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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 trip to India – in January, the Covid lockdown at home forced him to drop out of the Republic Day c...

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 from the quagmire in Afghanistan. Thanks to Washington’s intervention, India will also participate in...

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 won't 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 is at the heart of this.” Hopes of an enduring détente had already been raised in February...

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 Russia and China towards the latter. US power has relatively declined, even if the country still retain...