Would Putin Have Attacked Had Ukraine Kept Its N-Bombs?

Would Ukraine be such a pushover if it had that nuclear stockpile?, asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: A pro-Russian soldier drives an armoured vehicle in the separatist-controlled village of Bugas in the......

'Vajpayee brought BJP to the pole position of Indian politics'

'When economic policies were attacked by people on his own side, he went ahead despite all the criticisms in the coalition, within the party and the Sangh Parivar.' IMAGE: Then prime minister Atal......

How Vajpayee made India a nuclear superpower

Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache.He decided that, irrespective of the attendant risks, he would undertake what many felt was a precarious course.A......

Ex-diplomat Arundhati Ghose, who led India's opposition to CTBT, dies

Eminent diplomat Arundhati Ghose, who was India’s ambassador to the United Nations and played a decisive role in India’s negotiations on Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, passed......

What Indian industry expects from Obama

The Indian industry expects President Barack Obama to remain committed to the Indo-US nuclear deal and is hoping the new American administration will not create roadblocks for outsourcing, which is......

Cannot accept emission-reduction targets: India

The United States is playing the perfect host, what with the third G-20 Summit being heldin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On Thursdayevening, President Barrack Obama has invited leaders --of the other......

3 sticky issues that hamper Indo-US ties

As the recent visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underlined, US-India bilateral ties are on a firm footing today, probably the strongest they have ever been. Clinton announced a......

'Indo-US trade bonds can fortify strategic ties'

Raymond E Vickery, former assistant secretary of commerce for trade development in the Clinton Administration, who is now a senior vice president at Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm......