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Opinion | SCO, And Why Trump Must Know The World Doesn't Really Dance To His Tunes
Modi has already met Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in Kazan in 2024, following which some re-engagement with China has begun. But the fundamentals of our issues with China have not changed.
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Opinion | Trump Shanghais The World To Tianjin
The world would be watching to note whether the Tianjin Summit would emerge as the first collective sign of resistance to the American onslaught seeking to reset the balance.
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Opinion | India's Brains Meet Japan's Tech - And Why China Should Be Worried
The Tokyo summit will be remembered as the moment when two of Asia's most important democracies moved beyond talking about technological sovereignty to actually building it.
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Opinion | Trump Is Indeed Making A Country Great Again. But It's China
US tariffs on other countries have helped China, and the measures will make these nations more dependent on Beijing. This dependency is likely to go beyond business and trade.
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Opinion | Trump Has Miscalculated That India Is A Softer Target Than China
True, India's trade volume with the United States is far smaller than China's, leading Washington to perhaps assume that New Delhi could be pressured easily. But the consequences are proving to be far more political in nature than economic.
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Opinion | After New Tariffs, Trust Between US And India Is Running Low
Despite the "doom and gloom" and memories of 1998 and 2013, ties can still be repaired if the US chooses. But this requires a deeper appreciation for India's true "redlines" on agriculture market access and a consistent approach to agriculture.
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Opinion | As Trump Shuts US Doors, Here Are 3 Places That Can Save India's Exports
From Eurasia to the Gulf to ASEAN, India's survival hinges on new trade partners. This is why Trump's tariffs should be seen as a new awakening and a new beginning.
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Opinion | Not A T20, But A Test: Why India Must Play The Long Innings With Trump
The winning strategy is not to take a swing for the fences but to play a long innings by building a steady, unshakeable score. India must neither rupture its relationship with the US nor yield to pressure. The game plan is endurance.
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Opinion | Two Years After October 7, Why Can't Israel Defeat Hamas?
Even two years after the October 7 attack, Hamas continues to exist, and the probability of Israel being dragged into a long war of attrition remains palpable.
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Opinion | From Panic To Principle: Why We Need To Rethink The Stray Dog Debate
The real, long-term solution to our conflicts with animals is not to build bigger shelters, which are just prisons. It is to begin the difficult work of renegotiating the basic rules of our society.
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Opinion | Irony: 19 Dowry Deaths A Day, Yet 'Men's Rights' Groups Want Law Scrapped
On average, in 2020, more than 19 young women died every day due to dowry-related harassment. Every year, in the 2017-2022 period, an average of 7,000 cases of dowry deaths were reported across the country.
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Opinion | Plato In Indian Parliament: Which Are The Empty Vessels Making The Most Noise?
If Parliamentary questions are to be studied, hundreds of centuries later, the old Greek philosopher would have proven himself right again.
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Opinion | India To Kabul To Pak: The Plot Behind Chinese Foreign Minister's Many Tours
This is China stepping into the breach created by Trump's shenanigans. It seems to be viewing the problem through the lens of South Asia as a whole, rather than letting Washington use its divide-and-rule strategy.
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Opinion | Trump's Hollow Claims: Here's Where India - And China - Really Buy Their Oil From
Navarro says India is importing more oil than it needs, forgetting that it is adding value by refining it and satisfying existing external demand, created, ironically, by the US and the EU imposing sanctions on Russia.
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Opinion | BJP's 10 Big Strategies To Wrest Bengal From TMC This Time
Despite TMC's portrayal of corruption as a "washing machine issue" - that is, selective corruption - the BJP is working to put these issues in the spotlight.
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Opinion | Why Joint Parliamentary Committees Are An Exercise In Futility
The Trinamool Congress and the Samajwadi Party decided not to nominate any of its members to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) being proposed to examine the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, calling the committee a farce.
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Opinion | The India-China Thaw Needs Eyes Wide Open
India and China have quickened their rapprochement, driven less by trust, which remains scarce, than by necessity. In a multipolar world, permanent allies and lasting rivals are illusions.
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Boomers Are The Next Big Consumer Culture Frontier
Japan has long been the epicenter for catering to an aging population, from having dedicated malls for seniors to employing robotic carers.
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Opinion | 'Alien', 'Pajeet', 'Browns Off Cliffs': How Indians Became The Most Hated Diaspora
Indians abroad are facing a storm - a surge in racial hostility that is fuelled by envy, stereotypes and far-right paranoia. They are admired and resented, successful and scapegoated, celebrated in official speeches but vilified in everyday life.
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Opinion | Addiction, Laundering, Suicides: Why Real-Money Gaming Had To Go
The new gaming bill will effectively curb the predatory practices that have characterised much of India's online gaming sector. By severing the financial infrastructure supporting real-money games, it addresses addiction at its source.
