Opinion

Earlier this year when Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Tashkent for the meeting of foreign ministers of the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), he pitched for …

For me, the most inspiring story of our nation is the way our government strongly pushed the start-up culture. Every policy and governance initiative now has a huge in-built innovation …

India has had strong traditional ties with Russia. After the break-up of the Soviet Union and the emergence of Ukraine as an independent country, India has had friendly ties with …

Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging from Gogra-Hot Springs, a key friction point along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. “On 8th September 2022, according to the …

India and Bangladesh on Tuesday took giant steps to rebuild broken links between the two countries to foster prosperity in the region under a progressive, inclusive and democratic template. In …

It may be coincidental, but it is nonetheless of profound satisfaction for every Indian that India has surpassed Britain to emerge as the world’s fifth largest economy in the 75th …

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s five-day visit to India, beginning tomorrow will be keenly watched not only by the pundits in South Asia but across the world. For one, Hasina …

The Baloch community sandwiched between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan has been waging a nationalist struggle for over seven decades. During this time, it has seen vicious attacks through helicopter gunships …

Sri Lanka has seen one of its worst years—the government decided to default on its external debt, widespread shortages of essential items, historic inflation, mass uprisings against the powerful Rajapaksa …

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has wrapped up his Qatar visit with a sense of achievement. The cash-strapped debt and terrorism ridden country, now battling devastating floods and 24.9 % …

The 22nd Heads of State summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is scheduled to take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on September 15-16. Uzbekistan is leaving no stone unturned to …

Even as almost all the existing political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are apprehensive of losing their cadres to the former Congress veteran, Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation has caused a …

Bhim Chandra Nag—One of the 19th century pioneers who introduced Sandesh in KolkataSandesh, the beloved Bengali mishti and one of India’s best-known sweets, means “news”, when translated from Hindi/Bengali, and …

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the 73-year-old veteran politician from Jammu and Kashmir, has finally severed his 45-year-long relationship with the Congress party. In a high-drama development in the national capital on …

As the Islamic State was on a rampage in Afghanistan at the end of  July, Syria’s semi-autonomous Kurdish administration was handing over to authorities of Tajikistan the custody of 146 …

The second phase of re-pivoting Pakistan has started, with the noose tightening around former Prime Minister Imran Khan who had the temerity to openly confront the Americans, cement ties with …

The murder in Moscow of Daria Dugina, the daughter of the famous Russian ideologue and architect of the concept of the “Russian world” Alexander Dugin, who many Russian pro-Western liberals …

<p> <strong>By Vivek Mishra & Sarral Sharma</strong></p> <p> Pakistan and the United States are making active efforts to reset their bilateral ties. The new ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance …

<p> It is now apparent that the killing of terror-in-chief Ayman Al Zawahiri by a drone strike was a pivotal moment on several counts. It rendered  a big blow to …

<p> The Fourth Consultative Meeting of the heads of state of Central Asian in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan last month was qualitatively different from the preceding ones. A sense of urgency, and …

<p> Relations with the Gulf region, where India has strong people-to-people connect since centuries and where India is heavily dependent for its energy supplies, were under pressure recently due to …