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Imran Khan to ‘hurricane’ Firdous — two street visits to show Pakistan govt at work Pakistani politicians from all parties have used the Ramzan month for PR activity in the past. But only Imran Khan govt has managed to pull off such a self-contradictory show. Naila Inayat 6 May, 2021 12:42 pm IST Text Size: A+ Last year, this time, we were discussing the storm that was ‘colonel ki biwi’. This year, we have ‘hurricane’ Firdous...

Text Size: A+ India is in the middle of its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Our social media feeds have morphed into SOS helplines with citizens running from pillar to post to arrange medicines and oxygen cylinders. Amid this, the pack of foreign correspondents and their desi counterparts, who in the first wave couldn’t explain India’s low death rates, have made a triumphant comeback, with many of them claiming that India is grossly underreporting its Covid-19 death numbers now...

India’s energy transition path is on track. Now it needs to pick pace: Analysis The ongoing Covid-19 recovery efforts offer five key lessons, and also reveal some blind spots that can potentially undermine the hard-earned progress. Text Size: A+ The global energy transition has crossed many milestones over the past decade, surpassing most expectations. Thanks to technological innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking by policymakers and businesses, the installed capacity grew sevenf...

On Afghanistan, India’s worry shouldn’t just be Pakistan. There’s a rogue player waiting General Bipin Rawat recently said Iran and Pakistan could exploit the situation in Afghanistan after the US pullout. But he made it clear they werent the only ones. Snehesh Alex Philip 23 April, 2021 11:41 am IST Text Size: A+ A lot of key changes are taking place in the South Asian region, which has both direct and indirect bearing on not only India’s ...

Unintended victims of Covid — India’s foreign policy and an MEA unable to do its real job India urgently needed to reach out to world capitals and engage with nations that were looking for an alternative to China. But the pandemic kept MEA occupied. Seshadri Chari 23 April, 2021 10:31 am IST Text Size: A+ The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is seriously affecting the economy and whatever green shoots were appearing seem to have subsided. The ...

Why PM Modi putting faith before science on Covid is damaging India’s reputation abroad Jyoti Malhotra © Provided by The Print UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to cancel his visit to India is not just a censure of India’s ability to handle its Covid crisis, it is a question mark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, defined by his refusal to put science before faith in this grave hour. This is the second time this year that Johnson has cancelled his t...

Text Size: A+ Following President Joe Biden’s much-anticipated announcement that the United States would withdraw remaining troops from war-torn Afghanistan on September 11, the world is getting ready for another peace process expected to finalise the ways and means of breaking the impasse on Afghan reconciliation. To be held under the aegis of the United Nations, the 10-day Istanbul conference beginning 24 April is part of the Joe Biden administration’s attempt to extricate itself fro...

Tensions between Jaishankar and Lavrov are a tell-tale sign that 'time-tested' India-Russia ties are shrinking because both sides are not willing to be sensitive towards each other.

Pakistan’s peace offer came with fine print. Optimistic Indians failed to read it Pakistan Army draws its extra constitutional powers by demonising India. It wont accept any change in public perception that could dispel Rawalpindi’s narrative. Text Size: A+ Indians are incurable optimists. We got so euphoric when Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said “bury the past and move forward” that we glossed over his pointed assertion — “The Kashmir issue...

Text Size: A+ In assessing India-Russia ties, there should not be an assumption that the relationship has to be free of any differences, and that any developing gaps in our respective foreign policies are a matter of special concern, given our historic closeness. The world has changed drastically in the last three decades. The Soviet Union collapsed, leaving Russia geopolitically weakened. China has risen dramatically as the effective number two global power, tilting the balance between Rus...