China’s activities in Bhutan, Nepal should ring alarm bells in India. Does Delhi have a plan?
Reports of a 'Chinese village' in Bhutan and China’s hand in Nepali politics is more proof that Beijing sees a leadership vacuum in India’s neighbourhood.
What the guitar-playing new US Secretary of State Antony Blinken means for India
Blinken, Joe Biden’s nominee, is a crucial foreign policy player. He talks about refugees, China ties, and getting Modi government to sign Paris Accord.
Barack Obama memoir says a lot. But it’s ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani’s book that needs attention
While India is obsessed about what former US President Barack Obama said about Rahul Gandhi, it is a fiction book from Pakistan that we must turn to.
Abki baar, Modi must stitch a better friendship with Biden-Harris US sarkar
Narendra Modi has moved to soothe Biden-Harris but if the past is any guide, the President-elect and his VP-elect's worldview may be radically different.
Does Imran Khan’s Gilgit-Baltistan vow mean Pakistan has accepted India’s Article 370 move?
In Gilgit-Baltistan, geography trumps politics. And China, India and Pakistan are in the new Great Game.
Why NSA Doval and his men are asserting themselves in Nepal, rather than MEA
PM Modi wants relationship with Nepal fixed. So R&AW chief Samant Goel and his team boarded a special aircraft to the Himalayan republic.
Pakistan’s opposition is publicly naming all-powerful army as root of all evil. But what now?
For India, the Pakistan Democratic Movement is the most important shift in our neighbour’s contemporary history.
Maldives to Moscow — India prepares for brave new Biden world after Modi-Trump bonhomie
US’ Pompeo and Esper are flying down for the ‘2+2’ dialogue — something they could have done virtually. Shows depth of Modi-Trump ties.
Keep low profile on Afghanistan, as Pakistan holds key to war and peace — Abdullah to Modi
Pakistan is key to get the stalled Afghan-Taliban talks back on keel. PM Modi knows India must bide its time.
Jaishankar’s moment to help Modi reset ties with Bangladesh, bury Shah’s ‘termite’ episode
Modi realises the India-Bangladesh relationship is special and wants to refurbish the bond that has been fraying since Amit Shah described illegal Bangladeshis as 'termites'.
Arnab Goswami can chill. Congress won’t come after him because of ‘Mahatma’ syndrome
Arnab Goswami's WhatsApp chats submitted by Mumbai Police in TRP scam can have all kinds of incriminating evidence. But it's not enough to make India's opposition speak up.
China’s economy grew 2.3% in 2020, accelerating global rise
With global output likely contracting 4.2% last year, China’s gains mean it increased its share of the world economy to 14.5%, according to World Bank.
Defence
IAF looks to lease mid-air refuellers amid critical shortage, seeks offers from Airbus, Boeing
India’s refueller fleet currently comprises six Russian IIyushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, that are facing maintenance and serviceability issues.
Neither ‘udta’ nor ‘padhta’ Punjab. Question is how India’s no. 1 state in 2003 fell to 13
Punjab, once India’s richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. MSP and subsidies should continue, but it needs to rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse.