Jaishankar has surely realised that Russians are hardly a junior partner of the Chinese, a phrase much used in Central Asia, where Russia & China struggle for influence.
Reports from Bangladesh speak of an atmosphere of fear, nervousness and resistance. Democracy has been more or less inverted—meaning the bad guys are more popular than the good guys.
There is no real contradiction between India’s anti-Israel vote at the UN and its strong, public support for Israel. Both are simply different sides to the same, evolving story.
PM Narendra Modi’s video message described the “vision of connectivity” with Sri Lanka that goes beyond the boat. It includes digital payments, fintech, and a joint energy grid.
India was so confident about Ibrahim Solih and to decapitate Abdulla Yameen’s pro-China agenda that it forgot to take the others along in the Maldives.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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