The latest Modi-Xi engagement has revived the rhetoric of improved India-China relations, but the border remains the central contradiction. From the Ladakh crisis and Galwan clashes to subsequent disengagement arrangements and alleged
The proliferation and dissemination of false information, commonly referred to as fake news, has emerged as a formidable challenge to democratic societies worldwide, and India is not immune to its impacts. This
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As India is now passing through a parliamentary election with more than 950 million citizens having the right to exercise their franchise, what is unique about this election is the widely believed
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There are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to cast ballots. Against this backdrop, Asia’s
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When Narendra Modi returned to power for a second term in India with a landslide victory in 2019, his government acted swiftly. Just months after the election, the Modi government abrogated Article 370 of
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India’s parliamentary elections kicked off on Friday, with eligible voters in the country deciding whether incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi can secure a third term. Despite India’s economic growth under Modi’s leadership
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THE MOST POPULOUS NATION ON EARTH IS HAVING ELECTIONS IN APRIL 2024 India is poised to become populous nation in 2023, with an estimated population of 1.428 billion people (17.8% of the global population). By
More BJP government has made foreign policy a key election issue: Prime Minister Modi has stated, ‘Neighbour first and Act East second.’ Foreign Minister S Jaishankar is campaigning how G20 has enhanced India’s
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In a recent write up appeared in the East Asia Forum, Robin Jeffry said, “From a young age, Modi has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu-supremacist organization
More INDIA’S ROLE IN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS Recently the Guardian reported on allegations that India’s government had orchestrated as many as 20 extrajudicial killings in Pakistan since 2020, targeting suspected terrorists. The allegations may
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Sri Lanka shouldn’t have been overly surprised by Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s declaration that Congress callously gave away the Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka. Obviously, Premier Modi, eyeing a third term at
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Few Lankans would have been surprised that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now campaigning to lead his Bharatiya Janatha Party to ‘threpeat’ its election victories for the third consecutive time, has raked
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Editorial In a recent political rally in Tamil Nadu, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, forerunner of the ruling BJP, made a startling declaration, vowing to “reclaim Kachchativu.” Such rhetoric, though potentially resonating
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In December 1982, a geologist digging in India’s Central Narmada Valley found something he did not expect. Arun Sonakia, who at the time worked for the Geological Survey of India, unearthed a
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Who is the big winner from the inauguration of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya on January 22? The hindutvist PM, of course. Yet, is not the bigger winner Muhammad Ali Jinnah? For
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New Delhi, January 26, 2024 – India celebrated its 75th Republic Day today with a spectacular display of military prowess and cultural richness at the Kartavya Path in the heart of the
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