Congress leader Sonia Gandhi called Sushma Swaraj a lady of extraordinary gifts, whose warm personal qualities brought a special lustre to her years in politics.
Over the years, Sushma Swaraj had visited the UN on multiple occasions, addressing world leaders in Hindi at the annual high-level General Assembly sessions.
A loyal BJP leader and an easily-accessible external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj has left behind a legacy of possibilities she opened up for women politicians in a male-dominated party like the BJP.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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