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Olympics, FIFA bans won’t stop Russia invading Ukraine. But it hits Putin where it hurts

Russia loves sports and pours billions of rubles into it every year. And Putin loves being a judo-playing, horse-riding Tsar.

Tailor to Tzars: The story of the Indian ‘master cutter’ in Russia who dresses Modi, Putin

From Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo and Angola, to finally Moscow’s Red Square — Sammy Kotwani's Imperial Tailoring has been the choice for the world's elites.

Russian forces’ actions in Ukraine show a dilemma like Indian Army’s in 1948 Hyderabad ops

There's a reason Putin's army in Ukraine is stumbling and bumbling. It's unlike Stalin's Red Army against the German Wehrmacht World War II.

SubscriberWrites: Russia-Ukraine crisis and the way ahead for India’s ‘Akhand Bharat’ dreams

India's leadership which dreams of thriving with ‘Akhand Bharat’ must be ready for the ripple of sanctions unleashed against Russia by the West, writes Kunal Bahuguna.

Ukraine invasion to World War III — Putin’s nuclear signalling sets a dangerous precedent

Russia’s nuclear signalling started early in its conflict with Ukraine and was meant to avoid a conflict with the West. But it has implications beyond that.

Crammed bunkers, missile that never went off — Ukraine through the eyes of stranded Indian students

Around 3,500 Indian students enrolled at Kharkiv National Medical University are hiding out in underground bunkers of hostels a few kilometers away from their university.

Bouquets, PM’s message for students back from Ukraine — how BJP pushed its machinery into ‘Op Ganga’

Indian students greeted by ministers and top officials who conveyed to them that the PM “will bring back every student” from war-hit nation, amid heavy criticism from Opposition.

Why Buddha would be frowning at Ukraine today, and why India got it right with Pokhran 1 and 2

Would it have been so simple for Putin’s Russia to crush Zelenskyy’s Ukraine if it hadn’t given up its nuclear stockpile in 1994? India was prescient to declare itself a nuclear-armed state.

Genocide of Russians in Ukraine? How Putin became a hobby historian & lost touch with reality

At some point — more than a decade ago — Putin began constructing an alternate reality. He made up his own theories about the past, eliding facts to tell himself stories he liked.

Oil, gold whipsawed as Biden-Putin agree to ‘principle’ of Ukraine summit proposed by France

Global commodity markets have been in thrall due to standoff over Ukraine, which comes at a time of already robust demand, surging prices & concern over fast-depleting inventories.

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.