A geopolitical tsunami has hit Middle East: It’s music to Modi’s India

A geopolitical tsunami has hit Middle East and it has the potential to change the contours and politics of the region for decades.

Indian Express does a PTI on Chinese ambassador; why be lenient with one and punish the other?

If Press Trust of India (PTI) can fall foul of Modi government for publishing an interview of Sun Weidong, Chinese ambassador to India, who had blamed India for present...

August 13, 1948: When UN had asked Pakistan to vacate PoK…and it hasn’t to this day!

Pakistan seems to be in overdrive when it comes to Jammu and Kashmir, a large part of which it continues to occupy illegally since 1947-48. It tries to raise the issue on...

Indian subcontinent and that sinking feeling: A quarter of Bangladesh under water

It’s a grim monsoon in Indian subcontinent. A quarter of Bangladesh is under water. India is reeling to the extent that prime minister Narendra Modi had to seek out...

Kamala Harris, of Indian lineage, is Joe Biden’s running mate in US elections

Kamala Harris spent time in Lusaka Zambia in the late 1960s. Her maternal grandfather, an Indian civil servant, was on an assignment in Africa.

Indus Water Treaty: This year, even its meeting, is in the crosshairs

Those watching India-Pakistan relationship closely predict that wranglings may start between them on Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) soon. May be sooner than expected as the...

Russia becomes first to develop Coronavirus vaccine; announces Putin

‘It’s official. President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia has become the first in the world to develop a vaccine against Coronavirus. It has named...