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The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    Photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 30, 2018. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The effects of Modi thwarting a Dalai-Xi meet

    India does have a role to play in Tibet, and a truly autonomous Tibet might well be in India's interests and enhance its...

    27 May 2019 12:43 AM IST

    Atal Behari VajpayeeOpinion
    91st Amendment: Impediment to good governance?

    In Jawaharlal Nehru's first Cabinet there was only one minister for food and agriculture.

    22 May 2019 1:27 AM IST

    China flagOpinion
    Chinese lesson: Paying a price for uprightness

    Hai Rui himself was however known primarily as a Neo-Confucian and never discussed Islam in his Confucian works.

    6 May 2019 4:36 AM IST

    China flagOpinion
    Belt & Road: What are China's real intentions?

    Much is being made about the overland link between China and Europe by rail and road links.

    3 May 2019 7:05 AM IST

    The UK, which is facing Brexit blues, had the fifth largest GDP of $2.81 trillion, which is about $119 billion more than that of India, the data showed.Opinion
    Why do some fare so much better than others?

    The study examined the distance of Bihar and UP on most major parameters from the average and the best.

    1 May 2019 2:28 AM IST

    or generations, the Muslim Bakarwals have traveled between summer pastures in the Himalayas and winter grazing grounds in the lowland plains, herding their goats, sheep and horses. (Photos: AP)Opinion
    The looking glass war in the Himalayas

    The plan to install a snooping device, a veritable looking glass to peer into the Chinese nuclear grounds.

    19 April 2019 2:12 AM IST

    Chandra Shekhar (Photo: Wikipedia)Opinion
    Chandra Shekhar: A most civilised man

    Chandra Shekhar's talents, abilities, passion and razor-sharp intellect put him head and shoulders above the rest.

    8 April 2019 12:15 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Why didn't Modi, as PM, release Henderson Brooks Report on '62?

    A tangled web of inability to understand security issues, prevarication, bureaucratic intrigue, political indecision,...

    3 April 2019 1:41 AM IST

    The sacrifice of the chicken is to receive atonement, for the bird takes on all the persons sins in kapparos.India
    It's time to rescue the chickens!

    In many Central European folk tales, the devil is believed to flee at the first crowing of a cock.

    1 April 2019 12:21 AM IST

    INS ArihantOpinion
    After Balakot: India-Pak ties and nuclear bombast

    Politicians on both sides of the border are prone to loose talk and nuclear sabre-rattling is part of their lexicon.

    27 March 2019 1:40 AM IST

    Eighteen opposition parties have come together to take on the government in parliament during the Monsoon Session beginning July 17 over demonetisation, GST and various other issues, according to political sources. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    A celebration of democracy: For whom, and how?

    The lack of intelligent and sensible debate in Parliament portends bad days for our democracy.

    20 March 2019 12:48 AM IST

    Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.Opinion
    India can't turn off Indus water flow to Pak

    The Indus river system has a total drainage area exceeding 11,165,000 sq km

    23 Feb 2019 12:49 AM IST

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