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India’s soft power needs a reset

For long, the civilisational land of culturality and wisdom, India, has invoked its Soft Power. However, that projection got ...
Britain has long wielded soft power through its commitment to sound political values and the export of high and popular ...
India's passport strength stagnates at 57 visa-free destinations, even as China and high-income nations widen their global ...
Therecent rankings on the global Henley Passport Index show that the Philippine passport has dropped by six slots to rank 79th overall.
The United States passport is no longer among the top 10 most powerful passports, according to a group monitoring global travel. It’s now ranked 12th on the Henley Passport Index, which ranks ...
Experts note that a passport’s strength reflects broader aspects of a country’s soft power, political stability, security measures, and international reputation ...
Indians can travel to more visa-free destinations than a decade ago, but India's passport ranking has declined.
The CIIE is an important decision made by China to pursue a new round of high-level opening-up, and is China's major initiative to still widen market access to the rest of the world, said President Xi ...
India’s passport has once again ranked among the weaker ones globally, slipping five places to 85th in the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which measures the strength of passports worldwide based on ...
Off the back of the news that China and the United States had agreed on a framework for a trade deal, the Shanghai Composite index extended its year-to-date growth to 22%, marking its highest levels ...
In an age where nations compete not only with arms or capital but with ideas, lifestyles, and credibility, Ayurveda, India’s millennia-old system of medicine, has quietly become an instrument of ...
The 6th edition of the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode's (IIMK) international conclave Globalising Indian Thought (GIT 2025) continued its proceedings on Wednesday, delving deeper into the ...