The Associated Press published on 15 January 2025 an article titled "India's Navy Launches Submarine, Warships to Guard against China's Presence in Indian Ocean" by Rafiq Maqbool and Ashok Sharma.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned this week at a Mumbai shipyard an India-made submarine, destroyer, and frigate in response to China's major naval buildup and growing effort to extend power into the Indian Ocean.
The Diplomat published on 11 November 2024 a commentary titled "Africa-India Ties: The Continent's Next Big Relationship or Over-Hyped?" by Barnaby Joseph Dye, King's College London, and Punkhuri Kumar, Imperial College London.
The authors argue that the Africa-India relationship is not yet living up to expectations. Considerable barriers are preventing opportunities from being realized. This will only change when, or if, New Delhi is able to increase governmental capacity to boost political ties and development cooperation.
The Diplomat published on 14 October 2023 a commentary titled "The China Factor in the India-Tanzania Strategic Partnership" by Raghvendra Kumar, an independent researcher who recently submitted his doctoral thesis at the University of Delhi.
China's Belt and Road Initiative in Tanzania has contributed to economic and environmental vulnerabilities that, in turn, has created space for New Delhi to expand and consolidate its bilateral engagement with Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is a reliable and trusted partner for India in its extended Indian Ocean maritime neighborhood.
University World News - Africa Edition published on 5 October 2023 an article titled "Beyond BRICS: The Shaping of New Development Narratives" by Kudzai Mashininga.
At the BRICS summit in South Africa last August, China, India, and Russia demonstrated different narratives for engaging with Africa. China and India offered a competing model for development while Russia is trying to fill power vacuums.
In the case of higher education. Xi Jinping announced a Plan for China-Africa Cooperation on Talent Development to complement its other higher education programs. Narendra Modi said Indian universities are establishing campuses in Africa, increasing scholarships, and deploying training teams to the continent.
The Aljazeera Centre for Studies, an independent research institution, published on 4 July 2023 a commentary titled "In Its Quest for More Engagement with the Continent, Can India Match China in Africa?" by Hakeem Alade Najimdeen, a Nigerian researcher.
The author concluded that India is not yet able to challenge China's influence in Africa but given its geographic and cultural proximity to Africa, as well as the appeal of its cuisine and cinema, India's people-centered diplomacy may be a key advantage in the long run.
Climate Home News published on 2 November 2022 an article titled "China, India Set to Snub COP27 Leaders' Climate Summit" by Chloe Farand.
More than 100 heads of states and governments are expected to attend the two-day summit session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on 7-8 November. At least 33 African leaders are expected to attend the summit session.
The President of China (the world's largest CO-2 emitter), Xi Jinping, is not scheduled to be among them. The President of the United States (the world's second largest CO-2 emitter), Joe Biden, will attend the conference on 11 November but miss the summit session because it conflicts with US mid-term elections on 8 November.
