Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since July 2019, representing Gujarat.

September 30, 2026

Geopolitics/News

Sri Lanka Court Orders Return of $916,537 Stolen in Cyberattack on Taiwanese Bank

A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of US$916,537 held at the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and its return to Taiwan’s Far Eastern International Bank, the bank from which

Editor's Choice/Technology

The Man at the Far End of Trump’s AI Table

Claude is becoming increasingly capable and commercially valuable, while Anthropic is fighting Washington over autonomous weapons and surveillance. The company wants America to lead AI, but not at any price.

September 30, 2026

White House AI Accord Sets Four-Layer Safety Framework for Frontier Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and other technology leaders have signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, committing participating companies to a four-layer

$8 Trillion G7 Defence Surge Brings AI Investment and Debt Pressures Together

Editor's Choice/News

The next decade could see an estimated $8 trillion surge in additional defence spending by the Group of Seven, according to former US Navy

Why Bharat Matters: India’s New Foreign Policy

January 5, 2024

New Books

Following excerpts adapted from the author’s new book, Why Bharat Matters, published by Rupa Publications Three years ago, in my earlier book The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, I had urged

Indo-Lanka Relationship in a turbulent world

January 20, 2023

Columns/Diplomacy

Following column is based on the remarks made by the author during his official visit to Sri Lanka on 20 January 2023 First of all, let me say what a great pleasure