Jayanth Jacob writes on foreign policy and politics for Hindustan Times.
Articles by Jayanth Jacob
Foreigners will have to pay upto 50% more for Indian visas
The Indian government had recently increased the fee in different categories for the US, the UK, Canada, Israel, Iran and UAE nationals.
Updated on Jun 26, 2017 12:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
No Trump unknown: Kenneth Juster a familiar India hat, led key tech trade talks
Juster played a key role in fostering India-US ties during George Bush’s presidency, and also served as the US chair of the US-India High Technology Cooperation Group, a key initiative of the Bush administration in advancing strategic ties with India.
Updated on Jun 22, 2017 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Terror talk: India wants Pak reined in, but will Trump antagonise a key US ally?
Several issues – including terrorist infiltration, funding and sanctuaries – will figure in the discussions between Trump and Narendra Modi during the Indian premier’s two-day US visit.
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 09:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Presidential election: How UPA came up with Pratibha Patil’s name in 2007
If the nomination of Bihar gover Ram Nath Kovind as the NDA’s presidential candidate was a surprise, so was the nomination of Pratibha Patil in 2007.
Updated on Jun 27, 2017 12:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob, New Delhi
PM Narendra Modi to visit Portugal and the Netherlands in June
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Portugal on June 24 before heading to the US. And on his way back, he will go to the Netherlands.
Updated on Jun 16, 2017 06:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Government to set up portal to help women abandoned by NRI husbands
At present, different ministries such as external affairs (MEA), home and women and child development (WCD) handle different aspects of such cases.
Updated on Jun 15, 2017 12:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Moushumi Das Gupta & Jayanth Jacob, New Delhi
Modi-Trump meeting: Not bromance, this will be more like an awkward first date
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Donald Trump for the first time during his June 25-26 visit to the US.
Updated on Jun 14, 2017 08:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
ICJ might soon set a time-frame for hearing of Kulbhushan Jadhav case
Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced by a military court on charges of sabotage and espionage. India moved the ICJ citing violation of the Vienna Convention on consular access by Pakistan.
Updated on Jun 15, 2017 11:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Emigration nod for fishermen heading to Gulf put on hold
The missions in Gulf countries have been told to advise the Indian fishermen to take up work in fishing vessels from these three countries to be extra cautious while venturing into waters near Iran.
Updated on Jun 10, 2017 11:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Modi-Sharif meet in Astana a pit stop in the rough ride that India-Pak ties are
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif as two leaders attend the Shangahi Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana.
Updated on Jun 09, 2017 11:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob, New Delhi
Sri Lanka defends joining China’s OBOR project, welcomes Rajinikanth
India has voiced sovereignty and financial concerns about Chinese president Xi Jinping’s pet project, which has the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as its key element.
Updated on Jun 07, 2017 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Squabbling neighbours India and Pakistan will be security partners as SCO members
India, Pakistan will join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation when the annual summit gets underway in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
Updated on Jun 08, 2017 01:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
The Qatar-Gulf Arab nations conflict is not good news for India
Indians are the largest expatriate community in Qatar, the same way they are in Saudi and UAE the two key countries who are in the opposite camp.
Updated on Jun 05, 2017 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
India keeps up pressure on China over UN ban call on Masood Azhar
China is consistently opposing a resolution to blacklist Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, the Indian delegation said at a May 18 meeting of the counter-terrorism working group of the five-nation BRICS bloc.
Updated on Jun 03, 2017 09:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja and Jayanth Jacob
26,500 Indian job seekers in Saudi Arabia to return under amnesty scheme
They were staying in Saudi Arabia either without valid documents or overstayed their visas with a hope to get another job.
Updated on May 29, 2017 11:55 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Jayanth Jacob
Modi govt@3: India finds new partnerships but ties with China, Pakistan an issue
Better ties with Japan and UAE among notable successes for NDA government’s foreign policy but Indian diplomacy faces significant challenges in dealing with Pakistan and China
Updated on May 31, 2017 03:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob, New Delhi
PM’s Euro trip: What to expect as Modi heads to four nations for better ties
The Prime Minister will meet Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin among other top leaders for discussions on strategic cooperation, business relations
Updated on May 25, 2017 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob, New Delhi
India, Russia work overtime to ink pact on Kudankulam reactors
The two countries need to reach a consensus on the terms and conditions of the Russian loan considering that the nuclear power project’s cost is rising exponentially.
Updated on May 25, 2017 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
India, Pak hostility shadows SCO summit, both sides mum on a possible meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif are likely to attend the two-day meeting in kazakhstan but both sides are silent on a possible meeting
Updated on Jun 01, 2017 06:29 PM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
ICJ order on Jadhav: Pak case faltered as court rejected its two key arguments
The ICJ was not convinced with Pakistan’s argument that there was no urgency because Jadhav’s execution date was not fixed.
Updated on May 19, 2017 09:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
ICJ order diplomatic victory for India but Kulbhushan Jadhav’s life still under threat in Pakistan
The 46-year-old former Indian naval officer was allegedly arrested in Balochistan in March 2016 and a Pakistani military court convicted him of espionage and sabotage this April.
Updated on May 19, 2017 08:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Past instances when ICJ was urged to stop executions
Countries move the International Court of Justice, the main judicial branch of the United Nations, in cases such as Kulbhushan Jadhav where their citizens are at risk of being executed by another nation after processes that have not followed Vienna Convention rules
Updated on May 18, 2017 10:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
BJP way ahead of competition on social media in 2014, says Stanford Univ study
The BJP-led NDA was ahead of competition in number of political tweets by followers, retweets and positive posts.
Updated on May 17, 2017 08:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case in ICJ today: How, what and why of the India-Pakistan tussle
The International Court of Justice will time take up New Delhi’s appeal against the death sentence given to ex-navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court for alleged spying.
Updated on May 15, 2017 01:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Kulbhushan Jadhav death sentence: India, Pakistan to face-off at ICJ hearing
The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) stayed Kulbhushan Jadhav’s execution following India’s submission that the former navy man was kidnapped from Iran.
Updated on May 14, 2017 11:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Can’t accept project that ignores core concerns: India on China’s Belt and Road Forum
India has strong reservation over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship project of the connectivity initiative that is expected to figure prominently in the two- day Belt and Road Forum summit.
Updated on May 16, 2017 07:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
Why India hopes Pakistan questioning ICJ jurisdiction won’t hold
After managing to a get stay on the execution of former naval officer Kulbushan Jadhav in Pakistan, India is hoping that despite Islamabad’s opposition to the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction, it will get relief for the death row prisoner.
Updated on May 14, 2017 04:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
India may skip Xi’s showpiece Belt and Road summit over sovereignty concerns
Riled by Beijing’s nonchalance over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that impinges on India’s sovereignty, New Delhi is set to skip President Xi Jinping’s showpiece Belt and Road Forum (BRF) summit in the Chinese capital.
Updated on May 14, 2017 07:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
PM Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka comes 158 days after his last foreign trip
Modi is in Sri Lanka to participate in the celebrations marking the UN Vesak Day, the most important in the Buddhist calendar, which commemorates Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away.
Updated on May 14, 2017 10:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
ICJ to hear Kulbhushan Jadhav case Monday, Pakistan to ‘review its jurisdiction’
India moving the International Court of Justice on the Kulbhushan Jadhav issue was a “carefully considered decision” as the retired Indian Navy officer was in illegal detention in Pakistan and his life was under threat, the external affairs ministry said on Wednesday.
Updated on May 11, 2017 07:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Imtiaz Ahmed and Jayanth Jacob