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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari

China has been stonewalling Indias application to NSG, which regulates the international nuclear commerce, on the ground that India is not a signatory to the NPT. (Photo: File/Representational)

How India lost its neighbourhood

The worst casualty has been our relationship with China. There is an unprecedented Chinese build up taking place in...

7 Jan 2018 12:28 AM IST

More often than not private contractors simply vanish leaving projects incomplete or in a complete mess.

Take them to task

The government, especially it's officers absolved themselves of all accountability for shoddy work.

31 Dec 2017 12:14 AM IST

Former communications minister A. Rajas supporters dance as they celebrate his acquittal by a special court in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

So, what's the story behind 2G scam'?

The insanity of the media trial was so grotesque that logic and reason just disappeared into thin air.

24 Dec 2017 5:18 AM IST

The development marks Xi Jinpings rise as countrys most powerful leader in decades. (Photo: AFP)

Amid new realities, India must keep its balance

India should revitalise its relationship with Russia while taking care not to relive the bonhomie of the Indo-Soviet...

9 Dec 2017 1:53 AM IST

The shell of a building stands amid acres of rubble in this view of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Photo: AP)

It's time to treat India as a N-weapons state

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was devastated and three days later, on August 9, Nagasaki was decimated.

25 Nov 2017 4:56 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (Photo: AFP)

Operation Pawan was a correct strategic call

The success of the accord depended on unstinted political support by both the nations.

11 Nov 2017 12:50 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

A point to ponder: Do CMs make good PMs?

India's 12th PM and the first from the BJP, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had a distinguished career as a parliamentarian.

28 Oct 2017 12:12 AM IST

The Centre had also said that some Rohingyas are indulging in illegal and anti-national activities such as mobilisation of funds through hundi or hawala channels, procurring fake or fabricated Indian identity documents for other Rohingyas and also indulging in human trafficking. (Photo: AP/File)

Time is ripe to choose butter over guns

In the middle of all this, the India-Pakistan standoff continues.

22 Oct 2017 12:48 AM IST

Exposure to highly idealized representations of peers lives on social media sites may make a person feel isolated. (Photo: Pixabay)

Invasion of the troll armies

The multi-stakeholders dialogue that is trying to evolve common rules of engagement must take cognisance of this...

30 Sept 2017 4:34 AM IST

Editor, social activist and a virulent critic of right-wing groups, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead Tuesday night outside her residence in Bengaluru. (Photo: Facebook)

Let's stand up against anarchy

It is with profound regret and utmost sorrow I write that whatever I prophesied has come true in the past 40 odd months.

16 Sept 2017 3:15 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Truth about Doklam

The Chinese border troops continue with their patrols and stationing in the Dong Lang area.

2 Sept 2017 6:34 AM IST

This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29. (Photo: AP)

Doklam: Lessons from 1962

On India's Independence Day, Chinese and Indian forces clashed in Ladakh, north of Pangong Tso (lake).

19 Aug 2017 1:33 AM IST