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How Xi Jinping went from China’s Gorbachev to a combination of Mao and Stalin

Ram Madhav -
In ‘The Indian Reality’, Ram Madhav writes about how Xi Jinping rose to power on the back of his father’s clout.

‘Please smoke to keep me company’ – What a tired Mao told Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit in China

Nirupama Rao -
In ‘The Fractured Himalaya’, former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao writes how in the India-China relationship, the past shadows the present.

19th Party Congress in China: Xi Jinping is on the road to immortality

S.L. Narasimhan -
President Xi Jinping has amassed power comparable to Mao Zedong in the last five years, and is set to be immortalised in the constitution.

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Opinion

Modi mainstreamed Israel like no Indian PM before. Delhi must stay alert to regional realities

Swasti Rao -
Four broader factors will shape the trajectory of India-Israel relationship. Failure to anticipate these possible unintended consequences now may complicate its future direction.

Operation Sindoor shows India’s private sector is ready for the global defence market

BBC documentary on Nepal Gen Z protest can flip upcoming elections. ‘Shot like enemies’

Economy

Indian economy to grow faster than expected at 7.6% in FY26, shows govt data under new series

Udit Bubna -
Under new base year, FY2025-26 GDP growth revised up to 7.6 percent; Chief economic advisor revises growth for FY 2026-27.

Defence

India orders more Polish drones, Indian firm keen to set up plant to fill ‘empty’ arsenal—Warsaw’s envoy

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: India is right to pursue and strike terrorists where they are, as during Op Sindoor, Poland’s Ambassador to India Dr Piotr Antoni...

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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