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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh.

Bangladeshs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laughs while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)

K.C. Singh | Hasina's victory: Time for caution, not complacency

India needs to help diminish the trust deficit between the ruling Awami League and Begum Khaleda Zia's BNP.

9 Jan 2024 11:13 PM IST

$The \CMA CGM Palais Royal\, the worlds largest containers ship powered by natural gas, sails in the bay of Marseille, southern France, on December 14, 2023. Ships belonging to CMA-CGM have returned to the Red Sea following attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and those belonging to Maersk will do the same, the two shipping giants said on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)$ Opinion

K.C. Singh | 2024, a year of elections, will be full of challenges

The Houthis have successfully rendered the Red Sea as a no-go zone for global shipping.

2 Jan 2024 12:43 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaks during a press briefing on the Virtual G20 Leaders Summit, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India in a bind at Brics & G-20 over Gaza waffling

Surprisingly, no peaceful demonstration has taken place near the Israeli or US missions in India.

25 Nov 2023 12:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to a meeting in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India's challenges amidst shifting global equations

India may also discover that the anti-China alliances woven by the US are also losing their glue.

14 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Qatars Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued an emiri decree renewing the membership of some Shura Council members and appointing 28 new members to include women for the first time in the history of the... council, said a statement. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Fissures in the Gulf region test for India's diplomacy

Qatar is not a small Gulf nation that can be cajoled or browbeaten.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP/File)

K.C. Singh | Did Bibi's divisive agenda allow Hamas to hit Israel?

The Hamas outburst should actually come as no surprise.

10 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, (Image: DC)

Provocative analysis inspires fresh look at Sino-US power strife

The writer underplays China's aggressiveness in South and East China Seas and across Line of Actual Control (LAC)...

8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

The victory of Opposition candidate Mohammed Muizzu in the Maldives presidential election seemed imminent when he led in the first round, though falling short of the 50 per cent vote that was needed for an outright victory. (Image : Twitter)

K.C. Singh | Maldives the latest play in India-China games

Warning signals that India's Maldivian policy was fraying had been visible for some time

4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (Image: Twitter)

K.C. Singh | Khalistan': Security vs free speech derails Canada ties

The issue of Khalistan is, however, a lot more complicated than the public uproar betrays.

21 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with World Bank President Ajay Banga, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Joe Biden pose for a group photo during the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | A mix of success, hype & innovation at Delhi G-20

One notable outcome is the admission of the African Union as a full member of the G-20, making it now the G-21.

11 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

A large banner bearing the image of Lotus Temple put up by the MCD to welcome heads of state and other international guests who will be arriving for the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Dutt)

K.C. Singh | G-20's outcome uncertain amid multiple challenges

This is the first G-20 summit that Xi Jinping is skipping.

8 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | China playing puppeteer as Brics expands, G-20 looms

Crucially, the group's most important economies are China and India, bitter adversaries that rarely cooperate on...

28 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST