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After taking over as the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has strived to better ties with China. However, Beijing has been unrelenting on quite a few issues including Masood Azhar and Indias NSG bid.

The dragon dares

India and China have been locked in a standoff on the Doklam plateau along the disputed Bhutan-China boundary.

30 July 2017 1:29 AM IST

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing where he attended a BRICS NSA meet amidst Sikkim standoff.

China sets its eyes on Doklam and beyond

Thirty years of reform catapulted China to the second largest economy and wetted its sense of lebensraum.

30 July 2017 1:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Modi and the Bovine Republic

If Brand Modi is to survive with its sheen intact, the govt needs to resort to strong action; mere disapproval will not...

23 July 2017 5:57 AM IST

The other sector that will be affected is the leather industry. According to the Council for Leather Exports, the total number of people employed in the leather industry is around three million.

A mistake with costly implications

The number of people dependent on the meat industry varies, but one estimate suggests a figure of around 22 million...

23 July 2017 5:51 AM IST

Pilgrims, on the Baltal route, cross mountain trails on their way to the Amarnath cave shrine on the Baltal route. (Photo: PTI)

The yatra's journey

The pilgrimage to Amarnath had acquired political connotations it was an assertion of Hindu identity and India's claim...

16 July 2017 6:23 AM IST

Amarnath pilgrims who were injured in the terror attack being brought by an IAF plane at the airport in Surat. (Photo: PTI)

The Attack: No one has a convincing answer

J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti took pride in the people of Kashmir having fully displayed the basic trait of Kashmiriyat after...

16 July 2017 6:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchange greetings at the BRICS leaders informal gathering, in Hamburg. (Photo: AP)

Ocean, the solution to problems in mountains

India should respond to Chinese moves in the Himalayas and the subcontinent with counter-moves in the South China Sea...

9 July 2017 5:58 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with former French president Charles de Gaulle in Paris on March 25, 1966

State visits, then & now

Our PM Modi's proposal to exclude officials of the terrorism sponsoring nations from entering the G-20 countries is...

9 July 2017 12:57 AM IST

According to China, the tri-junction lies at Gyemochen, south of the tri-junction perceived by Bhutan and India.

When China pokes Indian bear

Beijing also knows that the finalisation of tri-junction alignment is subject to further discussions between India,...

9 July 2017 12:54 AM IST

Farmers protest by throwing tomatoes on National Highway-33 at Bundu near Ranchi for not getting a fair price for their produce. (Photo: PTI)

Loan Waiver is no free lunch

The 3 stakeholders here are farmers, governments and banks. Each of them has to look at this scheme from different...

2 July 2017 6:41 AM IST

Farmers dump potatoes on the road due to falling prices in Jalandhar. (Photo: PTI)

From jai kisan to die kisan'

Micro and macro-level problems make agriculture a fatal profession.

2 July 2017 6:33 AM IST

At current costs of cultivation and prices, agriculture has lost much of its sheen and looks jaded.

Agriculture's 1991-moment

Agriculture has been ill-served by the indifference of the Establishment for the last at least 40 years.

2 July 2017 6:31 AM IST