Opinion

Hopes of an India-China thaw, which can happen following military disengagement   along remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh are alive after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping …

In Pakistan, its various ethnic minorities remain in a constant state of agitation. The government in Islamabad remains aloof from the turmoil taking places on the country’s peripheries where local …

As India is making steady strides as a rising world power, there seems to exist one lacuna that New Delhi must fill to firm up in its humanitarian approach in …

Lured by raw materials including ivory, rubber, palm oil, cocoa, tea, diamonds and tin, European colonial powers, between 1833 and 1940 steadily acquired control over Africa. By the eve of …

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is prepared to participate at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 22 to 24. The BRICS 2023 summit is the fifteenth …

The issue of BRICS expansion is important in many ways. The seed of BRICS lies in the Russia-India-China (RIC) dialogue initiated by the Russians. Russia had lost its peer status …

Ahead of the summit of the five-nation grouping of Brazil, Russian, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) this week, the wheels of military diplomacy between New Delhi and Beijing are …

‘What have I done?’ The words escaped Mohammad Ali Jinnah only days into the partition of India in August 1947. He was not speaking to anyone in particular on that …

By Anusha Subramanian Recently, I was on a trek with a group of seven women, and among them was Vandana Kulkarni and her 10-year-old non-verbal autistic child, Vihaan. This was …

On 15 August 2014, Prime Minister Modi made an appeal from the ramparts of Red Fort – “Come, Make in India”. Sell anywhere in the world but manufacture here! We …

With the rise in militant attacks targeting military, civilian and clerics, the Pakistani establishment is rushing to the base from where the jihad or militancy originated – fatwas. And, reportedly, …

Last month, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a coalition of 57 Muslim countries, suspended the status of Sweden’s special envoy, accusing the Scandinavian nation of enabling “the repeated abuse …

Kathmandu: Nepal is gearing up to become South Asia’s green energy powerhouse, leveraging its vast hydroelectric resources. Realising its potential, Nepal’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply recently introduced the …

On top of US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy agenda is to make Saudis and Israelis sit and sign a deal similar to the Saudi-Iran rapprochement midwifed by Chinese some …

Saudi Arabia, important though it is as a major oil producer, has no real credentials to promote peace in Ukraine. The issues involved in the Ukrainian conflict are no doubt …

Changing dynamics in world affairs, scaling down of regional conflicts, rapprochement between rivals, and above all an urge to assert strategic autonomy is giving birth to a “new Gulf.” With …

The next edition of the Malabar Exercise featuring all the Quad countries – India, Japan, Australia, and USA is scheduled to take place from August 11 to 21 this year …

The only thing a person like me can do is to hang my head in shame after seeing the arguments being given in the Supreme Court on the Article 370 …

Pakistan’s most prosperous province Sindh – that lies on the border with India, has grabbed eyeballs this year for sensational incidents. Earlier this week terror leader Mullah Sardar Hussain, from …

The 15th BRICS Summit is scheduled to take place in Johannesburg in South Africa from 22nd-24th August. This will be the first in-person Summit to be held after 4 years, …

Recently, Canadian Baloch leader and head of Baloch People’s Congress (BPC) Dr Naela Quadri Baloch was in Europe recently to highlight the brutalities committed by the Pakistani Army against the …