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Topic: Namaste Trump

Abki baar, Modi must stitch a better friendship with Biden-Harris US sarkar

Narendra Modi has moved to soothe Biden-Harris but if the past is any guide, the President-elect and his VP-elect's worldview may be radically different.

Modi is ‘terrific’ to India does not have good air — Trump’s past comments on India

In the US presidential debate Wednesday, President Donald Trump questioned India's Covid data and also criticised it for contributing to global pollution.

Yamini Aiyar says ‘India failing Muslims’, Rathin Roy on economic lessons of coronavirus

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Yamini Aiyar, Abhinav Kumar, Arvind Panagariya, Yoginder K. Alagh & many others.

India’s namaste is ready to make a world comeback due to coronavirus

After Gandhi and yoga, namaste must become India’s next main export. In the age of pandemics and novel coronaviruses, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

East India Company brought cricket to India. ‘Slow poison’ said student protesters

English sports began to surpass Indian games in popularity, such as local forms of wrestling. Other games as 'Kabaddi' were organised like English sports.

Pratap B Mehta says rulers want fear & cruelty in Delhi, Najeeb Jung blames Amit Shah

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Najeeb Jung, Shyam Saran, Ananth Padmanabhan, Poonam Khetarpal Singh & many others.

Diplomatic effusiveness, messaging of Trump trip is achievement for Indian diplomacy too

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

China, Pakistan and Islamic terror — major takeaways from Donald Trump’s speech in India

In Episode 398 of his daily news capsule #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta decoded the US President’s Namaste Trump speech. Here’s a short round-up.

Narendra Modi is ‘temporary symbol of hate’, comedian John Oliver says on Last Week Tonight

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver criticised PM Narendra Modi and India’s current political atmosphere in the latest episode of his weekly show.

Raja Mohan says Trump will not meddle in Kashmir & Sreeram Chaulia on his Twitter game

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from C Raja Mohan, Mahesh Vyas, Lekha Chakraborty, Jaimini Bhagwati & many others.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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

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

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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

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