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Why are some countries uneasy about Narendra Modi's bear hug for Vladimir Putin?

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi drew intense global scrutiny, with the scale of the welcome unsettling several countries-many of which continue to trade with... Read More


Is Imran Khan dead? Pakistan is on edge as rumours swirl.

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Unrest seems to be brewing in the neighbouring country over rumours that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in jail since August 2023, has died in custody. Two developme... Read More


From sheltering Sheikh Hasina to hosting another Taliban minister, India keeps up the balancing act

New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- The sentencing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for crimes against humanity during the July 2024 uprising-whi... Read More


Diplomacy reset: Bhutan outreach, Canada rapprochement, Trump's H-1B rethink

New Delhi, Nov. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bhutan this week-his fourth since 2014 and one timed to honour the 70th birthday of the country's fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck-unde... Read More


US-China G2, nukes on the table: Is Trump heralding Cold War-like bipolarity?

New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- The world appears to be slipping into bipolarity, with US President Donald Trump realizing the limits of America's economic leverage-whether through sanctions or trade. His tariff... Read More


Trump, Putin, and Modi: The awkward triangle of bonhomie, geopolitics, and oil

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- "Every time I speak to Vladimir (Putin), I have good conversations, and then they don't go anywhere," said Donald Trump on Wednesday-his tone betraying exasperation with his "dea... Read More


Mideast deal done? Trump takes a victory lap as Gaza peace hangs by a thread.

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Seven hundred and thirty-seven. The number of days the last 20 surviving hostages spent in captivity before their release on 13 October, as part of the US President Donald Trump... Read More


From Sanae Takaichi's ascent to the Taliban's India visit-the power plays of the week

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A woman's bid to shatter the political glass ceiling in an ostensibly modern nation, to a liberal democracy barring its women journalists from a presser as it rolled out the red ... Read More


Trump's Gaza peace plan: Will his 'deal of the century' earn him a Nobel and lasting Middle East peace?

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Hamas is "ready for a lasting peace". This is what US President Donald Trump wrote on his social-media platform, Truth Social, after the US-designated terrorist group expressed w... Read More


Donald Trump's UNGA address reveals a new global reality: A tougher world for countries like India.

New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- Make of it what you will: A world where the president of the most powerful nation can tell off, discredit, even gaslight fellow heads of state-from the podium of the top multila... Read More