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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the test launch of solid fuel Pukguksong-2, a medium-to-long range ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

N Korean crisis: Can India too play a role?

The major difference between the Indian and North Korean programmes lies in the American attitude.

12 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

The folly of renaming: Will we ever learn?

Mumbai's Kala Ghoda dominating the intersection of MG Road and Subhash Chowk also demonstrates the folly of such...

29 Aug 2017 3:10 AM IST

Children receive treatment at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where 35 children died in three days in Gorakhpur. (Photo: AP)

Who'll protect our kids, India's future?

Despite boastful official statistics, this is a largely illiterate country.

15 Aug 2017 12:43 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Workers abroad suffer due to India's apathy

Relatives of the missing workers have knocked at every door since June 2014 when they were last heard of but to no...

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

A stronger India needed to stabilise Chinese ties

The confrontation in Doklam must not be allowed to lead to another Himalayan war.

18 July 2017 4:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

PM must be realistic on India's overall interests

The India-US equation is more complex because Washington has become used to client states in Asia and Africa.

4 July 2017 12:11 AM IST

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters during their protest in Darjeeling. (Photo: PTI)

Darjeeling flareup: We had it coming

The past is specially important as today's regional dreams are rooted in the memories of yesterday's experience.

20 Jun 2017 12:19 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May

A setback for May, but she'll battle to carry on

Theresa May has made it clear though snubbed and rejected she might be, but she has no intention of stepping down.

10 Jun 2017 12:28 AM IST

File photo of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya (Photo: PTI/)

A puzzling silence, and the way to achche din

To be pro-British was to be anti-Indian, obliging potential national leaders to collect evidence of the government's...

6 Jun 2017 12:48 AM IST

China succeeded in bringing together various countries together on one platform for the OBOR project President Xi Jinping with leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

India's OBOR boycott: Was it a misjudgment?

By boycotting the OBOR summit, India has also exposed its political vulnerability.

23 May 2017 12:23 AM IST

Attorney-General Mukul Rahatgi (Photo: PTI)

Let's admit our flaws, work to correct them

Bashar al-Assad could give a similar answer if questioned about using poison gas on the Syrian rebels.

9 May 2017 12:19 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP)

Can Erdogan's Turkey be India's credible ally?

Erdogan did indeed obtain popular endorsement of his ambition to become an all-powerful executive President.

25 April 2017 12:25 AM IST