Opinion

The Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE), China Merchants Group (CMG), recently announced its subsidiary, China Merchants Port, would build a logistics hub at Colombo Port in Sri Lanka, touted to be …

Kashmir in India is a route to tourism and prosperity. In Pakistan, it sadly leads to terrorism and diplomatic disaster for an ever-beguiled country. Every time, since 1947, India and …

Bengaluru: Akin to a fake magician promising to produce a rabbit out of the hat, but coming up with a limp rat, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s plans of implementing “five …

The operation to dismantle the eco-system marshalled by Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan has continued its steady advance, but some key roadblocks need to be cleared before a new military-backed …

India and Nepal today laid the foundation of a new era of ties that aligns with New Delhi’s transition to a key player in the Global South facing a turbulent …

The Sri Lankan government has announced that it intends to sign an MoU with India to fulfill its goal of generating 70% of its electricity using renewable sources of energy …

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back in power in Turkey in widely-watched elections, which The Economist had billed as “The Most Important Election of 2023.” Many had expected him to …

On May 16, 2023 Judge Jacqueline Choelijian of the United States Central California District Court, Los Angeles approved the extradition to India, of Tahawwur Rana, notorious associate of David Coleman …

The Pakistani establishment’s juggernaut dismantling ex-PM Imran Khan’s network in the country and abroad is poised to go for the kill in the coming days. In this phase, which has …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at the inaugural of the new Parliament building showcased his vision of the rise of India as a civilizational state, which is bound to shape …

China recently held a two-day summit with the heads of state of the five Central Asian states in Xi’an – where the ancient Silk Road began. In attendance were President …

At the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan on 20th-21st May, 2023. This is the fifth time …

Bengaluru: The much-awaited formation of the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka shows that the “high command culture” of the Congress party with the Gandhi family calling the shots has reduced the …

After its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia began to get increasingly isolated from the United States (US) and European Union (EU) countries in world politics. President Putin in …

Rajiv Gandhi lost his temper. He had never lost his temper with me, but since I had been warned, I was also prepared. He (Rajiv) said that he did not …

In tune with high-profile international gatherings at home during its ongoing G20 presidency, India is going ahead full throttle in the next few months with parallel initiatives to expand its …

A sweeping theme of Dabiq, now defunct magazine of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was death. “We love death like you love life,” the magazine quoted slain Al …

Maldives, a small, but geographically dispersed clutch of islands at the centre of the Indian Ocean has seen considerable economic growth in the last decade. This growing prosperity has been …

There is merit in viewing the world order today as being in a state of flux. Amidst the global uncertainty caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, India remains a powerful …

How individuals are represented in the movies have a deep and profound impact on how we perceive them. Our perceptions of people then impact our attitudes and beliefs about them. …

Finally, the Union Government has come out with an ordinance to clip the wings of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Better late than never. It was unfortunate that the central …