The 'dark knight' behind India's foreign policies with the US? Here's remembering PM Manmohan Singh's contribution towards ties with US, Pakistan and China
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There is a lot of difference in opinion around the contribution of PM Singh towards the building of India-US relations. The 2008 nuclear deal takes the cake, but the ties with the United States still did not help the country in attaining a permanent seat in the UN Security Council back then.
The Khobragade spat from back then had also severed the Washington-Delhi ties, with China, then and now, remaining a major challenge for India, with the US not doing much to help in talks between the two countries. Pakistan has always remained like a thorn to India's side, and the US has been rather volatile on the Indo-Pak concept, with each President adapting different strategies.
Only in recent times has the US grown explicitly critical about Pakistan's military strategies, including the fact that it is now building long-range tactical nuclear missiles through its weapons development program. US' on-off pivot policy in Asia has created much of a problem for Delhi over the years, especially in Singh's tenure, and even though he tried, his government could not achieve much in this aspect.
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When did PM Manmohan Singh passed away? PM Manmohan Singh passed away on December 26, 2024, after being admitted to a hospital in New
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