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How the Russian connection insulated India from oil shock and brought economic stability

New Delhi, May 7 -- Russia, which had become a negligible trade partner of India in recent times, has once again re-emerged as a pivotal economic partner. In 2022-23, Russia was the fifth largest trad... Read More


India's election: What the manifestos missed out

New Delhi, May 7 -- Political parties have a history of promising a slew of benefits to voters during elections and then forgetting about them afterward. The competing parties devote a significant amo... Read More


Indian elections: Is BJP paying for its overconfidence?

New Delhi, May 6 -- There is little doubt in the minds of many today that this election is turning. It will not be the cakewalk that the BJP imagined it would be for the party. Seeking a third straigh... Read More


The unheard public voice: What democracy needs is a strong middle layer

New Delhi, May 6 -- India's Supreme Court is raising fundamental questions about the rule of law in a democracy. In a true democracy, every human being, whether she or he has a crore or none, or a for... Read More


China's growing maritime muscle has implications for IOR security

New Delhi, May 5 -- The world's largest navy, by numbers of ships, is expanding its reach. For the first time, the Chinese navy were seen docking at the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia, the newly expanded... Read More


Iranian president's Sri Lanka visit is a pointer to Tehran's Indian Ocean ambitions

New Delhi, May 4 -- Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi's visit to Sri Lanka last week was not a mere state visit by another head of state as the event coincided with the ongoing geopolitical upheaval in ... Read More


Mahatma Gandhi invoked at UN to underline importance of press freedom

New Delhi, May 4 -- Invoking Mahatma Gandhi's statement that "freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego", UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis has called for reaf... Read More


Neglecting the demands of Ladakhis can have bearing on India's national security

New Delhi, May 4 -- Post India's independence, when British officers led the Pakistani Army to invade Ladakh, it was the Nubra Guards of Ladakh who fought them as there was no Indian Army in that area... Read More


When the Americans failed Afghanistan: Chronicle of the dramatic collapse of a nation

New Delhi, May 4 -- On August 17, 2021 US President Joe Biden delivered a historic speech on the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House, wherein he rational... Read More


India's rising inequality: Government should work toward a workable wealth tax

New Delhi, May 1 -- India's problem is that it is under-taxed. This has been said several times, including in the Economic Survey published by the government, and by a former finance minister on the f... Read More