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Sudha RamachandranThe Diplomat |
The party may increase its vote share in these states but votes may not translate into seats in parliament.
“Like many populists, Modi is a chameleon -- this is his brand. Everyone can find in him what he or she is looking for.”
His government appears apprehensive over a Bhutan-China deal that undermines Indian security.
“Sections of the Indian establishment have supported the restoration of the monarchy in Nepal because Indian diplomacy is finding it increasingly...
An India-funded airstrip and jetty was inaugurated last week in Mauritius’ Agaléga island that will enhance its capacity to surveil and carry out...
The VHP’s filing of a court case against a lioness being named Sita is part of its strategy to separate Hindus and Muslims in the imagination of...
“A coup may not be imminent, but it is fair to say that Pakistan is unlikely to come out of its enduring praetorian trap.”
Although the BJP government is comfortably placed to win a third term in upcoming general elections, it will not want to lose the support of farmers,...
India will be seen as shoring up Israel’s economy and facilitating its economic exclusion of Palestinians.
Kings, irrespective of their religious faith, adopted “the highly selective method” of isolating "for desecration only those temples that were...
Neither Modi nor Muizzu can absolve themselves of responsibility for the spat.
Although the anti-talks faction under Paresh Baruah is “severely weakened, it still has the capacity to carry out violent attacks.”
The intrusion by two men happened on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 terror attack on Parliament.
The apex court ruled that both the substance and the procedure adopted by the Narendra Modi government to revoke Article 370 are constitutionally...
“If the country experiences another five years of anarchy under the PPM and its allies,” many Maldivians will view “the suppressed stability of...
Israel has been willing to supply India with high-tech weapons “without expecting an explicit change in India’s voting patterns at the U.N. or a...
Maldivian President Muizzu has called for the removal of Indian military personnel from the archipelago and has threatened to review agreements with...
On October 27, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution sponsored by Jordan and 45 other countries, which called for “an...
India’s ambitions of emerging an Indian Ocean transshipment hub received a boost on October 15 when Vizhinjam International Seaport near...
On October 7, Hamas launched a multipronged assault on southern Israel. Its fighters infiltrated Israeli cities on an unprecedented scale and took...
Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi, which was hitherto run by diplomats appointed by the deposed Ashraf Ghani government, is a step closer to coming...
The recent spat between the Indian and Canadian governments over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia in...
India-Saudi Arabia relations received a significant boost over the past week at the multilateral and bilateral levels during the visit of Crown Prince...
India’s 28-party opposition front, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or INDIA, passed its first electoral test last week, with...