China plans dam on Brahmaputra river; India has cause for worry

China plans to build a major hydropower project on Brahmaputra river in Tibet causing anxieties in lower riparian India as also Bangladesh. However, the Chinese...

While we worry on Ladakh, China has poised itself on a village which could cut off India’s northeast

We have a WhatsApp group of old colleagues from The Pioneer where I began my career in journalism 40 years ago. We usually stick to songs and shayari, avoid ideological...

India gets aggressive in moving troops to Arunachal Pradesh; building roads

After Chinese troop movement was observed in the Ladakh, India has moved its troops to establish their presence in more areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC),...

The façade of restoring Art. 370 masks the Business of Opium: Bravo, Kashmiri dynasts

The biggest change that the abolition of Article 370 has brought about is that the State Border for Kashmir now ends before the roads from Kashmir enter the plains and...

China grows cold on Pope as the latter mentions Uighurs in his book

China has termed a comment made by Pope Francis that Uighurs were a "persecuted" community as "groundless". The Pope has made the comment regarding the ethnic minority...

Would Biden stand up for Taiwan against China like Donald Trump has done?

When Joe Biden steps into the White House, be allies or foes, everyone would be expecting a dramatic reversal in the approach of the United States, including on issues...

PLA ran a hawala racket worth Rs 1,000 crores; Delhi Police makes plot public

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has found a hawala racket being run by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) with the help of Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services...