Over the past two years, Qatar has conducted over $86 billion worth of transactions in yuan and signed several economic agreements with China. Is the Saudi-led crackdown on Qatar a Washington manoeuvre to nix the Emirate’s attempts to sell oil and gas in Chinese yuan, via Iran, undermining the hegemony … Read More
With a sovereign wealth fund of $335 billion and a miniscule citizenry (12 per cent of 2.5 million residents), Qatar has long enjoyed the luxury of engaging in regional politics without fear of domestic unrest, unlike its neighbours. But on June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and … Read More
The agility with which the Congress party raises an uproar and/or takes to the streets to protest the alleged sins of omission or commission of the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre or in States ruled by it, is admirable. The BJP, in comparison, tends to be sluggish in its … Read More
Japan should be urged to reveal the truth about its own citizens. The unhappiness of Netaji’s family is justified On 18 August 1945, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (b. 23 January 1897) walked out of the gates of history to become India’s most enduring mystery. In subsequent decades, India’s most … Read More
A huge scandal – Babus and corrupt scientists ruling the roost Seed multinationals are so confident that they can ‘manage’ the Indian political class that, for over a decade now, they have got ‘committed scientists’ in Indian public institutions to work on Genetically Modified seeds in several food crops, including … Read More
The whereabouts of India’s controversial Islamist preacher, Zakir Naik, have become a test case of the Muslim world’s commitment to anti-terrorism in deeds, not words. Wanted by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai for his alleged role in a terror case, Naik, last spotted in Malaysia where … Read More
Has the Government of India looked at all the aspects of introducing GM Mustard? The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has put its organisational weight behind the protection of native seeds and protested attempts by vested interests for hasty introduction of GM Mustard, which has the potential to damage in perpetuity … Read More
Trump trains guns at Iran, terrorism and completely ignores Pakistan The sensational events of 11 September 2001 for the first time awakened the United States and the West to India’s lonely decades-long fight against Islamist terror, which menace has only grown since. India, however, found only a mention among victims … Read More
Critics are savaging the Pakistani defence strategy A new legal team is now being considered on priority basis Two successive Indian victories in the ‘Kulbhushan Jadhav’ case at the International Court of Justice have put immense pressure on Islamabad to disregard the verdict following domestic consternation over the defeat. Having … Read More
By signing CPEC, is Pakistan signing away its freedom to China? Will the elite of Pakistan take a cut and sign anything? Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may have received an exceptionally warm welcome when he arrived in Beijing on May 13, 2017 for the Border Road Initiative (BRI) summit, … Read More
