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Why Muslims owe a lot to Sardar Patel
This is the centenary of the year when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel first met Mahatma Gandhi and India got its unifier as we know the...
India & Russia seek trade in gold
Sberbank, Russia’s largest state-owned bank, is looking to finance the direct import of gold to India.
Aleksei Kechko, managing director of the bank’s Indian subsidiary,...
Syria saved; it’s Libya now
After imposing Moscow’s will on the situation in Syria, Putin is moving on to Libya. And this new proxy conflict he is waging with...
Why China wants railroads in Afghanistan?
China’s latest five-year plan makes a thrust towards connecting Afghanistan with emerging Central Asian Rail System. Trains would leave Kashgar in China for Herat...
Russia need be a India-China mediator
The Russia-India-China (RIC) meet of its foreign ministers in Moscow is unlikely to have thawed the freeze between two Asian giants, China and India.
The same...
You must doff your hat to Times of India
Today, Times of India (March 5, 2016) has three stories on its front page:
Government says no to visit by US Panel: US Commission on...
Saudis have set off a time bomb in India too
Saudi Arabia and its cohorts breaking off diplomatic ties with Iran is pure madness and has slid the Middle East closer to a devastating...
Turkey shoots itself in foot
The official statement of Turkey on downing the Russian fighter jet on Tuesday has left them with no place to hide—much to the embarrassment...
Russia on the cusp of being a world power
Vladimir Putin has chosen the timing of his intervention in Syria very skillfully. Through his operations in the Middle East, he has the chance...
Syria and the drumbeat of World War III
Too many reports have emerged from the Middle East in the last few days to raise the spectre of a looming World War III.
China...