Nine years of management of defence The Excelsior 07 Jun 2023 Assessment of the Modi government’s performance in the past nine years under various heads continues under discussion. In the defence sector, at the outset, the government came as a breath of fresh air, as Anthony, the UPA defence minister from 2006 to 2014, hesitated to sign procurements, fearing […]
Virtual SCO Summit plan sends the right signals The Statesman 06 Jun 2023 In a surprise move the government announced holding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on 04 Jul in a virtual mode, chaired by PM Modi. No justification was given for the same by the MEA. It was assumed that the summit this year would be […]
Global visitors to Srinagar The Excelsior 01 Jun 2023 The G20 3rd tourism working group meeting was held in Srinagar last week. It was attended by almost 60 delegates from different nations including ambassadors of South Korea and Singapore. While China stayed away, Saudi Arabia and Turkey were represented by their travel industry representatives. Chief Coordinator of the G20, […]
Schism between India and China widens The Statesman 30 May 2023 China was expected to back Pakistan’s demand in objecting to the conduct of the 3rd Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting in Srinagar, and it did not disappoint. The Chinese spokesperson stated on the event, ‘China firmly opposes holding G20 meetings in any form in disputed areas and will […]
Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha election, global toolkits burgeon to stain India’s image First Post 26 May 2023 The trans-Atlantic neoliberal cabal, known as the Bilderberg Group, met in Pestana Palace in Lisbon, Portugal, last week. Attendance for this meet is strictly by invitation and proceedings are secret. Those who attended included Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, Ukraine’s […]
Zelensky and the west must accept diplomatic route The Statesman 23 May 2023 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky arrived for the G7 summit adding flavour to an anti-Russian environment. He met PM Modi who stated, ‘India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of the conflict.’ In Hiroshima, India was the only voice advocating diplomacy to terminate the […]
Pakistan’s end state is unpredictable The Excelsior 22 May 2023 Addressing party workers in his first public appearance after has assassination attempt in Nov last year, Imran Khan stated, ‘if you want to live life in the true sense, free yourself from the fear of death,’ adding, ‘remember that death cannot come unless Allah is willing for it, and […]
India’s growing global footprints The Excelsior 18 May 2023 Almost every global index, including democracy, human rights, hunger, press freedom etc places India as sinking and in risk of collapsing, yet in reality, the reverse is happening. Foreign governments, including the US, and anti-India global oligarch funded organizations, backed by many Indian haters of the current Delhi dispensation, have […]
Power plays in Pakistan The Statesman 16 May 2023 Battlelines have been drawn in Pakistan. The two warring factions have firmed their strategies and launched their first strikes. Imran Khan backed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) and the President, Dr Arif Alvi, is on one side while the government supported by the army chief, General Asim Munir, […]
Pakistan: Protests over Imran Khan’s arrest have broken unquestioned myth of army supremacy FirstPost 11 May 2023 The Pak army has ruled the country officially for over half its existence and from behind the throne for the balance. No government has ever had the freedom to function or take foreign policy decisions, mainly concerning India, Afghanistan, US and China, […]