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Mohan Guruswamy
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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
    US President Donald Trump said Friday that North Koreas recent missile tests were not a breach of trust. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Why an ABM system for Delhi alone?

    The issue of vulnerability to a decapitating attack on the national leadership has been the subject of much discussion

    12 Jun 2019 1:03 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    How to get the stalled lane moving?

    A vast section of India is being left behind even as India races to become a major global economy.

    30 May 2019 12:07 AM IST

    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

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