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Modi and Trump have to tango despite Chinese noise on NSG

India and the US can’t allow China to hold them hostage in taking their defence partnership and trade in dual use technologies to the next level.

Can the ‘Chief’ in Chief Justice of India please stand up & be counted

CJI Misra has a full range of options to choose from, but inaction is the worst of them, with unforeseen, presumably undesirable consequences.

It’s time the Supreme Court went live, your lordships

Pressure on judiciary to be transparent has resulted in a travesty – a pilot project in two district courts where proceedings will be recorded without audio.

दक्षिण एशिया में चीन की शातिर चालों का भारत को खोजनी होगी काट

चीन ने लोगों में, परियोजनाओं में निवेश को बढ़ाया है और इसके भारी फायदे उसे मिल रहे हैं. भारत को अपनी पकड़ बनाए रखने के लिए दोगुनी ज्यादा मेहनत करनी पड़ेगी.

India caught napping in South Asia by China, needs new strategy to slay the dragon

Beijing has invested in people, projects and more and it's paying big dividends. New Delhi has to work doubly hard to reclaim its clout.

2जी मामला: जिसपर थी सबसे ज्यादा जिम्मेवारी, उन्होंने सबसे ज्यादा आंखें फेरी

2जी घोटाले पर अदालत का फैसला विश्वसनीयता का और बड़ा संकट पैदा कर सकता है क्योंकि इसने मंत्रालय से लेकर ऑडिटर और जांचकर्ता तक सबको शर्मसार कर दिया है.

2G verdict nailed the bureaucrats – the bungling ones who failed the system

The 2G ruling may deliver an even bigger loss of credibility because it shows everyone, from the ministry down to the auditor and investigator, in poor light.

2018 के स्पीड ब्रेकर पर नहीं, 2019 के लक्ष्य पर हैं मोदी की निगाहें

मोदी के लिए 2019 के लोकसभा में आए मतों का महत्व है, राज्य के चुनावों का नहीं.  इसलिए प्रधानमंत्री का सारा ध्यान योजनाओं के कार्यान्वयन पर केंद्रित होगा.

For Modi, it’s 2019 Lok Sabha vote that matters now, not state polls

The PM has the whole of 2018 to work on his governance delivery indicators, which he wants to package in 2019 as his ‘reform-perform-transform’ scorecard.

Forget Indira & Rajiv, Rahul Gandhi will have to match up to his mom first

Rahul Gandhi does not have to establish himself in the central leadership of Congress but will have to build state leaderships like Sonia did.

On Camera

YourTurn

Security forces stand guard in Srinagar | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Pakistan was broke in 1953 too and Nehru had a deal...

For all the talk of jihad-without-end over Kashmir, leaders of Pakistan knew the country needed to reduce military expenditures. That meant seeking peace.
A woman shops inside the Big Bazaar retail store in Mumbai | Reuters/Niharika Kulkarni

GST collection rises 12% to Rs 1.57 lakh crore in May

The government collected 1.41 trillion rupees as GST in May 2022 and a record 1.87 trillion rupees in April.

Defence

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Manipur CM N. Biren Singh chairs a meeting with senior officials of the Manipur Police, CAPFs and the India Army to review the security situation in Manipur, in Imphal | ANI

Manipur unrest: Army defends itself against social media attacks, says its...

Statement follows social media posts giving out names of 21 officers belonging to one of two Manipur communities locked in violence — Kukis and Meiteis — and alleges favouritism.
Illustration by Prajna Ghosh | ThePrint

Manipur saw ‘free’ India’s 1st flag hoisted. Now it’s BJP’s biggest...

There are 3 things you never do in a small northeastern state: undermine local leaders, divide and rule, push homogenisation.