He is a film buff, and has offered to sit for a session dedicated only to discussing film dialogues—be they from potboilers or classics, Akira Kurosawa or Adoor Gopalakrishnan. S. Somanath,... Read more
Looking Back At Year 1 Of The Biden Administration
In an inaugural address last January that blended optimism for the future and a hope for bipartisanship, newly sworn-in President Joe Biden suggested that America “start afresh.”... Read more
India Will Have To Think Out Of The Box To Take On China’s ‘War By Other Means’ In Sri Lanka
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi made a brief visit to Sri Lanka on 9 January, in the last leg of his trip to the Maldives and three other East African countries — Eritrea, Kenya, and Comoro... Read more
Emphasising on deep links between India and Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that both countries are “united by history, ancestry, culture, language and the sha... Read more
The German Navy chief, Vice-Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, withdrew his comments where he called for rapprochement with Russian President Putin amid the Ukraine crisis, terming it as a “mistak... Read more
“A good conversation today with DPM and FM of Qatar @MBA_AlThani_. Included an exchange of views on developments relating to Afghanistan. Also spoke on our bilateral, economic and ener... Read more
Explainer | Why India Is Worried About China And Myanmar As Conflict Flares up in its northeast region
Trouble has returned to India’s remote northeast, a region that has long had a testy relationship with New Delhi. The area spans seven states, including four that share a border with Myanmar... Read more
UN Chief Antonio Guterres Hopes For Peaceful Resolution Of Kashmir Issue Between India And Pakistan
New Delhi has been categorically rejecting any scope for third-party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, saying that India’s stand has been clear for decades and the two c... Read more
THAAD, In First Operational Use, Destroys Midrange Ballistic Missile In Houthi Attack
A multibillion-dollar missile defense system owned by the United Arab Emirates and developed by the U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile on Monday during a deadly attack by Houthi m... Read more
China’s Military Demands End To Navy Demonstrations In The South China Sea
A guided-missile destroyer steamed past two disputed island chains in the South China Sea this week, provoking demands from China’s military that the U.S. cease its freedom-of-navigation pat... Read more