US Considers In-Person Quad Summit
Biden’s Indo-Pacific czar said the United States has truly abandoned its strategy of engagement with China, continuing a break from the past strategy spelt out explicitly first by the Trump... Read more
New Tibetan Prez Penpa Tsering Bowls a Googly at China Over Its ‘White Paper’
Penpa Tsering, president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Thursday offered to send a team to Lhasa to verify claims made by Beijing in its much-publicised ‘white paper’ on Tib... Read more
India has conveyed its support to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his candidature as chief of the world body for a second five-year term beginning January 2022. External Affairs Mi... Read more
Critical Capability Voids in Indian Armed Forces – To Lease Or Not
The MoD is also in advanced negotiations with the French Government to lease one Airbus Defence and Space A330 multi-role tanker transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) for trainin... Read more
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday that it was Pakistan’s duty to bring the issue of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to the United Nations pl... Read more
Deadline Over, Twitter, Facebook Yet to Comply With Ethics Code
Even as the deadline for social media platforms to comply with the new government regulations ended on Tuesday midnight, there is little chance of Twitter, Facebook and other companies facin... Read more
Cyclone Yaas Weakens into a Deep Depression Over Jharkhand
Jharkhand was put on high alert and a complete lockdown was imposed in some parts of the state to prevent people from venturing out as the authorities evacuated those staying in low-lying ar... Read more
Joe Biden Orders his Intelligence Agencies to Investigate the Origins of Covid-19
IN MARCH, President Joe Biden asked his spooks how the covid-19 pandemic had started. Contradicting claims made last year by Donald Trump, who said the intelligence services had shown him ve... Read more
Former South African President’s Trial Over Arms Deal Begins
The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma began Wednesday, more than 25 years after some of his alleged offenses. Zuma, who was president from 2009 until he was force... Read more
US-Russia to Work Towards Strategic Stability, China is the Elephant in the Room
The US-Russia engagement opens a new chapter between two former bitter foes. This move will wean away Russia from Chinese economic clutches. In a path breaking development, United States... Read more









