As Modi-Jaishankar go silent on China-Nepal, Army chief Naravane left to do heavy lifting
Be it Chinese incursion or Nepal's new map, a perfect foreign policy storm is gathering to the detriment of India. But there is no word form Jaishankar, let alone PM Modi.
Chinese media is the superspreader of disinformation: From Covid to Ladakh
Beijing is using Chinese media to put out two messages, both of which it hopes will distract the world from the truth and help keep the LAC vague, undemarcated.
Modi govt’s flip flops widened the gap between India and Nepal. Chinese are filling it fast
Here's how New Delhi twice changed its Nepal policy and lost the plot since PM Narendra Modi came to power six years ago.
In Ladakh, like in Doklam, China must learn to deal with the assertive Indian soldier on LAC
By building roads right up to the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, India is changing the rules of the game that China has been unilaterally playing all these years.
India scored an own goal in great Afghan game by closing two consulates. Here’s how
The Americans want to get out of Afghanistan sooner than later, in time for Trump's re-election bid. But who will fill the vacuum once they are gone?
Why India won’t take sides on US-China spat over Covid, despite skirmishes in Sikkim-Ladakh
China believes it can write history on its own terms and even avenge it, except the novel coronavirus is reshaping the world in brand new ways.
Covid has brought back Chinese whispers in Sri Lanka, Nepal. Is India listening?
South Asia has for long witnessed a see-saw diplomatic battle between India and China, but Covid is adding fresh dimensions to this engagement.
As Gulf calls for an ‘India without Islamophobia,’ Jaishankar works the phones
Reactions from UAE royal princess, Kuwait government and others have made Delhi sit up and take note of anti-Muslim hate speech by Indian nationals.
Why Modi’s India won’t join US, France and other nations in blaming China for Covid just yet
China considers the Western world as the big bad wolf and its own poor citizens as victims. But Beijing's aggressive defence of the coronavirus pandemic is failing.
China is feeling the heat over Covid-19 — from Japan to Australia. But India’s hands are full
As US and China trade barbs, battle-lines are being drawn. Traditional US allies like Australia and Japan have taken a tone Beijing won’t appreciate.
Congress loses big when a Pilot or Scindia rebels but the ‘privileged’ are ultimate losers
Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia became ministers in Congress at an age when others like them were trying to make a name for themselves in student and youth organisations.
Credibility of India’s statistics back in question over official inflation data
Economists aren’t buying the Statistics Department’s methodology for calculating India’s consumer price inflation numbers for April and May.
Defence
Indian Army will need another division in Ladakh to keep China out, says retd Lt Gen Panag
Former Northern Army commander Lt Gen Panag also said the strategic Darbuk-Shyokh-Daulat Beg Oldie would be rendered non-operational in case of a war with China.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s broken heartland, break it into 4 or 5 states
Uttar Pradesh, our largest state by population and most powerful, is also the worst governed. A state with 1-in-6 Indians has no hope because of its size.