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Joint Naval exercises tool for projection of nation's soft power, says Lt
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Highlighting India's "resolve and commitment" towards joint Naval exercises, Lieutenant General Manoj Pande, Commander-in-chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command on Friday said that besides generating goodwill, joint exercises are a tool for projection of a n
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India-Nepal ties tall as Himalayas, deep as ocean with 'no strings attache
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Calling the India- Nepal ties as "tall as the Himalayas and as deep as the Indian Ocean," Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said India's goodwill towards its neighbour comes with "no strings attached", however, without naming Chin
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India should utilise immense potential in soft power to expand global outr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 16 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday appealed to the artists' community to utilise the potential of India's soft power to expand its global outreach by suggesting them to fully explore and exploit the opportunities in the virtual medium
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India is far ahead of China in leading the world with ideas, says Rajnath
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Lauding the "exemplary courage" shown by the country's armed forces amid the stand-off with China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that there can be a debate on the issue of military might between the two countries but as far as soft pow
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US terminates five PRC-funded programmes disguised as "cultural exchanges"
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) terminated five programmes that were disguised as "cultural exchanges," with China as they are "fully funded and operated by the PRC government as soft power propaganda tools".
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India must balance soft-power, hard-power to deal with China: GKPD
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) urged India to use a balanced combination of soft power and hard power to deal with China's expansionist policies.
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No deal is better than bad deal, says RSS affiliate as India decides not t
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Swadeshi Jagran Manch's national co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan on Monday hailed the Modi government's decision not to join Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, saying "no deal is better than a bad deal" and India showed "it is not a sof
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If India is unique, Indianness is universal: Mauritius PM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Noting the rise of India's soft power globally, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday underlined that 'if India is unique, Indianness is universal'.
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China using Buddhism to increase its influence in South Asia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): In a bid to increase its influence in South Asia, China is slowly using Buddhism as a soft power. From rewriting sacred texts by introducing Chinese narrative to developing Buddhist pilgrim sites and controlling monasteries in its own way, China is working
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European Parliament praises India for its contribution to rebuild Afghanis
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec.19 (ANI): The European Parliament in a resolution on the situation in c has praised India for the use of `soft power' in rebuilding that war-ravaged nation since the Taliban government was ousted in 2001.
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Chinese soft power shows softness
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], June 20 (ANI): "Soft power" is defined as the ability to attract and co-opt rather than to use coercion, force or give money as a means of persuasion. In other words, soft power is a nation's ability to shape others via appeal and attraction, which could inc
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