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Smita Sharma is a senior award winning independent journalist. She writes on foreign policy and security issues for various news organisations including ETV Bharat and Huffington Post. She was the Consulting Executive Editor for TV9 Bharatvarsh and Deputy Editor with The Tribune in the past. In more than 16 years of her journalism career she has also been a bilingual prime time anchor and foreign policy Incharge with leading TV news channels- India Today/ Aajtak/ CNN-IBN/ IBN7 and DD News. Her reportage of the Kashmir conflict in 2010 won the Ramnath Goenka Award. She is a an alumni of the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (DKI-APCSS) in Hawaii.

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Diplomacy not military contacts key to resolve LAC face off: Gen Hooda

Smita Sharma Jun 2, 2020

In an exclusive interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma, retired Lt. Gen D S Hooda remarked that India's standoff with the Chinese Army is a manifestation of what is happening along the LAC. He further added that this standoff is…

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Can China be held accountable for the pandemic?

Smita Sharma May 7, 2020

ETV Bharat discusses the role of China in the outbreak of coronavirus, its impact on trade relations across the world, India-China relations post the pandemic and China's influence on World organisations, with a Former Indian Ambassador and…

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“I am afraid Coronavirus will kill us later, we will die of hunger first.”

Smita Sharma May 6, 2020

Forced by a sudden countrywide lockdown to control the Coronavirus pandemic, 22 or more migrants have died while undertaking the heart-breaking journey into uncertainty. Driven by anxiety, panic, misinformation, administrative and…

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‘Can India Lead a Global Coalition of the Willing?’

Smita Sharma May 6, 2020

The COVID-19 fallout is expected to create a vacuum for global leadership, but what remains to be seen is whether India will be able to provide leadership and rise to seize moments of opportunity that present itself through this enormous…

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Despite China’s resistance, independent, global review of COVID needed: Australian envoy

Smita Sharma May 6, 2020

In this article, senior journalist Smita Sharma in an exclusive interview with Australian envoy Barry O'Farrell, talks about post-COVID global leadership, holding China accountable and the need for transparent investigations into the origin…

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Uncertainty looms over H1B visas and green cards: USISPF president

Smita Sharma May 6, 2020

Speaking to senior journalist Smita Sharma, Dr. Mukesh Aghi, President and CEO of USISPF (US- India Strategic Partnership Forum), discusses various aspects of COVID-19 situation in US and India, the rethinking of global supply chain and the…

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Corona Panic: How Does Govt Plan to Bring Back Stranded Indians?

Smita Sharma May 5, 2020

As India enters the sixth week of its strict countrywide lockdown, the Modi government now faces immense pressure to ease out on its flight restrictions and bring back home citizens stranded overseas, especially students, those with medical…

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Indian Migrants in Gulf: Uncertainties Amid Corona Curfew

Smita Sharma May 5, 2020

Indian migrants are hoping that communal and political tensions will not play out and they can battle the Corona curfew to retain their jobs or return home and find a new one eventually if uncertainty continues to loom

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Not the time for evacuation of citizens from Gulf: Former Ambassador

Smita Sharma May 5, 2020

In an exclusive interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma on the COVID-19 crisis in the Gulf and its impact on Indian citizens, Former Indian Ambassador to UAE, Navdeep Suri, said that the situation has not escalated to be called a…

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Indians in UAE need not fear any backlash, India’s secularism important: Princess Hend Al…

Smita Sharma May 5, 2020

Princess Hend Al Qassemi based in the UAE spoke to Senior Journalist, Smita Sharma, on how inspired she is by India as a country. She raised the issue about the incidences of hate speech against Muslims increasing in India, but said that…

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