For past two days, speculation has been rife about a coup in China. Evidence cited includes reports of cancelled passenger flights and footage of military movement.
The 14th BRICS Summit was held virtually Thursday. This was Putin's first forum with the heads of major economies since launching the Ukraine invasion.
Support for Putin is unlikely to derail Xi’s bid for a third term. But it could hurt China’s ability to reshape global institutions & prompt countries against its military aggressiveness.
Xi Jinping's push for 'common prosperity' has underpinned a slew of policies aimed at tackling widening inequality, but poses a threat to Communist Party's legitimacy and his own future.
Focus of the BRICS Summit, apart from Covid cooperation, will be the new Taliban caretaker govt in Afghanistan, and channelising development aid there.
US-China ties are more consequential for American economy than the relationship with Russia, and Biden’s window to establish a relationship with Xi for the years ahead is closing.
Biden earlier said Chinese officials need to be more transparent on Covid data, and encouraged Beijing to join 'evidence-based' investigation to determine where the virus' origin.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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