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Little gain for India from personal diplomacy

27 Jul 2020

In six years as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi invested more time and energy on foreign relations than any of his predecessors. How far has his personal exertions benefited the country?...

BJP encounters hurdles in toppling game

20 Jul 2020

India is witnessing a gripping episode of its long-running political game of thrones. The locale this time is the western state of Rajasthan. In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s six years...

Opacity around PM’s disaster war chest

13 Jul 2020

The Supreme Court needs to rule without delay on the constitutional validity of the Centre’s action in creating a trust which bears the Prime Minister’s name but is outside the...

Hurdles on the path of economic recovery

29 Jun 2020

News from the economic front is a mixed bag. By all accounts the immediate outlook is bad. But the chances of an early recovery are said to be bright. ...

Need to be prepared for long haul on border

22 Jun 2020

After a fierce physical fight on the undefined Ladakh border left many dead on both sides, India and China are trying to defuse the situation. The nasty clash, in which...

Time for Congress to start rebuilding the party

15 Jun 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi still has a high rating in opinion polls but the aura of infallibility and invincibility he built around him is shrinking. However, he, his Bharatiya Janata...

After an ill-timed lockdown, a messy unlocking

08 Jun 2020

India has started easing the rigid lockdown to revive the economy. The lockdown was imposed in late March to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. There were only 519...

Uneasy confrontation on Himalayan heights

01 Jun 2020

Three years after the Doklam stand-off, Indian and Chinese soldiers are facing each other again, this time at points along the 3,450-kilometre long line of actual control between the two...

Alarming spread of the other C-virus in India

26 May 2020

As the coronavirus lockdown is being lifted gradually to allow resumption of economic activity, the pandemic has started spreading at an increasing rate. This was not unexpected. Evidence which...

Modi’s Kashmir policy is coming unstuck

18 May 2020

Nine months after scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution, under which Jammu and Kashmir had enjoyed a measure of autonomy, and splitting the state into two centrally administered territories, the...

BRP Bhaskar

Indian journalist with over 50 years of newspaper, news agency and television experience.

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