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China’s bare-chested turn to Sri-Lankan Tamils is India’s new headache
Anti-China sentiment among the Sinhalese allows China to influence the Tamil north. This time, through the fishermen crisis.
IMF warns of ‘economic collapse’ in some low-income countries without debt fix
Afghanistan and Ethiopia are among the 30 nations at high risk of debt distress while while Grenada, Mozambique, Republic of Congo and Somalia are already experiencing it.
Defence
The biggest challenges Nirmala Sitharaman will face as India’s new Defence Minister
Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions
Read my lips, I’m hurting, says Pakistan’s National Security Policy. What it means for India
The new policy is mostly chaff, but it reveals the most inward-looking Pakistan in 3 decades. It needs breathing space, and is realising loss of stature and friendship with US.