Why China, Russia and US won’t save the Taliban
December 9 ,2021
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Afghan refugees trying to make their way to Europe. Photo: AFP
With nearly half of the Afghan population facing famine as the war-...
The Biden administration is enabling India’s human rights...
December 8 ,2021
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By: Sunita Viswanath, Peter Cook & Rasheed Ahmed
US President Joe Biden meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Septemb...
India ‘a great power’, says Russia’s Putin at New Delhi su...
December 7 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photograph in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: EPA...
America should bet on Bangladesh
A general view shows the Dhaka River Port on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 23, 2019. MUNIR UZ Z...
PM Modi’s meeting with Vladimir Putin likely to reaffirm I...
December 2 ,2021
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By: Seema Guha
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin | AP Photo
Like most Indians, Prime Minister Naren...
Biden’s Democracy Summit is a South Asian diplomatic flub
December 1 ,2021
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By: Mihir Sharma
Modi and Biden in the White House in September. Photographer: Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times
Supposedly, U.S. President...
Modi’s growing crackdown on bollywood
November 30 ,2021
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By: Anchal Vohra
Last month, the son of superstar Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan was arrested for consuming drugs at a party. In most parts of th...
Narendra Modi’s secret weapon: a useless opposition
November 29 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Delhi: In a short speech on November 19th Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, made a humiliating u-turn. Barely a ye...
The politics of Biden’s democracy Summit
November 27 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Colombo: The “Democracy Summit” that US President Joe Biden is organizing on December 9 and 10 (in the virtual mode), is os...
Taliban teetering on verge of economic collapse
November 26 ,2021
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Ever since the Taliban’s military takeover of Kabul, the Afghan economy has gone from bad to worse and could now be headed for a...
What would it mean for Pakistan to lose major non-NATO all...
November 25 ,2021
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By: Ejaz Haider
As Pakistan and the United States gingerly engage after the fall of Kabul, distrust continues to inform the relationship. At the same t...
Will New Delhi provide succor to struggling Sri Lanka?
November 24 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Colombo: Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is planning to visit New Del...
The ‘India question’ is a sideshow for US. For now, it’s p...
November 23 ,2021
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By: Tara Kartha
US President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the White House on 15 November 2021 | Man...
In the repeal of the farm laws, the victory of satyagraha...
November 22 ,2021
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By: Ramachandra Guha
Farmers celebrate the repeal of the new agricultural laws on Friday. | PTI
Free-market economists supported the now-withdrawn farm...
Diminishing electoral prospects made Modi repeal controver...
November 21 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Poor electoral performance in the recent by- elections, and diminishing prospects in the 2022 elections, had made Indian Prime Minister...
Why BJP might remain in commanding position for next many...
November 15 ,2021
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By: Coomi Kapoor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda.
Judging by its huge defeat in West Bengal and i...
Leadership: India’s parties are conducting radical experim...
November 13 ,2021
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By: Falguni Tewari
From the Left to Centre to the Right, India’s parties are devising new methods to deal with voter discontent and enable a generat...
The Politics of Taliban Recognition
November 12 ,2021
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By: Michael Kugelman
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with the Taliban Negotiation Team, in Doha, Qatar, on November 21, 2020.
Nearly three m...
US recognition of Taliban Government will be a game change...
November 11 ,2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Pakistan extended a special invitation to Acting Interim Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi to attend the “Troik...
India fortifies Ladakh in military infrastructure race wit...
November 10 ,2021
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By: Bilal Hussain
The Zoji La tunnel construction site is seen here near Baltal, India, on Oct. 6. (Photo by Bilal Hussain)
China and Indi...
Cracks appear in China-Sri Lanka relations
November 9 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Relations between Sri Lanka and China were excellent between 2010 and 2015 when the pro-China Mahinda Rajapaksa was President. During t...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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