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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ongoing visit to India comes at a moment of unusual strain in India-US relations, exposing the widening gap between the lofty rhetoric of “strategic partnership” and the harsher realities of transactional geopolitics under PoTUS Donald Trump’s second term in...

By Aakar Patel Assume for a moment that I am a big and strong fellow who lifts heavy weights easily and is flexible and fit. If someone approached me to comment on what they saw as my unhealthiness and absence of strength, would it affect...

By Dilip Cherian Another year for Praveen Sood as CBI Director was hardly unexpected. In fact, the bigger surprise would have been a sudden leadership change at a time when the agency is handling several politically sensitive investigations. Officially, the government has justified the extension...

Love is a supreme feeling that brings unalloyed joy to the one who gives it and also to the one who receives it. This feeling prompts man to embrace animals as their own and shower compassion on them. But misplaced and misdirected love may bring...

It may sound strange why Chinese President Xi Jinping during his recent meeting with US President Donald Trump in Beijing went back to ancient Greece to draw historical lessons that, he thinks, may help the two countries manage their relations efficiently to mutual benefits. He...

Over the decades, since Independence, India’s southern states have achieved great success in population control with their governments aggressively promoting family planning measures. As a result of these efforts, states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka recorded sharp declines in fertility rates through...

By Aakar Patel Nowadays for a homeless person to fulfi ll the requirement of a place of residence, ‘The BLO will visit the address given … at night to ascertain that the homeless person actually sleeps at the place which is given as his address...

By Dilip Cherian India’s latest babu reshuffle story is not really about transfers or appointments. It is about a deeper shift in how New Delhi now views governance itself. Sources suggest the PMO and NITI Aayog are quietly scouting a new generation of leaders from...

Finally, the much-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is taking place. Trump’s three-day visit to Beijing from 13 May assumes crucial importance as the ongoing truce between Iran and the US-Israel combine and US-China trade relations will be...

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people in the country on 10 May to curb fuel use, reduce overseas travel, and pause gold purchases, he is probably the only leader, among so many other Heads of State, who had such a large list of...