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Imran Khan’s China visit shows Narendra Modi government oversold Wuhan summit

The China-Pakistan joint statement shows close alignment on issues that are thorny irritants in the India-China relationship.

Is the Karmapa Lama a Chinese spy? India still can’t decide after 18 years

India has still not decided whether it should give the Karmapa Lama a visa to attend a conference called by the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala.

State Bank of India still has too many genies to bottle

The bank’s first quarterly profit in 12 months is no doubt an encouraging sign, though net income of $129 million on a $284 billion loan book is hardly worth celebrating.

India has Statues of Celebrity, Duality and of course, Gandhi’s Statues of Ubiquity

After Statue of Unity, it’s time to talk about India’s obsession with statues.

Undermining autonomy of RBI is the opposite of Modi’s promise of good governance

The Modi-RBI tussle flies in the face of minimum government and maximum governance slogan.

The good Muslim-bad Muslim binary is as old as Nehru

All political parties in India need Muslims for electoral survival.

As NDA cadet, I was witness to Vice Admiral Awati’s kindness

Vice Admiral M.P. Awati was probably the best role model for the Indian Navy.

KCR’s performance in Telangana elections can offer lessons for Modi in 2019

When poll pundits sit down on 11 December to study the big picture ahead of 2019, they shouldn’t lose sight of Telangana.

BJP will hand Ayodhya victim card to every Hindu voter ahead of 2019 elections

RSS and BJP are playing a dangerous game by dragging the Supreme Court into their petty politics.

Ram is all set to be the game-changer for Narendra Modi in 2019

Doing politics in the name of Ram had benefitted the BJP.

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.