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The trilateral was launched through a virtual meeting involving the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Embassies of Italy in Tokyo and New Delhi and the Japanese foreign ministry besides representatives of the three countries important think tanks.

Pakistani Deep State Worked Hard to Get Taliban Back in Driver’s Seat in Kabul. But Will it Backfire? News18 1 hour ago Sushant Sareen © Provided by News18 Pakistani Deep State Worked Hard to Get Taliban Back in Driver’s Seat in Kabul. But Will it Backfire? Pakistan’s predicament in Afghanistan is best summed up by Oscar Wilde’s famous aphorism: “In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it. The last is mu...

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in India was reported in the southern state of Kerala on 30 January 2020, of a 20-year-old

  |  A+A A- The key to understanding China’s global ambitions is to understand Xi. He is God in Communist China. On March 8, 1983, American president Ronald Reagan named the Soviet Union the Evil Empire. He said that the Soviets “must be made to understand we will never compromise our principles and standards [nor] ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire.” The USSR crumbled under the weight of maintaining its vast military machine and a flailing eco...

A vaccination programme that covers a population as vast as India’s 1.3 billion is expected to be a herculean task, but India has implemented

With uncertainty set to continue, India needs to remain actively engaged with all the political actors

450 Manoj Joshi Distinguished fellow, Observer Research Foundation The thought that comes to mind when we think about Prime Minister Modi’s BJP is muscular nationalism, Hindutva, and over-the-top-theatrics. Actually, the defining trait of the government is incompetence. Those other things are merely a cover for ineptitude. The record ranges from misreading and mishandling China, demonetisation, the shoddy GST rollout and slowing economy. But what has really revealed its true incapacity is the...

The BJP failed to win the state election in West Bengal

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort in Delhi, India on Aug 15. — Reuters India is suffering a coronavirus catastrophe with millions of infections and nearly 300,000 dead but it is likely to have a limited impact on the political fortunes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Heres why. How bad is the situation? A massive surge in cases has overwhelmed the health system in many areas. Officially, the death toll is ne...

Referring to the ban on cow slaughter he said the focus should rather be on improving internal security.