After weeks of refusing to concede election defeat and violating the tradition of transition of power at the White House, President Donald J. Trump’s administration on Monday authorised President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to begin a formal transition process. Trump’s green light to proceed with...
The covert rendezvous with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on Monday is a major political and diplomatic victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coming as it does a little over two months after signing a peace deal with the UAE and...
While people across the globe are clueless and also disturbed about the inexplicable behaviour of US President Donald Trump questioning the legitimacy of the result of the Presidential poll in favour of his Democratic rival Joe Biden, here comes another Trump - the President’s niece,...
Hong Kong has banned Air India flights again this week, after Indians landing there tested positive for Covid-19 for the fifth time since August. Passengers are supposed to board the plane only after taking a test that confirms that they are negative, but the testing...
Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari’s recent sharp rebuke of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials for the delay in the construction of the NHAI headquarters was delivered with his typical smiling demeanor but carried a lethal punch that shocked the babus. It...
Paddy procurement is arguably the most important agri-business activity in the state that runs for five months in two phases with a nearly two months’ gap. It constitutes a key part in the state’s overall economy. This year, the state government has maintained more or...
Maneka Gandhi Nothing is sweeter than a baby of any species: Nothing angers us more than when a human baby is killed. The waste of a life, the cruelty on an innocent being, shocks us. But we do not apply the same sensitivities to other...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah branding the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir ‘Gupkar gang’ has raised quite a few eyebrows. In a string of tweets, Shah said the Gupkar alliance, a coalition of political parties in J&K, is a ‘global gathbandhan against national interest.’...
Sometimes timing plays a decisive role in shaping one’s life and future. A move a little earlier or a little delayed may make or mar one’s life. This, by hindsight, seems to be true about the US President-elect Joe Biden. As raving reviews with excerpts...
The formation of the world’s biggest free trade bloc – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - by 15 Asia-Pacific economies, minus India, on 15 November comes close on the heels of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (SCO) last week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had,...
In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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By Aakar Patel If you are normal, you have any number of parties you can support and vote for. There...
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Americans must have heaved a sigh of relief that a man rushing with a gun and firing shots at the...
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