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That India-US ties are at the nexus of a new beginning shaping the Indo-Pacific is no surprise. PM Modi's second visit to the US at the beginning of his second year in office only reiterates the importance of this relationship.
The visit of Modi to Washington D.C. promises to be a harbinger of a major transformation in US-India defence ties
As big-ticket items stall, the US and India are identifying areas of convergence on local governance
The United States should reset expectations in line with India’s preferences for continuity, reformation, and new equilibria
The effective usage of ICT and the implementation of personalised education programmes can ensure significant changes in the learning processes in sch
The "Pakistan" thesis doesn’t hold water because no other country can be so self-destructive as Pakistan is in its rivalry with India.
Despite projecting close ties with Vietnam, the ground reality reflects a different story
The nature and complexity of the next government would either be a confirmation of the thesis that politicians can read the pulse of the people, or th
PM Narendra Modi and SL President Wickremesinghe inaugurates UPI services:
If Merkel's Berlin republic is discarding its many postwar political inhibitions and reconstituting the Eurasian landscape, Modi's putative "third republic" is looking beyond non-alignment to the idea of India as a "leading power". In their second summit in six months, Modi and Merkel may have decisively nudged India and Germany towards a goal that was first articulated 100 years ago.
Democrats in the US Congress are increasingly willing to call India out on human rights issues.
Rahul Gandhi says he wanted to present evidence of Modi's culpability in parliament. But ...
While the impetus for closer alignment is clear, much work remains to be done on the security side and within the wider bilateral relationship.
The opposition should have ideally drawn an appropriate strategy to checkmate the ruling party, but nothing of that sort has happened till now.
People are going to have a hard time trusting the government or the RBI.
Past discussions surrounding Jammu and Kashmir’s possible Balkanisation almost always envisioned Jammu being severed from Kashmir.
Contradictions in the India-Russia relationship, rooted in China and the Quad, will be difficult to overcome in the long term.
Why was there no Big Bang change in the Budget? After all, the Modi government had the full mandate to do so. Why was the FM playing with Lego like blocks instead of huge building blocks? It could be because the time was short and the Budget was put together in a hurry.
The G20 — with its mix of developing and developed countries — offers the perfect platform for India to infuse partner nations with foundational ideas
Non-alignment or being a swing state makes sense if the gains to be derived from either side are equal.
The West, often used to a pontificating India of the past, today hears an Indian voice that is capable of articulating a narrative of a responsible stakeholder that is firmly steeped in its own ethos
A politics of hand-outs hasn’t removed poverty from India. It has embedded it even more deeply. Narendra Modi was elected to end this politics. He is now following it.
Driven by geopolitics and economics, both Gulf states are courting a close relationship with Modi’s India.
The Balochistan rebellion gives India a leverage, one it has not used so far, at best, to compel or at worst to punish Pakistan for its asymmetric ter
Narendra Modi’s West Asia policy remains the one area of achievement in an otherwise indifferent record of foreign policy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s priority should be to insulate police from political interference.
The Modi government appears determined to get the ball rolling on the controversial idea.
Commentators across the country have put their fingers on the issue on which the BJP erred, which resulted in such a setback in the byelections. The people of the country look up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a harbinger of peace, progress and development.
The fear that the recent real estate sector crisis in China could stretch into the international commodity market and domestic consumption market loom
In an announcement that caught the nation by surprise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes of the Indian currency in November to arrest ‘black money’, end corruption, and choke terrorist finances. This move represents a policy departure and it has far-reaching implications. As national debate has been hijacked by the possible fallouts of demonetisation, other critical issues have been pushed to
In the game of political chess, Modi-Shah combine has many cards up their sleeves that have the potential of derailing the unity efforts.
The 9th India-Japan bilateral is taking place in New Delhi this week-end. PM Abe is reaching Delhi on December 11. Two of the main issues that need to be resolved to take the partnership to new heights are the civil nuclear agreement and the supply of Japan's indigenously made US2 amphibious aircraft to India. Will Abe and Modi be able to achieve this?
From India’s perspective, Israel and the UAE are undoubtedly our two closest friends in the Middle East. PM Modi has invested considerable energy in developing both relationships and they have stood by our side when we have needed their support. Normalisation of ties between them augurs well for us, opening up exciting new possibilities for collaboration.
We should be prepared for a lower rupee unless the RBI steps in and boosts the rupee by releasing a huge amount of dollars. In this situation, wooing back the FIIs would not be easy. Proping up exports will also not be easy. It would be very difficult for the rupee to regain its former value unless commodity prices decline.
With Amit Shah and Jaishankar at the helm of the ministry now, Doval's multi- faceted role might be curbed.
Despite some gains on the policy level, Trump’s visit to India symbolised heightened partisanship and a return to chemistry between leaders defining
