Why India Will Like Shigeru Ishiba

Shigeru Ishiba is expected to prioritise strengthening Japan's military capabilities and fostering deeper international partnerships, particularly with India, with whom Japan shares significant......

India's Untold Nepal Stories

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......

'Netanyahu cannot eradicate Hamas'

'Assassinating the leaders of an organisation, destroying their homes, buildings and institutions are not 'wiping out' an organisation.''Genociding the Lebanese or the Palestinians is something......

Is Biden Using Trudeau To Get Back At Modi?

Once the Canadian investigation runs its course, Ottawa may put on the public domain further accusations passing for 'evidence' -- and that could happen at some point closer to our general......

'Modi changed India's attitude towards Maritime Silk Road plan'

  China's Silk Road plan the name of which was subsequently changed to ‘Belt and Road’ project moots a maze of roads and corridors connecting China with Asia and Europe. A Chinese......

Skipping Asean meet makes government look amateurish

It seems the new government may have become concerned about the services FTA, and, thus, avoided the signing ceremony.The economic ministers of all the member states of the Association of Southeast......

What Geithner should and should not do

Post-crisis US has little standing in trumpeting the benefits of financial sector deregulation, let alone in pushing the interests of its maligned financial sector, says Arvind Subramanian. The......

Transport corridors set to boost SAARC exchange

The meeting of transport ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries which concluded on August 31 in New Delhi, has identified road, rail and waterway corridors to......

'Defeat hate, celebrate unity'

From ads to award-winning documentaries, US-based director Rahul Dholakia has come a long way. His critically acclaimed film Parzania has generated a lot of buzz. Based on a true story, the......

Indian swimmer conquers Sea of Galilee with World mark

Aryan Singh Dadiala started his swim at 5.18 am on Friday, when it was pitch dark and extremely cold, and finished the challenging course at 11:33 am, equalling the existing World record of the......

'Missing China tennis player Peng will reappear in public soon'

IMAGE: Former doubles world number one Peng Shuai has not been seen or heard from publicly since she said on Chinese social media on November 2 that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli coerced her......

WTA threatens to pull out of tournaments in China over Peng

IMAGE: WTA said it was prepared to pull its tournaments out of China if they were not satisfied with Peng Shuai's sexual assault allegation. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images......

Why Rajpal was named skipper for Pak Davis tie

'ITF never gave an impression that it would agree to a change in venue.' 'A perception of AITA management is being created which is not flattering.' IMAGE: India's captain Mahesh Bhupathi, left,......

Suarez's 'Hand of God' has parallels in diplomacy

Uruguay's Luis Suarez risked his reputation in his country's interest at the World Cup. Many diplomats and leaders often face the same dilemma, say T Nandakumar. One of the defining moments of FIFA......