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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

A changing UN might offer India a new role

The United States has decided to reduce its UN peacekeeping contribution from 28.5 per cent of its total budget to 25...

17 Sept 2018 1:27 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the joint press conference after the India-US 2+2 Dialogue, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

2+2 is a step forward, but it's no grand leap

The reality of military cooperation with a major power is summed up in the adage in for a penny, in for a pound.

8 Sept 2018 12:50 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday conducted aerial survey of flood-hit Kerala where 324 people have died in last nine days. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

We need maturity over foreign aid in disasters

The Union government must display alacrity and large-heartedness in putting Kerala back on its feet.

27 Aug 2018 12:00 AM IST

A file photo of Atal Behari Vajpayee with US President Bill Clinton

A visionary who reshaped India's global role

Vajpayee wanted to allay Pakistani fears that India, particularly his own party, the BJP, wanted to undo the Partition...

18 Aug 2018 1:22 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Time for defence, not offence, in diplomacy

The news leak that US President Donald Trump would be the Republic Day chief guest next January was neither confirmed...

13 Aug 2018 12:31 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran's governance test: Will he be a pragmatist?

The first question is whether the Pakistan Army has been able to achieve its objective of having a Prime Minister who...

27 July 2018 12:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Modi's African safari': Of Xi, Brics and more

The five nations constitute 26 per cent of the world's land mass and 43 per cent of its population.

23 July 2018 12:09 AM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

If Trump comes calling, be ready for the debris

Others have noted that Mr Trump has never criticised Mr Putin, Xi Jinping or Kim Jong-un, whereas he rarely misses a...

16 July 2018 12:09 AM IST

President Donald Trump

Trump's Europe foray: New options for India?

The moment of reckoning came when Berlin Wall fell in 1989, followed by the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

10 July 2018 12:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a house boat at Wuhans East Lake in China. (Photo: PTI)

A new nonalignment' is India's best option now

India could, as seems to be happening, apparently accept the US demarche and reel back its outreach to Iran and Russia.

2 July 2018 6:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

UN report on Kashmir is a challenge to Delhi

While the report attempts to appear balanced, criticising Pak actions in the parts of Kashmir that it occupies, the real...

18 Jun 2018 4:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain after a joint press conference for the SCO Summit in Qingdao, China. (Photo: AP)

Summit fever: Qingdao, Quebec and Singapore

China has been allowed to open a branch of a bank and has in turn allowed controlled entry to Indian pharmaceuticals.

11 Jun 2018 5:05 AM IST