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
After 550 years of long wait, Lord Ram finally returned to Ayodhya today when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrated the idol or Ram Lalla at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya during
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The Government of India, on Sunday, has agreed to expedite the withdrawal of Indian military personnel based in the Maldives under various military agreements. The first meeting of the High-Level Core Group
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There appears to be an overwhelming consensus in India that Mr. Modi should be elected as the Prime Minister of India for the third time during the forthcoming parliamentary election. If one
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s new book, Why Bharat Matters, published by Rupa Publications Three years ago, in my earlier book The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, I had urged
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The Hindutva ideology, as propagated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has been likened to the supremacist ideology of the Nazi Party. Just as the Nazi regime targeted Jews and non-Aryan races,
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The impact of the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 is to be measured by the consensus reached regarding the conflict in Ukraine. There is wide recognition of such an
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INDIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH COULD BEST THAT OF CHINA Washington Post’s Adam Chandler has expressed the opinion that India’s taking over the Presidency of G-20 is propitious for the country. He writes “Last
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Indians on the Moon were news for two weeks, and last week they were heading towards the Sun. Space exploration is indeed a quest for knowledge and an evolutionary factor for Homo
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In a fiery session at the Lok Sabha today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress party, accusing it of being responsible for the partition of India and also asserting that the
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s July 20-21 visit to New Delhi ended with India and Sri Lanka jointly evolving an economic partnership vision to speed up Sri Lanka’s economic recovery. The Indian Ministry of
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The media went hysterical about defence contracts with France, a time-tested strategic partner this month when India was honoured on Bastille Day in Paris. But mystery surrounds the confusion over joint statements
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Arundhati Roy delivers a powerful critique of the U.S.-India partnership, exposing the erosion of democracy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule. She highlights the U.S. government’s complicity in empowering a dangerous regime
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INDO-CHINA BORDER CONFLICT AND US POLICY ON INDIA Despite India’s reluctance to be drawn into American intention to be an active partner in its fight with China notwithstanding the Indo-Chinese border conflict
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To be out of sync with the contemporary life anywhere at anytime becomes indeed a despairing situation. That was the tragic predicament of the Austrian writer of the inter-war period, Stefan Zweig,
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The deal with Micron during PM Modi’s visit to the United States has made headlines as a major technological breakthrough and a new dawn for India’s electronics chip-making industry. Implicit in this
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