US eyes mega defence deals with India
Days after the fifth India-US strategic dialogue, Washington is now looking to raise the bar for defence ties by sending Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel to Delhi. Hagel began a three-day …
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A conflicted family reunion
BOOK REVIEW Book: Land Where I Flee; Author: Prajwal Parajuly; Publisher: Quercus A caustic grandmother, a lovable eunuch, and four orphaned siblings returning home to Gangtok after 18 years, each carrying their …
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PM Modi to visit world’s highest battlefield in Siachen
To boost the morale of troops stationed at the world’s highest battlefield, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the strategically located Siachen Glacier during his tour of Ladakh next week.
The visit will be the first to Siachen by an Indian prime minister in nine years. Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag is expected to accompany Modi on his visit to Siachen, where he will also be briefed at the headquarters of the 14 Corps.
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Is Russian ready to face the Afghan fallouts?
Dealing with Afghanistan remains a puzzle for Russians. It was different in 2001, when Putin acquiesced to the US request and facilitated the deployment and transit of NATO troops and …
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Virginia Woolf: The creative benefits of keeping a diary
I got out this diary and read, as one always does read one’s own writing, with a kind of guilty intensity. I confess that the rough and random style of …
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Japan marks 69th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
On the morning of August 6 1945, an American B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped a bomb weighing 4,080 kilograms –deceptively called Little Boy –on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, …
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New World Bank criteria can reduce India’s poor by 300 million
The number of people living below the poverty line in India is going to decrease by around 75%. At least, on paper. The World Bank is set to revise the …
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Gaza conflict: 72-hour ceasefire begins
Israel has announced that it will pull back all its troops from Palestinian territory to a defensive position after the Egyptian-brokered 72 hours truce came into effect on the morning …
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Why India cannot do away with indirect subsidy
India’s stand at the WTO negotiations on signing up the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) may have greatly disappointed the US. In his recent visit to New Delhi, the US Secretary …
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US ups stakes, holds first summit with Africa
Against the backdrop of the rise of Asian powers, most prominently China, in Africa, the United States is hosting its first summit with the resurgent continent, which is expected to …
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