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Topic: USA

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

Sujan Dutta - July 24, 2018

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.

Flying trains could be coming your way

Marie Mawad - July 11, 2018

Akka Technologies’s ‘Link & Fly’ will allow passengers to board a train-like tube which later transforms into an aircraft.

Jitters in corporate US as business icons Harley-Davidson & Jack Daniel’s feel tariff pain

Hema Parmar - June 27, 2018

EU duties alone are likely to hit companies dealing with a range of goods, from packaged food and soft drinks to jeans.

Trump not first arrogant US President. Richard Nixon talked nuclear strike on India in ’71

Pankaj Mishra - June 22, 2018

Ask historians of the 'third world' how the US instigated or supported illegal wars, death squads and legal blockades. President Donald Trump, it is clear,...

Trump administration wants Pakistan to make arrests or bring Taliban leadership to table

Lalit K Jha - June 21, 2018

Principal deputy assistant secretary, Alice Wells, said Pakistan is essential for US to achieve its objectives in South Asia. Washington: The US has not seen...

Parrikar says the fight against colonial rule still not over

PTI - June 18, 2018

The Goa chief minister was referring to people living in evacuee properties of Mayem village in the state.

Stung by militant tag, VHP calls CIA Factbook a ‘fakebook’, wants Modi govt to intervene

Pragya Kaushika - June 15, 2018

VHP wants the Centre to speak to the US government, threatens to launch worldwide agitation.

Manohar Parrikar in US for treatment to return this week

PTI - June 12, 2018

The chief minister was in the US since March this year for the treatment of a pancreatic ailment

From beneficiary to challenger — changing face of Chinese military ties with the US

Hal Brands - June 11, 2018

China has benefitted from the stability provided by US might. Now that it expands its military footprint, should the US be worried?

The folly of legalising marijuana: Why Shashi Tharoor is wrong

Ravi Mantha - June 11, 2018

Pot as an industry is dead on arrival and Tharoor’s argument that legalised pot “reduces crime” is flimsy at best.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Syed Irfan Raza - November 4, 2025

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

SRK is more Johnny Depp than Depp

November 4, 2025

In India, pushing through a policy is easier than changing a culture. Period

+TFP November 4, 2025

Economy

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Aneesa PA - November 4, 2025

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

Defence

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Keshav Padmanabhan - November 4, 2025

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta - November 1, 2025

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.