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Trauma at the border

Jun 22, 2018 - 8:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

As part of its “zero-tolerance” approach to dealing with undocumented migrants, the Donald Trump administration in the U.S. has been separating parents and children within migrating families, leading to outrage over the burgeoning number of […]

Dinesh D’Souza, Once Ousted from Job for Adultery, Now Pardoned by President Trump

Jun 15, 2018 - 11:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“Let me put in my two cents worth: Donald Trump issued the pardon because he wants Dinesh D’Souza out there, continuing his favorite job of spewing anti-Obama venom”, says the author. First, a clarification: The pardon […]

An improbable friendship

Jun 15, 2018 - 10:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have stunned the world. They may yet surprise us by pulling off a détente.” “With Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim, it is difficult to predict how the process will unfold […]

Trump-Kim summit – Can the virus of informal summits proliferate?

Jun 15, 2018 - 10:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

Practitioners of old-style diplomacy are yet to catch their breath after the curtains had come down on the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore. No black-suited diplomat sat across the table to thrust and parry, no preparatory […]

No longer seeing eye to eye?

Jun 10, 2018 - 10:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

With India recalibrating its relations with other powers, the India-U.S. equation is not quite balancing out At his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last week, billed as a major foreign policy statement, Prime […]

The Karnataka effect: Mending fences with Advani & allies

Jun 9, 2018 - 2:31 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

BJP president Amit Shah is busy making pilgrimages to places he had rarely bothered to visit while his party logged a steady record of victories in state elections. His first port of call was Matoshree, […]

Will India join the US in Scientific Revolution?

Jun 9, 2018 - 12:08 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

Trump has offered India 100% access to all US Technologies and treat India as the closest ally “Close alignment with the US will strengthen India’s national security and protect its sovereignty. China will think twice […]

How Congress stunned Akalis in Shahkot

Jun 8, 2018 - 5:30 pm EDT @theindpanorama 2

Shahkot by-election in Punjab was caused by the death of an Akali former minister Ajit Singh Kohar. In order to cash in on sympathy wave, the Akali supremo allotted the party ticket to Naib Singh […]

Five Worst Dictators in the last 100 years- We Are The People Report

Jun 8, 2018 - 4:39 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina tops the list NEW YORK (TIP): We Are The People (WRTP) is a human and civil rights organization based in New York, USA. The Organization focuses on immigrant population […]

China and South Korea Pushing for Trump-Kim Summit-Advantage Trump

Jun 1, 2018 - 2:35 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

“China and North Korea want the U.S. to withdraw its base in South Korea and recall 40,000 of its army. China and North Korea are asking for total denuclearization of the entire Korean Peninsula, including […]

U.S.-North Korea: a deal that can be done

Jun 1, 2018 - 2:27 pm EDT @theindpanorama 2

The Korean imbroglio reflects America’s fear of any meaningful adjustment to the global balance of power The whirlwind U.S.-North Korean bromance hit a temporary roadblock last week. If American President Donald Trump’s decision to open […]

The Transatlantic Variants

Jun 1, 2018 - 10:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 4

“As India stands at a crossroads, it should chart its course picking up the best ideas and practices that promote user control over data. This requires adaptation from both the U.S. and the GDPR. Our […]

Byelection results: BJP needs another wave in 2019

Jun 1, 2018 - 9:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The loss in the Kairana Lok Sabha byelection has confirmed the erosion of voter enthusiasm towards the BJP in UP. As was the case in the election to the two Lok Sabha seats vacated by […]

Immigrant-Bashing Helps MS-13

May 25, 2018 - 4:09 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

“The president’s inflammatory rhetoric is counterproductive to the goal that we the people, including new arrivals in America, seek—to live in peace, security and happiness and to eradicate MS-13”, says the author. I applaud President […]

Along the Borders

May 25, 2018 - 3:31 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

Unmindful, or perhaps too mindful, of the date, the U.S. inaugurated its new embassy building in Jerusalem last week, on May 14. Proceeding ahead full steam to shift its diplomatic mission in Israel from Tel […]

A time to think fast: on the US exit from the Iran deal

May 18, 2018 - 10:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The U.S.’s exit from the Iran nuclear deal puts India in a spot on many counts The global non-proliferation regime has taken a direct hit from the U.S.’s decision to renege on the Iran deal. […]

Architecture of the Mandate

May 18, 2018 - 10:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The lesson from Karnataka: the parties opposed to the BJP must work together from the word go With the two parties having come together, and out-numbering the BJP MLAs, the real test of their political […]

Arbitrary, capricious: on Karnataka mandate

May 18, 2018 - 9:52 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The Governor has banked not so much on the count the BJP had, as on what it could engineer In summarily ignoring the claim of H.D. Kumaraswamy, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala abandoned both propriety and […]

It’s not about the nuclear deal

May 11, 2018 - 10:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The U.S. won’t ease the terms of sanctions on Iran, as the goal is regime change in Tehran “The impact on India will be severe. The price of crude is already close to $80. Energy […]

Trump’s Iran walk-back: Double whammy for India after CATSA

May 11, 2018 - 10:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

Just when Indian diplomats were figuring out how to mitigate the impact of Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CATSA) on its arms and oil trade with Russia, South Block has another reason to burn […]

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Air India’s Pragmatism before Sale

May 4, 2018 - 11:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

Perhaps the most exploited airline in the world is our Air India. The powerful politicians and influential bureaucrats of our country have been overburdening this commercial venture with unqualified people of their choice far over […]

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Karnataka election: voters to choose between tainted leadership and clean governance

May 4, 2018 - 7:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

“In contrast to the BJP rule, the Congress Party under the leadership of Siddaramaiah has fulfilled many of the promises that were made to the people of Karnataka. Key among them is the government’s social […]

The Rocky Road to 2019

May 4, 2018 - 7:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

Concrete steps are needed to defuse crises that could disrupt India’s political and social equilibrium “The authorities also need to be aware that as various State elections draw near, newer threats are likely to emerge. […]

When India and China Meet

May 4, 2018 - 7:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

By Nirupama Rao The message from Wuhan is: let us give each other space and rationalize our differences in a grown-up way. “The outcome statement from the Indian foreign office and from the Prime Minister’s […]

Caught in the visa vice, Indian spouses face more restrictions in the US

May 4, 2018 - 7:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The US Citizens and Immigration Services agency has been taking positions that make it more and more difficult for individuals to migrate. Indian professionals have long benefited from the H-1B visas that allow them to […]