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India, Nepal won’t talk borders. Prachanda has a different message for Modi

India has backed Prachanda, like it usually does traditional political parties such as the Nepali Congress, because it doesn’t fully trust Oli.

Why Western charm offensive for Modi is proof of PM walking foreign policy middle path

The US and, indeed, all the Quad nations realise that they need India if they want to contain China.

Bilawal-Jaishankar on the same table with Pakistan at its weakest. Modi govt should talk now

Clearly there is no such thing as a full stop in India-Pakistan conversation — it has only been pushed behind the scenes.

India invoking Buddha to counter China. Why Modi should meet Dalai Lama and get Karmapa back

Since New Delhi cannot militarily reverse the border situation, it is now demonstrating Buddhism as a native religion to India, even though there are more followers in China.

Why India’s border standoff with China reveals Modi weakness. It’s the economy, stupid

How far does India want to escalate border tensions, in the full knowledge that Xi won’t show up at G20 if Delhi pushes the tipping point?

Why is a self-confident India confronting the West? Read these signs, from US to Germany

Putin and Biden will be in Delhi for G20 in September. Perhaps they can do Modi and the rest of the leaders the courtesy of not letting their egos hijack world agenda?

Bhutan desperate to settle dispute with China. It will change how India looks at its north

Surely, the Bhutanese would have thought that if Delhi still hasn’t been able to resolve its dispute with Beijing, what chance did Thimphu have?

Kishida can’t dream of ‘open, Indo-Pacific’ unless India, Japan are tied on defence sector

Japan is a treaty ally of the US and hosts American bases on its soil. It has stayed true to its ideological affinities with the West.

Sheikh Hasina has done more for Bangladesh than anyone else, has no reason to attack Yunus

40 global leaders took out a full-page ad in Washington Post to publish an open letter to the Sheikh Hasina govt — stop attacking Muhammad Yunus.

In Nepal game of political dice, Prachanda-Deuba & India are back while Oli out in the cold again

There’s never a dull day in the Himalayan republic. When Deuba lost the election, everyone thought India had lost the plot. But then the plot changed.

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Indian economy has rung 3 alarms bells. The new govt must deal with it within 100 days

Modi govt's GDP growth data for 2024-25, expected this month, must not overwhelm the senses of the new government that comes to power in June.

Govt has reduced time taken to finalise GDP data by an entire year. Here’s inside story of how

This year, govt announced that 2nd and not 3rd revised estimates would be final. Here’s inside story on how this was achieved without compromising on quality of data.

As Army chief gets an extension, here are the contenders for the top post

With Modi govt granting a one-month extension to Gen Manoj Pande, others whose names were sent to the Cabinet Committee on Appointments are strong contenders now.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?