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Xiaomi struggles to live up to IPO despite scale-up in India & Russia

China-based manufacturer of mostly cheap smartphones has sunk 19% from its post-IPO peak despite a spate of positive ratings.

This $1 bn ‘Sparrow’ from US will make Delhi the first Indian city with anti-missile shield

Americans use the defense missile system to protect their capital region, which is how India plans to employ it.

From Mao to Xi, a peep into the minds of China’s great strategists

Sulmaan Wasif Khan’s ‘Haunted by Chaos’ tells the story of how China’s leaders shaped its destiny through their distinct ideologies, traumatic pasts and disparate visions.

There is new aggression in US Congress to check Trump & Russia before election season

Both parties in Washington are united against Russia after Trump admin’s failure to commit to election security measures.

As US-Russia ties blow hot & cold, Moscow wants same military deal America has with India

Moscow’s draft comes two years after US signed a similar pact with New Delhi, likely to focus on servicing of equipment.

India prevails, US likely to exempt it from sanctions on arms import from Russia

US recommends waiver for India under CAATSA, which, many say, was aimed against New Delhi’s bid to buy S-400 air defence missile systems from Russia.

US, India’s inaugural ‘2+2 dialogue’ to be held on 6 September in Delhi

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and defence secretary James Mattis will visit India for the dialogue.

A 29-year-old Russian spy in US custody and Taliban is not bombing civilian areas

Trump contradicts his own statements over Russian interference in 2016 elections and China gets its own 'Robinson Crusoe'.

Day after Helsinki disaster, Donald Trump claims full faith in US intelligence agencies

Claiming that he misspoke in Helsinki, Trump accepts intelligence's assessment of Russian interference in elections.

After fiasco in Russia, President Trump’s approval ratings may take a hit

His just concluded trip to Russia and other recent visits might cost him backing in his own party back home. 

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.