Describing Hinduism in India as “anti-human rights” and accusing former Afghan President Hamid Karzai of helping “India stab Pakistan in the back,” General Musharraf acknowledged on February 13 that “Pakistan had its own proxies” in Afghanistan and […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done well by focusing on Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka for diplomatic engagement, something that was long awaited. It has been 28 years since an Indian PM made a stand-alone visit […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan had about 120 atomic weapons, 10 more than India, in its nuclear arsenal last year, according to a new interactive infographic unveiled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Designed by the Bulletin, […]
TOKYO (TIP): Record-breaking Japan superstar Kei Nishikori rose to fourth in Monday’s new world rankings, equalling Kimiko Date-Krumm as his country’s highest-ranked tennis player. The 24-year-old, who is the top-ranked Asian-born man ever, tweeted: “Just […]
China’s drafting of its first counterterrorism law is a domestic issue, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday in response to comments made by the US. US President Barack Obama on Monday said he was concerned […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil prices climbed in Asian trade as signs that a refineries strike in the United States is weakening overshadowed a rise in US crude stocks, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate added […]
BEIJING (TIP): A man was shot dead by police and another detained after a knife attack at a Chinese train station which left nine people wounded March 06, police said. The incident at the main […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has announced it will enhance defense spending by around 10 percent this year. The announcement signals competitive defense spending as it comes at a time when hitherto pacifist Japan has declared a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi braces to firm up New Delhi’s bid to countervail Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt One Road” initiative, Beijing has now suggested that India’s own efforts to […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has set a growth target of 7% for 2015, lowest in two decades. This lowered target reflects declining exports and foreign investments, besides the government’s fear of slipping into a “middle income […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s former army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf kept Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in the dark about the Kargil operation in 1999 despite the latter heading forces responsible for guarding Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett-Packard is buying wireless networking company Aruba Networks for about $2.7 billion, the 1,800-employee company was co-founded by Indian American Keerti Malkote, the company’s chief technology officer. Aruba, based in Sunnyvale, California, makes […]
TOKYO (TIP): Honda Motor Co hurt by falling sales and embroiled in a crisis over defective air bags is replacing its CEO. The Japanese automaker said on Tuesday that Takanobu Ito, its president and chief […]
BEIJING (TIP): Sheep or goat? China’s coming lunar new year has stirred a debate over which zodiac creature is the correct one— but Chinese folklorists dismiss the fixation on animals as missing the point. Traditional […]
The world faces two existential threats: Climate change and nuclear Armageddon – and the bomb can kill us all a lot sooner and faster. The nuclear peace has held thus far as much because of good […]
The most important country for Pakistan is India. How? It is an adversary with which we have very poor relations. We see each other as major threats. We cannot even sustain a dialogue. We have a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu shunned the populism of the past to deliver a reform-oriented railway budget on Thursday, February 26, that focused on modernizing an ageing network and improving amenities for the […]
The mummified remains of a monk have been revealed inside a nearly 1,000-year old Chinese statue of a Buddha. The mummy inside the gold-painted papier-mâché statue is believed to be that of Liuquan, a Buddhist […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ashton B. Carter, a physicist with long experience in national security circles, handily won Senate confirmation Thursday, February 12, as secretary of defense, becoming President Obama’s fourth pick in six years to lead the […]
Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, an Indian TV channel held a discussion on likely foreign policy reorientation. When the doyen of South Asian Studies, Stephen Cohen, was asked in which direction Mr. Modi […]
BEIJING (TIP): China said it respects the aspirations of India and Brazil to play bigger roles at the UN Security Council, while keeping mum on Japan’s candidature. About the Indian and Brazilian applications to become […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): “I am here to make friends”, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, amid applause from the audience, at the Friends of MP conclave at the iconic Avery Fisher Hall […]
LONDON/SYDNEY (tip): European and Chinese factories slashed prices in January as production flatlined, heightening global deflation risks that point to another wave of central bank stimulus in the coming year. While the pulse of […]
China concerned at breakthroughs achieved and Obama-Modi chemistry China, by being in such a haste to downplay the visit of President Obama to India, without even waiting for the visitor to leave India’s airspace, has […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to China has created a positive atmosphere. President Xi Jinping met her in an unusual departure from protocol. China joined Russia in recommending India’s membership to the Asia-Pacific Economic […]
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