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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.

G20 meet in Kashmir will boost tourism, connect youth with the rest of India

The People’s Anti-Fascists Front has openly and explicitly identified the G20 event in Srinagar as a target. But the people of the Kashmir Valley are upbeat about the meet.

Markets are questioning quality of carbon credits, community-based products the new hype

Carbon markets are bringing unprecedented finance to ecological protection, but market frenzy also creating opportunities for greenwashing, creative carbon accounting.

India’s defence sector is not Aatmanirbhar. Govt is exaggerating progress

Inclusions of low value spares in Positive Indigenous Lists could artificially magnify the progress made by India’s defence in becoming self-reliant.

When Ambedkar broke down before his savarna friend ‘Barrister Samarth’

Hundreds of Ambedkar’s followers would gather when he visited Samarth at Lotus Court in Bombay. Being lawyers, both even fought some cases together.

Modi’s visit to Australia is pivotal. It’s a sign of cooperation over competition

Modi's visit comes in the backdrop of Australia-China relations thawing with trade ministers from both countries meeting in February.

Vishwaguru vs who in 2024? Oppn has multiple answers if it chooses to look beyond Rahul Gandhi

Among a dozen PM contenders and pretenders, the opposition has three potentially disruptive choices—a Dalit, a woman and an OBC leader.

Two weather events that affected India’s wheat surpluses, took it off the export market

Lower procurement forecloses any opportunity before the government to make any additional allocations in the run up to General elections in April-May 2024.

Pakistan’s use of terrorism has made SCO vulnerable

With increasing divergence and mistrust among member states and the inclusion of rogue nations like Pakistan, the SCO could become a toothless tiger regarding state-sponsored terrorism.

A fierce battle rages between India’s economy and ecology. ‘Pricing’ nature’s services can help

Making environmental destruction costly – either through carbon tax or mandatory offset credits – can help solve climate problems.

On Camera

Two documents, Modi-Macron visits—India-France defence partnership is touching new heights

Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.