Shutdown of largest US gasoline pipeline underscores how vulnerable the country’s cyber infra is to criminals & national adversaries like Russia, China and Iran, say experts.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit allowed us to reiterate the durable positives in our ties and address issues on which our views do not converge.
Putin hit back after Biden agreed with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that Putin was a killer & said he would 'pay a price' for meddling in US elections.
Russia's vaccine, perhaps its biggest scientific breakthrough since Soviet era, won’t change hostility towards Putin among Western govts, but could boost geopolitical clout in other regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Davos Agenda 2021 Wednesday but did not mention the growing protests in the country against the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny.
Navalny’s campaign to expose the nature of Russian power has been successful. He’s shown that one extraordinarily brave person can focus attention on the iniquity of an entire system.
Navalny's call to protest has social media buzzing and has prompted Russia's communications watchdog to clamp down. Several of his high-profile allies have been detained.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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