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Abhijit Bhattacharyya
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The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    A senior IPS officer pointed out that the process involves the state police to hand over the migrants to the BSF, which in turn hand over them to the Border Guard Bangladesh, according to a 2013 guidelines of the ministry of home affairs.(Photo: AFP/ Representational)Opinion
    Indians are the biggest migrants in the world

    There are three main factors which make individuals leave their homes and hearth.

    24 Dec 2019 1:41 AM IST

    Tanhaji, based on Shivajis war against the Mughals, sees Ajay Devgn and Saif Ali Khan playing Maratha leader Tanhaji Malusare and Mughal stooge Udaybhan Rathore respectively. The film is slated to release after a month of Panipats release.Opinion
    Why does Panipat the movie make Afghans see red? It's simply history

    It was reported that there are perceptions that the movie insulted Ahmad Shah Abdali, prompting sharp reactions from...

    5 Dec 2019 1:09 AM IST

    India, which has raised some tariffs under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has long been the main holdout on an RCEP deal due to strong domestic opposition from several quarters over fears of Chinese goods flooding the country.Opinion
    After RCEP, what's the road ahead?

    An astonishingly ambitious plan of action without doubt, RCEP invariably had to have its bumps.

    15 Nov 2019 12:43 AM IST

    World trade and China aside, the situation doesnt get any better for India even with the Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Why India should not become a part of RCEP

    In reality, India's foreign trade deficit woes continue unabated even today, thus leading to the desperation for quick...

    31 Oct 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    From Wuhan to Chennai: Xi's long journey

    It must have been a meeting of head, heart and mind by the leaders of the two Asian giants, with a population of over...

    15 Oct 2019 1:07 AM IST

    In the war within our Parliament, the government and the Opp. have viciously clashed on just about every issue, and have often stopped just short of coming to blows. The raucous political cacophony has overshadowed one of the real crises that is facing the country the parlous state of the IAF. (Representational image)Opinion
    As IAF turns 87, merge HAL with it

    Indians have failed the IAF, thereby pushing the country into a state of despair, in the face of a multi-dimensional...

    8 Oct 2019 1:25 AM IST

    China has suffered a spate of industrial accidents in recent months. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    As China, at 70, hits back at the West, India needs to watch out

    It is important to check China's contemporary economic and financial standing.

    30 Sept 2019 12:11 AM IST

    Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)Opinion
    Don't send our troops into Afghan 'valley of death'

    History is replete with instances of foreign armies entering Kabul vertically, and ending their journey horizontally to...

    17 Sept 2019 1:24 AM IST

    Kashmiri children play gully cricket in a shut-down market in central Srinagar.Opinion
    Hari Singh's 1939 constitution in J&K marked a first in South Asia

    Incidentally, 81 years later, on the same day, August 5, 2019, J&K state was bifurcated into two Union territories by...

    5 Sept 2019 12:59 AM IST

    Hua ChunyingOpinion
    Crocodile tears in dragon's eyes? Show China Tibet, J&K '47 maps

    Understandably, both Pakistan's and China's common interest in J&K originates from the enemy's enemy†theory.

    21 Aug 2019 1:19 AM IST

    President Donald Trump says Iran wants to make a deal. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    What's really behind Trump's offer' on Kashmir? A long-term US...

    India is a good business location for high-profile American individuals who institutionally represent their country too.

    2 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Kailash MansarovarOpinion
    A battle over culture? India, China & heritage of Kailash Mansarovar

    Having traversed across the mighty Himalayas for several years, up to 20,000 ft, several points occur to this columnist.

    19 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

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