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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | A benign mask for whole world; fangs bared to citizens...

India's government does not want to be recognised abroad for what it is a majoritarian, authoritarian State

19 July 2022 12:07 AM IST

The grandiose Hambantota port project in Sri Lanka, which once had the same bunch of Indian strategic thinkers in a tizzy, hosts no ships and doesnt earn much. China is now pressuring Sri Lankans to service its debt and is seeking to extract some more in lieu of that. (Wikimedia)

Mohan Guruswamy | China's Belt and Road drive was just another...

China is now pressuring Sri Lankans to service its debt and is seeking to extract some more in lieu of that

18 July 2022 11:53 PM IST

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | In race to elect next UK PM, are women meant to steal...

Some rumours are floating around that a few of these candidates were selected in order to ensure that Liz Truss does not...

17 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Girls display their arms painted with message Ranil go home referring to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the protest site in Colombo. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep race, religion out in a Sri Lankan revival...

It's a moot point whether Colombo would have placed itself at Beijing's mercy to this extent if it had not been for the...

17 July 2022 11:31 PM IST

A still from the Welsh National Operas Migrations which depicts the experience of Indian doctors working in the NHS featuring Natasha Agarwal as Neera and Jamal Andreas as Jai. (Credit: Craig Fuller)

Shreya Sen-Handley | The unsung benefit of pursuing the arts

The arts and sciences aren't combatants. When born of creative minds, they are complementary

17 July 2022 12:15 AM IST

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak (Photo- AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | If Conservatives pick ethnic' PM, will racism in...

Gentle reader, it seemed and even now is quite possible that one of these ethnic candidates will be the next Prime...

16 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Manish Tewari | An encirclement India must avoid at all costs

Does India even have its eye on the ball given that the world around it is swivelling at a dizzying pace?

16 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after a special session of Maharashtra Assembly, at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. (PTI file photo)

Sunil Gatade | The Gujarat Model' of BJP politics now in Maharashtra

What happened in Maharashtra recently was a well-scripted move to further the ruling party's footprint

16 July 2022 1:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Modi's reaching out to minorities, not...

BJP did get the Muslim vote in the 2022 UP Assembly elections, as pointed out by Hilal Ahmed in his analysis of the...

16 July 2022 12:46 AM IST

An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pilgrimages amid changing climate: Ensure...

What do pilgrimages mean in the time of climate change and the consequent rise in extreme weather events?

14 July 2022 11:34 PM IST

According to the Pew Research 2021, the core middle class has shrunk from 99 million in 2020 to 66 million in 2021. (Bloomberg)

Dilip Cherian | No room now for laggards in Delhi govt

However, there are no reports yet of how the babus who are likely to be affected by this decision have reacted

13 July 2022 11:50 PM IST

Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | India must act with care amidst Lanka imbroglio

A $51 billion debt, with debt servicing of $7 billion needed this year, is proving unmanageable

13 July 2022 11:34 PM IST