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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    After swings and hugs, some realism returns

    Relations with Pakistan represent a major policy failure.

    30 May 2018 1:21 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Modi, US & Russia: Is this neo-nonalignment?

    India's geopolitical environment has mutated considerably since Donald Trump became America's President.

    23 May 2018 12:23 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli (L) issued a joint press statement on Saturday afternoon. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)Opinion
    Nurture links to Nepal, keeping China in mind

    Indo-Nepal relations would need careful nurturing after the foolhardy gambles of 2015.

    15 May 2018 12:26 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a house boat at Wuhans East Lake in China. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    After Wuhan, India and China on reset' track?

    The Indian statement, after some introductory moralising on the need for strategic convergence, addresses the border...

    30 April 2018 12:32 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks with his Nepalese counterpart Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli during a ceremonial reception for the latter in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Closer India-Nepal ties vital, restore trust first

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's domestic slogan Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas†was extended to the neighbourhood.

    9 April 2018 12:18 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump targets Moscow as a diversionary tactic?

    Russia had also not yet resurrected its role in West Asia to defend Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime.

    29 March 2018 1:28 AM IST

    Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.Opinion
    Diplomatic brawl with Pak may not end soon

    After India chose to retaliate in kind, the Pakistanis have recalled their high commissioner for consultations.

    19 March 2018 6:29 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Opaque defence deals may impact Paris ties

    The French foreign minister was in India on an official visit during India's May 1998 nuclear tests.

    13 March 2018 12:20 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Trump's America now a global rule-breaker?

    The US trade deficit in 2017 in goods and services was $566 billion, though this balloons to $810 billion if you exclude...

    6 March 2018 6:15 AM IST

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Trudeau's India storm': It's time to heal bruises

    Canada is a reliable source for high quality uranium and foodstuffs, including pulses.

    26 Feb 2018 12:02 AM IST

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