Can India deal with a bullying Trump The Statesman 11 Feb 2025Trump, following his election, has been pushing his agenda considering it pro-US, based on his election manifesto of MAGA (Make America Great Again). While every national leader is primarily interested in the wellbeing of his own people, yet carries allies along, on occasions ignoring their few shortcomings, even if […]
The Trump era begins The Statesman 28 Jan 2025Donald Trump commenced his first day in office by signing a slew of executive orders, 26 in total, covering a vast variety of subjects. The same pace in issue of executive orders as also sacking of previously appointed individuals, continues. He has stopped all aid, less to Israel and Turkey. He appears […]
Ceasefire agreement marks new chapter in Israel-Hamas conflict E TV Bharat 21 Jan 2025Israel and Hamas have accepted a ceasefire deal which kicked in on Sunday. The deal, pushed through detailed negotiations spread over months, comes into effect just as Biden finishes his tenure as US President. Both, Biden and Trump, have taken credit for the ceasefire, with Trump claiming […]
The embattled ICC The Excelsior 17th Jan 2025Last weekend, the US House of Representatives passed a bill termed as the ‘Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act’ which seeks to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC). The bill proposes to freeze property assets and deny visas to any foreigners who materially or financially contributed to the court’s efforts to ‘investigate, arrest, detain or […]
American role in targeting India The Statesman 14 Jan 2025Two recent reports emerging in The Washington Post have intentionally been published, without checking facts, intending to lower India’s image at a time when there is a government change in the US. The first was an article stating that India was scheming with politicians of Maldives to have the current pro-China […]
The Americans never learn The Statesman 24 Dec 2024The Arab Spring, which began in 2011, was dubbed as the starting point in removal of dictators in West Asia and North Africa. The latest to face this change is Syria where Bashar al-Assad was recently overthrown by a loose rebel alliance led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after over fifty years […]
Syria after Assad’s fall The Statesman 17 Dec 2024Syrian rebel forces captured Damascus and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow with his family where he has been granted refuge. In just over a week, the Hayat Tahir al-Sham (HTS), translated into ‘Organization for the liberation of the Levant,’ backed by Turkey, captured the cities of Aleppo, Hama and […]
India and Canada engage in visa battles ETv Bharat 16 Dec 2024The Canadian media outlet, Global News published an article last week titled, ‘Visas have become an Indian foreign interference tool.’ It mentioned that the Indian High Commission and Consulates have denied visas to those linked to the Khalistan movement, including those propagating for Khalistan in Canadian Gurudwaras.It adds that […]