]
CSC: In Our Immediate Neighbourhood: What’s Simmering?
Navin Berry: Last few months, we’ve had quite a few startling revelations, so to say. We find that South Asia; we thought we were the dominant power within our South Asian region. Now we begin to see that China is also in South Asia. So, is that true? How the South Asian scene has changed? […]
CSC: Deterrence, Narratives, Acquisition Protocols, Adversaries and India’s Fight with Terror and Agents of Terrorism
CS Conversations convened an erudite panel of experts who know the business – diplomacy, global power tussles, military hardware and India’s positioning in our immediate neighbourhood. We bring you excerpts of this engaging, forward looking and critical conversation. The discussion was moderated by Maj General V K Singh and Navin Berry, Editor. Maj Gen VK […]
India’s World: India-Canada Relations in Focus: Ambassador Ajay Bisaria On Crisis, Trust, and the G7 Moment
Mahrukh Chaudhry: Before PM Modi’s invitation to the 2025 G7 Summit, where did India-Canada ties actually stand? Had the relationship remained frozen since the Nijjar controversy, or was there already some groundwork underway for a reset? Amb. Ajay Bisaria: Even before the G7 invitation, both sides had quietly begun laying the groundwork to repair ties. […]
The Assam Tribune: India should adopt two-pronged strategy to deal with Pakistan, says ex-envoy Bisaria
India should adopt a two-pronged strategy to deal with Pakistan-military action against terrorism together with calibrated diplomatic moves, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ajay Bisaria said. In an interview with The Assam Tribune, Bisaria also expressed the view that Pakistan would continue to harbour terrorists, at least for some time to come. Following are […]
The Economist: India and Pakistan are bracing for a military clash
During the last big military stand-off between India and Pakistan, in 2019, Mike Pompeo was woken by an urgent call at his hotel in Hanoi. Mr Pompeo, who was then America’s secretary of state, described in a memoir being connected to an Indian minister who said Pakistan was preparing a nuclear strike on India. Mr Pompeo […]
BBC: India and Pakistan are in crisis again – here’s how they de-escalated in the past
Last week’s deadly militant attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, which claimed 26 civilian lives, has reignited a grim sense of déjà vu for India’s security forces and diplomats. This is familiar ground. In 2016, after 19 Indian soldiers were killed in Uri, India launched “surgical strikes” across the Line of Control – the de facto […]