Nepal Home Minister Sudan Gurung is learnt to have clarified that Nepal would not allow its territory to be used against China and would act to contain such activities.
People on X said that the incident has brought highest level of embarrassment for Indians across the globe. The tobacco chewers have been dubbed the ‘Ajay Devgn squad’ on social media.
According to Nepal investigators, guides secretly fed baking soda to induce severe illness among foreigners, causing gastrointestinal distress mimicking altitude sickness.
At 35, Shah—who took the oath of office last Friday—is Nepal's youngest PM. Four of 15 Nepal cabinet members studied in India. Oldest member in the world’s youngest cabinet is Swarnim Wagle (51).
Oli & ex-home minister taken into custody following a Nepalese panel’s recommendation to prosecute them for negligence over protest violence. Arrests day after Balendra Shah sworn in as PM.
Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh & Pakistan have all imposed some form of energy rationing as war continues to roil global energy markets for the third week in row.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.
Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.
CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
China shares a long border with India, Bhutan and Nepal — it’s unambiguously part of the neighbourhood. 1.4 billion people with zero electoral democracy, and Gupta simply sidesteps it entirely by framing his thesis around the “Indian Subcontinent” rather than “Asia.” That’s a convenient geographic box that excludes an inconvenient data point. If your argument is that this region uniquely values democracy, you can’t just draw the map to exclude the largest counter-example next door.
Once you factor in both of these — the China omission and the source’s credibility questions — this piece starts looking less like rigorous analysis and more like a feel-good narrative with a selectively drawn map. Calling two elections “a sign of mature democracies” across the whole subcontinent, while ignoring 1.4 billion people next door living under one-party rule, is analytically quite weak.
The grass does always look greener on the other side. Despite what he might say, Bangladesh is an Islamist nation and so is Pakistan. China is Indian neighborhood too. That os 1.3 billion people not participating in democratic process. Why does Mr.Shekar Gupta not gaze ok that nation?
Educative column, except for the concluding paragraph. Where as a dove have the only serious difference with the Editor. Two billion people. Working hard for a better future for their children. That becomes easier to achieve if South Asia, like almost the rest of the world, places its faith in regional cooperation. 2. Two decisions of the past decade I particularly regret. Mothballing of SAARC. Not joining RCEP. As some of the assumptions of recent foreign policy falter, it would be great for India to rediscover the virtues of its neighbourhood. Respect for democracy one of them.
China shares a long border with India, Bhutan and Nepal — it’s unambiguously part of the neighbourhood. 1.4 billion people with zero electoral democracy, and Gupta simply sidesteps it entirely by framing his thesis around the “Indian Subcontinent” rather than “Asia.” That’s a convenient geographic box that excludes an inconvenient data point. If your argument is that this region uniquely values democracy, you can’t just draw the map to exclude the largest counter-example next door.
Once you factor in both of these — the China omission and the source’s credibility questions — this piece starts looking less like rigorous analysis and more like a feel-good narrative with a selectively drawn map. Calling two elections “a sign of mature democracies” across the whole subcontinent, while ignoring 1.4 billion people next door living under one-party rule, is analytically quite weak.
The grass does always look greener on the other side. Despite what he might say, Bangladesh is an Islamist nation and so is Pakistan. China is Indian neighborhood too. That os 1.3 billion people not participating in democratic process. Why does Mr.Shekar Gupta not gaze ok that nation?
Mr.ashok should also ponder about it
Educative column, except for the concluding paragraph. Where as a dove have the only serious difference with the Editor. Two billion people. Working hard for a better future for their children. That becomes easier to achieve if South Asia, like almost the rest of the world, places its faith in regional cooperation. 2. Two decisions of the past decade I particularly regret. Mothballing of SAARC. Not joining RCEP. As some of the assumptions of recent foreign policy falter, it would be great for India to rediscover the virtues of its neighbourhood. Respect for democracy one of them.