Modi 3.0 must heed history and seek to avert border war with China

Hours before the formal announcement of Cabinet responsibilities in the third Narendra Modi-led government on the evening of June 10, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar tweeted a picture of himself calling on the visiting Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu.

India’s foreign minister was not so much jumping the gun as hitting the ground running. Indeed, it was imperative he did so. Reassuring as it is for the world to see Mr Modi

retaining one of his favourite ministers

in the key portfolio for which Dr Jaishankar is so obviously well-suited, there is little question that India’s foreign policy needs urgent and decisive tending.