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What explains India’s timid response towards an expansionist China?
It’s a very scared China that is hosting the Winter Olympics. It fears that the new wave of the pandemic ... -
James Webb Space Telescope: Unlocking secrets from unforeseen realms
As with many others over the world, I was glued to my computer screen on Christmas Day as the massive ... -
Afghanistan humanitarian crisis: No winners in this unending great game
While there is little progress on helping end the deep misery of Afghans after the US army hastily left their ... -
Why does Rahul Gandhi want a Hindu Rashtra?
Why did Gandhi choose this occasion of a rally against price rise and the forthcoming elections to the states of ... -
Has Virat Kohli walked into a trap laid by the BCCI president?
Who knows better than Sourav Ganguly that once the Indian cricket board (BCCI) decides to get rid of any player ... -
The brave caribous in the dark: How a transport aircraft was converted into a bomber
My late father, Group Captain VC Mankotia, was commissioned in the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 1951 as a transport ... -
UP elections 2022: Why repealing farm laws alone will not be enough for BJP to win the crucial elections
Unlike in the earlier days when politicians flew in their choppers and landed in the villages to attract crowds and ... -
Pentagon Report: A wake up call for India to rein in an unsparing and aggressive China
The Pentagon Report on Military and Security Developments involving the People’s Republic of China, released to the US Congress last ... -
The dangers of private monopolies controlling infrastructure facilities: Adani Ports, a case in point
The drug seizure on 16 September by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Gujarat’s Mundra Port was one of ...