ISIS opens new front in India, courtesy ISI
Retired and ‘on leave’ Pakistan army officers are known to have given technical training since 2015 to elements of ISIS...
Chidambaram gives a clean chit to Rafale
He emphasised that not only would the Rafale deal not be cancelled, it would be expanded in scope once payment...
Going the last centimetre crucial for BJP in LS polls
While charges have been many, VVIP arrests have been absent. The government needs to traverse between framing criminal charges and...
Stop de-legitimising the Vedic Age in India
India’s history as dictated by the British has largely continued its sway over school and college curricula, and thereby into...
Protect Saarc minorities within their lands, not here
The offer of refuge in India could incentivise Wahhabi fanatics in Pakistan and Bangladesh to drive out Hindus, Sikhs and...
Xi Jinping challenges Donald Trump to battle over Taiwan
It is clear from President Xi’s New Year speech on Taiwan that he believes that PLA is battle ready to...
Shooting the truth teller is not ‘positivity’
The undifferentiated hurrahs that Modi followers shower on every action of the government have led to complacency that course corrections...
BJP’s tally will depend on promises kept, not made
Subtext of 2019 mandate will be the same as for 2014: Not continuity but change. While voters pay attention...
PAK GHQ happy at Imran’s bouncers against India
The Trump administration is mixing harsh words in public with significant concessions to Islamabad in private. Moscow is giving top...
IAS-plus: Aligning intent with delivery
Whoever wins in 2019 will need to bring reforms in the governance mechanism. Good intentions and ideas on the...
Rahul Gandhi must choose past or future
The new Congress president must not remain tethered to past ways and beliefs. This columnist was fortunate enough to...
Trump blinks, allows Erdogan to revive ISIS in Middle East
Kurds in Syria and Ghani government in Kabul will be the immediate victims of President Trump’s decision to pay heed...
Finally, people will ensure Minimum Government
Indians, who are becoming aware of the rights that have thus far been denied to them, are showing intolerance for...
Hillary loyalists frantic to paralyse Trump Presidency
Donald Trump’s backers warn that Washington Beltway’s Plan A is to secure his removal or resignation. In case that fails,...
PM Modi has entrusted reform to IAS, IPS, IFS
The guiding principle of the IAS Plus must change from the belief that control by them of all key sectors...
India needs Chowkidar Modi, not Mahatma Narendra
Even at this final stage of the government’s term, sincerely prosecuted cases need to get started against not only central...
Sikhs for Justice must not forget the 1947 genocide
SfJ has been silent about the massacres of Sikhs which took place in what is now Pakistan. The Sikh community...
Defying U.S. and Japan, Moon and Kim work towards Korean unity
A formal ending of the 1950-53 Korean conflict is seen in Pyongyang as only the logical start of a process...
RBI Governor Patel can rescue India’s banks
RBI transferring Rs 3.5 lakh crore of its estimated surplus to the public sector banking system would immediately ensure a...
Erdogan frantic to dislodge MbS
Erdogan and his Wahhabi friends expect that MbS, even if not replaced, will lack the fire within him to continue...
Only a Grand Gesture can slay communal sentiment
Only a Grand Gesture can slay communal sentiment India has a stellar judiciary, but thanks to the country’s colonial-era...
India must prepare for a US-China military showdown
To many, a US-China conflict may seem to belong to the domain of fiction or Hollywood movies. But such optimism...
America First meets China First
Trump’s aim is to reverse Xi’s drive to overtake the US in technological innovation. “America First, and Donald J....
India’s Air Force needs 200 more fighter aircraft
Defence should not be left to generalist administrators or to purely military users who may not factor in India’s overall...
