India’s realpolitik demands clarity, not complacency. Jingoism won’t deter Pakistan—or China. It's time to act with strategic realism, not rhetorical bravado.
In 2024, China approved the construction of a $137 billion dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the Tibetan name for the Brahmaputra, projected to generate 60,000 megawatt power.
China appears impatient and sensitive to the prospect that India might have the appetite for only a shallow thaw that could be easily reversed or adjusted.
While progress at the diplomatic and military levels may help restore broader engagement, China's responsiveness to India’s concerns will shape future relations.
There was a time when Indians dreamt of being world leaders in technology. Now, the Chinese are so far ahead that they don’t even regard us as competition. It’s between them and the US.
China’s most critical international relationship remains with the US. With Donald Trump returning to the presidency, China-US relations are expected to face intensified challenges.
Xu Feihong also questions why the US, a major exporter of soybeans, chips, and aircraft, doesn't attract the negative connotations of the ‘overcapacity’ label.
Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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