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JUST over a week before the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which is likely to endorse President Xi Jinping’s unprecedented third term as its general secretary, the US has fired a shot across the Chinese bow.

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According to the dictionary, ‘red herring’ is something that distracts or misleads attention from a much more important subject. It seems to clearly describe the current government’s defence policy. Where there are important issues, such as the continued lag in the modernisation of

India needs to ramp up testing and collect better data on the prevalence of these diseases, say experts.

THE passing of Queen Elizabeth II is an occasion for sadness and nostalgia. What surprises many is why the erstwhile colonies like India, ravaged by the British, have mourned her passing. In part, it has to do with the ambiguity of our colonial past. Indian soldiers formed the core of the armies tha

Experts say India needs more decentralised planning, and access to testing and treatment for malaria and dengue

This has not been a happy year for the Chinese leadership. The Ukraine war, economic headaches arising from the mortgage crisis compounded by the difficulties of adopting a ‘zero Covid’ policy have hobbled the march to the coming 20th Communist Party of China Congress.

Russia said the delivery of two stealth frigates had been delayed by six months due to Western sanctions on some items. Read more at straitstimes.com.

OUR journey as a nation began in 1947, not 2014, as some would have us believe. India has achieved a great deal in these 75 years. Most young people today assume that on August 15, 1947, the British fled, Nehru hoisted the Tricolour, and bingo, India became an Independent nation. The reality was inf

Mohammed Sinan Siyech is a doctoral candidate at the Islamic and Middle East Studies Department at the University of Edinburgh and a non-resident associate fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He was previously a senior analyst with the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, Singapore. Sinan has written and spoken extensively on issues pertaining to security, terrorism, extremism, foreign policy and religion in South Asia and the Middle East.