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TopicCentral Asia summit

Topic: Central Asia summit

After China & Russia, now US President holds summit with Central Asian leaders — ‘historic moment’

Keshav Padmanabhan -
In its effort to offer an alternative to China across all continents, US now joins a long list of global suitors jockeying for influence in Central Asia.

Chinese comedian’s PLA pun will lead to more censorship. No space for humour in Xi’s China

Aadil Brar -
Although unconfirmed, rumours of comedian Li Haoshi’s Japanese nationality was enough to rile up Chinese nationalists.

Education, language, politics — Xi Jinping wants Central Asia to depend on China, not Russia

Aadil Brar -
The Central Asian leaders will meet Xi at a summit in Xi’an, the beginning of the Silk Route. Putin is a significant omission from the line-up.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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