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Tracking course of Covid outbreak in India very closely, says US

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also advised all Americans to avoid all travel to India.

India-China ties set for ‘hard times’ over next 5-10 years, ex-NSA Shivshankar Menon says

Hard times for Beijing & New Delhi won’t be permanent, ex-NSA Menon says, but notes that China is ‘in a hurry’ to seize a moment of opportunity outlined in its global ambitions.

India needs an honest national security document for the next decade, just like Britain made

In 1946, a telegram from Moscow gave the US a strategy that lasted four decades. India too needs an honest security doctrine that keeps it match-fit in a changing world.

Beijing painting America as an ‘evil empire’. Biden must counter China at a cultural level

Xi Jinping wants to push the narrative that the 'Chinese miracle' has been possible only because of the role played by the CCP in guiding the Chinese people.

There are dreadful and deceitful scenarios staring at Afghanistan. India will have to step up

In today's India-friendly Afghanistan, the Taliban are a reality. Any meaningful peace process will need the direct participation of New Delhi.

Looks like team Biden got lured by China into Alaska meeting without a bigger game plan

The Biden Administration also has a responsibility to establish that it’s not another version of the Obama Administration, which did little to push China back.

US plans to hold NSA-level trilateral talks with Japan, South Korea on North Korea next week

The US is convening the trilateral meet at this level for the first time to discuss its North Korea policy review, which is in its final stages, say officials.

For India, Quad is just one option. US-China meet at Anchorage shows that

China has rejected the US’ ‘rules-based international order’. It will play only by its own rules, and, as the Alaska meet shows, aggressively.

China came to Anchorage as a bully but in Blinken it met a bigger bully

In the war of words, both the US and China have little room for manoeuvre — both need to exhibit power and control.

Don’t expect any agreements, Biden administration cautions ahead of first meeting with China

The US is still developing its China strategy & will use Alaska session to further inform the trajectory for the relationship of the world’s 2 largest economies, said a senior official.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.