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DEHRADUN: Armed forces of India and the United States of America will hold their regular Yudhabhyas series of war exercises in the Auli of Chamoli district at the India-China border in Uttarakhand. This would be the 18th of the Yudhabhyas wargames between India and the US to help enhance interoperability between the two sides. The field combat exercise […]

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has attached bank balances worth ₹105.32 crores lying in various bank accounts and with payment gateway accounts of 12 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in connection with an instant personal micro-loans fraud case. Among the companies are Inditrade Fincorp Limited, Aglow Fintrade Private Limited and […]

MAHABALIPURAM (TN): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin is all set to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the inauguration of the 44th International Chess Olympiad in Mahabalipuram during his visit to New Delhi on July 19. The Olympiad will take place between July 28 to August 10. Tamil Nadu, the home state of five-time […]

CHENNAI: India’s refusal to cow down to China’s aggressive posture at Galwan in 2020 has taken many aback. Though in the coming days, China’s aggression along the LAC has increased, experts at a panel discussion opined that India should engage more with the neighbourhood to confront China. Joining a panel discussion on ‘China’s aggression Unabated’ […]

Shooting your own foot Let us begin with a clip from an article in CBS titled “Russia’s Ruble is the strongest currency in the world this year”: “Commodity prices are currently sky-high, and even though there is a drop in the volume of Russian exports… the increase in commodity prices more than compensates for these […]

NEW DELHI: Amid growing tension between India and China, owing to the latter’s military assertiveness, the countries on Tuesday held the latest round of border talks to discuss the continuing border standoff in Eastern Ladakh. Naveen Srivastava, additional secretary East Asia, Ministry of External Affairs and Hong Liang, director-general of the Boundary & Oceanic Department […]

NEW DELHI: Amid geopolitical turmoil owing to the crisis in Ukraine, COVID-19 disruptions and growing Chinese assertiveness, India and Vietnam on Monday explored new opportunities to cooperate in economic development and national security. Saurabh Kumar, Secretary East, of the Ministry of External Affairs and Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu of Vietnam co-chaired the 12th […]

The Afghanistan Factor Afghanistan stands to be one of the biggest influences in the rise of Islamism in Central Asia. The Islamic revolution in Iran of 1979, is the other one. But while Iran remains an inspiration mostly among the Tajik people who are the only non-Turkic ethnic group in the region, the Afghan jihad […]

NEW DELHI: A pool of defence and strategic experts cautioned that “unless there is a greater degree of technology transfer between the US and India, the full potential of the partnership in areas like joint research and development cannot be tapped”. They were speaking during a virtual meeting organised by the Kolkata centre of research […]

How is the world responding to China’s newly unleashed Wolf Warrior diplomacy? To be honest, the West, which is just about waking up to this phenomenon now has so far been ‘shocked’ or ‘surprised’, but to the smaller and weaker neighbours of China, this nature of projection has resulted in a certain amount of stress […]