This will be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to India since the Ukraine invasion in February 2022, underscoring its importance “Putin’s visit is seen as significant for India’s foreign policy as it balances relations […]
His background as a religious and ethnic minority in every country he has lived in and his experience working on community issues deeply inform his politics. “Mamdani has captivated the New York masses with his […]
“Suddenly, a community once celebrated as a shining example of immigrant success finds itself caught in the crossfire of America’s immigration wars. On social media, questions about loyalty to the US are raised with increasing […]
“Any attempts to undercut science, to spread propaganda, to diminish educational opportunities or to consolidate control over information systems run counter to the freedom of thought. And it is thus not particularly surprising that we […]
The objective of the Delhi summit must be to lay down foundational ground rules for the AI era “If the Internet was transformative, artificial intelligence (AI) is transmogrifying. The critical difference between the dotcom boom […]
The plan can be seen in two ways – as a statement of intentions on how to end the Gaza war, or an instrument of surrender Shortly before the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on […]
Delhi’s answer must be to keep Gaza de-hyphenated, Kashmir decoupled and the Gulf and Europe on side. “India should focus on t hree metrics. First, Hamas’s written reply via Qatar. The plan lives or dies […]
High-level trade talks between India and the United States resumed in New Delhi on 16 September 2025, after a recent thaw in tensions and positive public statements from both President Donald Trump and Prime Minister […]
No government can increase taxes on the rich since they are the fundamental power behind every throne. “Of course, the ‘just’ way to reduce public debt is to raise taxes on the rich. After all, […]
China stands ready to work with India in enhancing cooperation under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) “Since joining the SCO in 2017, India has played an important role in advancing the SCO’s […]
The simplification of the multiple GST slabs is an example of people’s reform “These announcements are more than technical adjustments. They are a people’s reform. They touch citizens, farmers, workers, businesses and entrepreneurs alike. By […]
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is currently facing the greatest test of his career “Why did India go so wrong in assessing that Trump 2.0 would be so inflexible on trade issues? After all, the […]
India’s growth dream rests more on political spin and statistical sleight-of-hand than on real economic fundamentals. “Swami Vivekananda often invoked a Katha Upanishad aphorism: “Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.” India’s […]
By George Abraham As the Diaspora celebrates the 79th Independence Day of India, a pressing question looms in the minds of people across the globe: Is today’s India truly a liberal democracy? This week, we […]
After Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru saw diplomacy as performance. India, a new actor on the world stage, needed to be seen India’s diplomats have never quite faced a challenge like Donald Trump. Erratic, performative, and impervious […]
A unanimous resolution should have been adopted by both Houses against Pak terror. It would have been a signal of India’s unity on terror. Was it too much to hope that after all the political […]
The entry of cheaper junk food as a result of a free trade agreement can prove to be expensive in terms of public health India and the United Kingdom have signed their Free Trade Agreement […]
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar initiated by the Election Commission of India (ECI) has been in the news ever since it was initiated on June 24. It is a […]
The 12-day conflict has not destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities; this is a war that is far from over “In Game of Thrones, the Red Wedding was not the end of House Stark. When Arya Stark, […]
Eliminating tax on silencers. Taxing remittances. A garden of heroes. Congress could have done better. “The bill’s toplines are understandably seizing much attention. It will remake the social safety net, potentially taking away food assistance […]
Anonymous The best way to disincentivize warmongering is to hold the decisionmakers directly accountable. Currently, however, decisionmakers are immune from the consequences of their decisions under the Westfall Act. “Mangu-Ward is correct in her assessment […]
The world’s richest man and the president of the United States are now openly fighting From the moment Elon Musk bounded onstage, midriff bared, to campaign for Donald Trump, cynics predicted that the two men’s […]
In quantum physics, observation matters. AI processes data, but it doesn’t “observe” in the same way as humans do. Artificial intelligence (AI) is doing things we once imagined only humans could do. It can do […]
The fact that India must engage in diplomatic clarification suggests a concern that its actions might be misread, misframed, or lost in the noise of global crises The deeper question is not whether India can […]
For China, the idea is not to win the trade war by returning to old terms, but to make the war irrelevant by building new coalitions and supply chains that dilute US leverage. “While Washington […]
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