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Global Pulse: Australia hopes its new deputy prime minister can stabilise its weak coalition

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, can breathe a sigh of relief now that his coalition has a new deputy prime minister.

Global Pulse: Italy is witnessing the resurrection of Silvio Berlusconi in its search for stability

In the run up to the upcoming Italian elections, Silvio Berlusconi has somehow become a reliable "candidate of calm."

Three striking points about the quad, and what India needs to do to lead it

At the Raisina Dialogue, the four countries’ military leaders talked unabashed about the India-US-Japan-Australia grouping. It sends a message to China.

The Quad: A partnership to address the changed geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific

India, Japan, Australia, and the US attended the ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit in Manila, and the Quad may be formalised soon.

Snooping dragon: China building another spy ship to keep tabs on adversaries

Chinese spy ships collect data on Japanese, Indian, Australian and US navies – six are in service, one is undergoing trials and one is...

It’s time for India to formulate a national security doctrine

Having a national security doctrine helps avoid ambiguity about dealing with a crisis and to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

Global Pulse: Cambodian PM threatens daily over taxes, New Prez for Angola after 38 years

Branding it a "chief thief", the Cambodian PM asks critical media outlet to pay taxes or pack up.

GLOBAL PULSE: Nepal gets a new PM, paying for fathers in Germany and a Russian hand suspected in Qatar’s crisis

RUSSIA AGAIN? Is Russia behind Qatar's isolation by Saudi Arabia and the UAE? CNN reports the US is aiding Qatar in the investigation of the fake news report that some believe is the cause for the rift in the region.

Global Pulse: The French Choice

In France, the choice cannot be starker on May 7th, the final day of voting – between Marine Le Pen who wants to shut...

Advantage home

Don't cry for India's loss in Australia. None of the top teams today is likely to win if it is not playing at home.

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J&K reservation system is flawed. Caste, category certificate shows geographical fault lines

A division or district-wise recruitment model will not take away anyone’s rights; it will give meaning to those rights across the map. It will replace competition with fairness.

RBI back to defending rupee after October gains fizzle

Uncertainty over tariffs on India’s exports to the US and a less certain path for Federal Reserve rate cuts are exerting pressure on the rupee, which fell for a third straight session on Monday to 88.7988 against the dollar.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.