Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first bilateral visit to Ethiopia in December 2025 marked more than a ceremonial milestone. The conferment of the Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia —the country’s highest civilian award—on the Indian Prime Minister and the elevation of India–Ethiopia relations to a Strategic Partnership  signal a carefully calibrated shift in India’s Africa diplomacy. At a time when the Global South is asserting greater agency and geopolitical alignments are in fl

New Delhi. December 12, 2025 India and Russia share a partnership that has weathered decades, anchored in trust, mutual respect, and strategic necessity. From the launch of India’s first satellite, Aryabhata , aboard a USSR rocket in 1975, to Russian cosmonauts returning gifts from the International Space Station in 2013, the story of cooperation in space reads like a tale of shared ambition. On the defence front, the Soviet Union’s support during the 1971 Indo-Pak war remain