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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.
Indian envoy to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu talks to Senior Journalist Smita Sharma on how India and U.S are cooperating in containing the coronavirus outbreak. The Indian Ambassador also spoke about measures taken to help…
Estonia to push for transparency on COVID-19 in UNSC: Envoy
In an exclusive interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma, Ambassador Katrin Kivi says that Estonia was pushing very hard for the issue to be discussed in the Security Council which finally held closed-door consultations in March under…
COVID-19 has no borders, international cooperation key: French envoy
Emmanuel Lenain, the Ambassador of France in New Delhi has lauded India’s initiatives for providing regional leadership to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior journalist Smita Sharma speaks to the French envoy on issues including…
Measures to tackle coronavirus will be effective: Italian envoy
In an email interview with senior journalist Smita Sharma, Italian Ambassador Vincenzo De Luca underlined the coronavirus pandemic as a global challenge where Italy is doing its part to deal with the outbreak. He also claimed that Itlay has…
Satisfied with GoI Handling of Kashmir: Maldives Foreign Minister
In an exclusive interview with Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Sahid senior journalist and SAWM member Smita Sharma finds out that Maldives consider the CAA and abrogation of 370 in Kashmir as India's internal matter and the ambassador…
With Rajapaksa’s back at helm, past must not shadow India-Lanka ties: Shyam Saran
In an exclusive conversation with Senior Journalist and SAWM member Smita Sharma, former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran expressed deep disappointment in India’s decision to pull out of the RCEP and underlined that despite similar domestic…
Shifting sands in the Kingdom
Journalist and SAWM member Smita Sharma writes from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia about the changing scenario in the country for women. Women there are not only driving cars alone but also participating in Olympics and working as tourist guides. A…
The Colours Of Kartarpur: Happy Jathedars Speak Of ‘Love, Warmth, Respect’ On Journey
SAWM member and journalist Smita Sharma reported from Dera Baba Nanak as the inauguration of Kartarpur corridor turned out to be a happy, fulfilling and heart warming experience for the Jathedars from India. The historic trip to Darbar…
Kartarpur Corridor: Blacklisted For 30 Years, This Sikh NRI Is Now Part Of The Official Indian…
The inauguration of Kartarpur Corridor has changed the narrative of lives for many people in both the countries of India and Pakistan. Smita Sharma, journalist and SAWM member, told this story of the life changing experience of a Sikh from…
‘Saudi silence on Kashmir due to better understanding of Indian position’: Sources
On the last Tuesday of October Prime Minister of India met with the King and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. The issues they discussed did not include Kashmir. The abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir was carefully avoided. Was it a…