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Bhopinder Singh
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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry
    Malala Yousafzai (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Why Pakistan is still disowning its finest

    Some private schools even dishonoured Malala's short trip by declaring Friday as I am not Malala Dayâ€, reflecting her...

    7 April 2018 5:15 AM IST

    The Pakistan Army announced the decision after a meeting between Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Saudi ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki, at army headquarters in Rawalpindi. (Photo: File)Opinion
    What's Iran really up to with Pak, China?

    A certain situational quid pro quo is invariably at play to justify Iran's infrequent allusion to the Kashmir card.

    30 March 2018 1:32 AM IST

    Trumps angry denials on Twitter have often served only to exacerbate the debate over his behaviour towards women. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Trump & Harleys: It may be more bark than bite

    The retaliatory threat and no-holds-barred language was similarly deployed for Canada and Mexico.

    15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

    India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Sinosphere' growing, threat to India rising

    Nepal has already voted in K.P. Sharma Oli's Left alliance and the traditionally pro-India Nepal Congress sits on the...

    1 March 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Pakistani flagOpinion
    'Terror tag' threat puts Islamabad under siege

    As a major victim of cross-border terrorism and the accompanying scourge of terror financing, India is a member state of...

    20 Feb 2018 2:51 AM IST

    Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Kabul under siege: Will Pak have to pay a price?

    Two back-to-back terror attacks in Kabul within a couple of weeks have revealed the reach and capability of the terror...

    10 Feb 2018 3:16 AM IST

    Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    India-Israel ties are all set to touch new highs

    Today, Israel is the second biggest foreign military supplier for India, poised to pip the US over the long term.

    10 Jan 2018 12:13 AM IST

    The UN General Assembly voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions in favour of a non-binding resolution declaring President Donald Trumps recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital null and void, a smaller margin than the Palestinians hoped for but also a rebuke to the US, which is threatening to cut funding for those who voted yes. (Photo: AP )World
    Return of Israeli-Arab hostilities can only flare up regressive...

    The fledgling peace process in the region could implode with the furies over the expected outrage from such a move in...

    27 Dec 2017 1:12 AM IST

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech during a live broadcast at State House in Harare. Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has baffled the country by ending his address on national television without announcing his resignation. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Africa's strongmen: A vanishing tribe

    Now green shoots of democratic impulses in Africa are emerging in Ghana, Ethiopia, Liberia and Egypt.

    27 Nov 2017 4:12 AM IST

    Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The warring lovechildren of Cold War era

    Caught in the midst of these competing ambitions is the fledgling government of the Fulbright scholar and academician...

    11 Nov 2017 12:58 AM IST

    Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Move closer to Japan, but respect the past

    Technically, Andaman and Nicobar Islands became the first territory to be liberated from the British by flying the...

    7 Oct 2017 12:18 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    China's realpolitik is losing its sheen

    This no-holds-barred approach of China won it immediate gratification in terms of low-hanging fruits in an increasingly...

    20 Sept 2017 2:39 AM IST

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