A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
Why were 1998 sanctions “humiliating’? Surely, Vajpayee was wise, old, mature and experienced enough to know what to expect in return. They were mainly economic sanctions and didn’t hurt all that badly except in the newspaper headlines…. ?
I would add one more point. The US realizes that India now has a government that is inclined more towards realpolitik than lofty principles. This is amply illustrated by how India has managed its relationship with Iran in spite of Iran and US relations being at one of their lowest point.
Why were 1998 sanctions “humiliating’? Surely, Vajpayee was wise, old, mature and experienced enough to know what to expect in return. They were mainly economic sanctions and didn’t hurt all that badly except in the newspaper headlines…. ?
I would add one more point. The US realizes that India now has a government that is inclined more towards realpolitik than lofty principles. This is amply illustrated by how India has managed its relationship with Iran in spite of Iran and US relations being at one of their lowest point.