Russia's Unease Over India-US Proximity

The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with defence deals, sharing and transfer of defence technology, interoperability, joint collaboration and joint......

Atmanirbharta Complicates India-US Arms Deals

Indian policymakers must realise that in buying small quantities of equipment, it becomes hard to start manufacturing them in India, explains Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The US's 5th gen supersonic F-35......

Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

Henry Kissinger: Modern Day Chanakya

Kissinger's approach of balance of power, secret diplomacy and moderating ideology are the need of the hour.That is the greatest tribute to an intellectual who had a major impact on the world in......

Why India's milk producers are angry

'Milk prices have reduced by 20 to 30 per cent while production has been steadily going up.''Overproduction of milk is resulting in a price crash and slashing of profit margins.''While dairy......

'Demonetisation is theft'

'Demonetisation, is in principal, a mistake, because it involves a theft -- a taking of private property by the State.''It is one of those bad Indian ideas that has been tried twice in the past,......

The man who proposed the ban on Rs 500, 1,000 notes

The War on Big Notes 'By demonetising higher denominations of currency notes, we have taken out the vehicle for corruption.'But the motive is still there.' In 2000, Anil Bokil, chairperson of......

How to get more women on corporate boards

The government should take steps to mandate that companies have at least two women board members, and at least one of them should be an independent director, in the next two years, says Arun......

Does Kangana Look Like Indira Gandhi? VOTE!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kangana Ranaut/Instagram Kangana Ranaut has unveiled the first look of her film Emergency in which she plays then prime minister Indira Gandhi. 'Presenting......

10 Ways to Survive the Lockdown

Entertainment that's the equivalent of easily digestible food can only make this lockdown more frustrating for you. You know what can be equally frustrating? Watching movies with apocalyptic......

The rise and fall of Bikram Chaudhury, now on Netflix

A Netflix documentary reveals the sordid story behind the dazzling success and dizzying fall of the founder of Bikram Yoga, discovers Indira Kannan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bikram Yoga/Facebook......

Saying goodbye to America's best TV show

Image: Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men. 'That Mad Men is currently the best-written show and quite unlike anything else out there is an understatement.' As Mad Men draws to a close after eight......

Former President Clinton will give eulogy for Ali at interfaith service

IMAGE: Former President Bill Clinton with late Muhammad Ali. Ali was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2001. The medal was established by President Richard Nixon in 1969 to recognize......