India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

Biden imposes new sanctions on Russia for annexing Ukrainian regions

US President Joe Biden on Friday announced a new round of sanctions in response to Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian territories, targeting government and military officials and their family......

How India Can Overtake China

India must integrate more with East Asia by getting into regional trade arrangements, lower its tariff walls, and improve the quality of its workforce, suggests T N Ninan. Illustration: Uttam......

What the World Expects From the Taliban

The world's attention is on the new Taliban and the imminent announcement of an inclusive government in Kabul, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who played a stellar role in beginning India's......

30 countries that face most or least visa restrictions

Planning to travel abroad on business or pleasure purpose? Well, the bad news is that you would most probably need to go through all the visa hassles. While Indians need visa to enter almost all......

Why Adani Solar Sought Visas For Chinese

In seeking visa approvals for engineers from China, the company has reasoned that India lacks the expertise to set up such a solar facility. IMAGE: Workers install solar panels at Adani Green......

RBI restrains commercial card payments by a network

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Thursday issued orders restraining commercial transactions routed through intermediaries by a card network. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The central......

UK citizens can visit 173 countries without visa, Indians 52

British citizens enjoy the widest range of visa-free travel in the world, being able to visit 173 countries with just a passport, while Indians get visa-free or visa-on-arrival access in 52......

Shorts: Aus human rights body to probe gymnastics abuse complaints

Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Australia's human rights watchdog will conduct a review of the country's gymnastics program following complaints of physical......