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Topic: Diplomacy

Retd major in ‘hot soup’—secrecy around Celina Jaitly’s brother spotlights UAE’s ‘blackbox detentions’

Retired Indian Army Major Vikrant Jaitly was picked up from a Dubai mall last year. Charges against him haven’t been made public & UAE authorities remain tight-lipped.

He’s just not that into confrontation & poll panel goes out canvassing

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

SubscriberWrites: Deals, diplomacy, and India’s dilemma

In the twenty-first century, diplomacy has shed its cloak of subtlety and revealed its true nature — as little more than a marketplace of interests.

India-China to resume direct flights later this month as New Delhi-Beijing thaw gathers pace

Announcement comes after Chinese fertilisers & tunnel boring machines that India asked for started coming in. Beijing has been pushing for direct air services, suspended since COVID-19.

‘Top-most predator in food chain eats everyone else’—RSS chief Bhagwat amid turbulence in India-US ties

Mohan Bhagwat, speaking at a book launch at the Prime Minister's Museum and Library in Delhi, also said that India has to fix the unfavourable currents it faces on the global stage as quickly as possible.

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

India and Canada appoint new envoys, Dinesh Patnaik will be Delhi’s High Commissioner in Ottawa

Christopher Cooter will become High Commissioner for Canada in India, a position previously held by Cameron MacKay.

Trump is treating diplomacy like a failed casino deal

Allies do not forget when they are publicly insulted. Future US administrations will find themselves spending enormous diplomatic capital just to bring things back to baseline.

15 ‘oligarch billionaires’ run India: Ex-Trump negotiator Lighthizer on why he failed with New Delhi

In his book No Trade Is Free, ex-USTR writes how an Indian friend corrected him and said only seven billionaires run the country; the others just try to influence these seven.

‘Should have gotten it 4-5 times’, Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize for global diplomacy

US President Trump has said his efforts in resolving global conflicts deserve several awards including the Abraham Accords citing the example of his recent 'efforts' with India & Pakistan.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.