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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Mend Pak ties, keep China in check to raise India heft

As the only democracy in SCO, besides a dysfunctional Pak, India must ensure the group is not hijacked by China to forge...

20 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo: AP)

World

Military and diplomatic pressures mount on Russian President Putin

Putin vowed to press attack on Ukraine despite the military setbacks but also faced concerns by India and China over the...

18 Sept 2022 11:40 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

Opinion

AA Edit | Gorby' transformed world's history, not a hero at home

The general peace that reigned in the decade after the Iron Curtain came down was, however, unlikely to last forever

2 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

Opinion

P.S. Raghavan | The man who brought down the Iron Curtain

Gorbachev's was an unlikely story of a peasant boy from rural Russia climbing up the greasy pole of Soviet politics

2 Sept 2022 12:02 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks to Indias Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, second left, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. ( AP/PTI)

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Putin vows to boost ties with India amid turmoil

Invites Modi to Russia amid US concerns on Pannun case

29 Dec 2023 12:41 AM IST

World

Modi Defends Indian Interests Well, Says Putin

The praise comes at a time when India is facing increasing pressure from the US on the alleged plot to kill...

9 Dec 2023 1:35 AM IST

People watch the screening of the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, in Thiruvananthapuram. (PTI)

Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy | Allegations in a democracy: It's best to debate, not...

In healthy democracies, allegations will be argued over. They shouldn't be subject to a total niqab being drawn over...

28 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

Ukrainian servicemen take part in Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on January 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

AA Edit | Ukraine: Give peace a chance

The ceasefire as well aa Putin renewing his call for peace talks might suggest that 11 months of the war is telling on...

7 Jan 2023 12:15 AM IST

$Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)$ Opinion

AA Edit | Global uncertainty grows as Putin and Biden tussle

Mr Putin's caveats to Russia's treaty suspension may have dialled down more ominous sounding recent threats to use...

23 Feb 2023 12:20 AM IST

Ukrainian soldiersrest near their position in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Opinion

AA Edit | Ukraine war to rage on for now

The world has suffered, but none more than the Ukrainians as their country has been pummelled by missiles of modern...

22 Feb 2023 12:29 AM IST

Books

Book Review | Putin, America and the war on truth in Ukraine

Coming from a military historian such a view is astonishing given that all wars are brutal, including today's faceless...

4 Feb 2023 11:30 PM IST

This handout picture released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on July 8, 2022 shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky looking at a map during his visit to the position of the Ukrainian army in Dnipro region. (AFP)

Opinion

AA Edit | Amid superpower games, Ukraine becomes a pawn

It is becoming increasingly apparent that Ukraine is a mere pawn in the games the superpowers are playing

24 March 2023 12:10 AM IST