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Economic ties hinge on China addressing strategic concerns
China and India talking RCEP is a good beginning, but there is a long way ahead.
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The future of biometrics: Opportunities and challenges
While the use of biometrics has its advantages, countries are only beginning to wrestle with the underlying challenges it poses.
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On climate, connectivity, maritime security, India is reshaping the world order
Delhi’s positions on these issues reflect its world view. But domestic economic and political challenges remain.
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Stoke demand to stop India slowing down
Even this is optimistic and we could as well be seeing sub 5 per cent growth.
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Pakistan’s offensive on Kashmir will persist. India must be ready
Islamabad will deploy all political and diplomatic tools to lobby in the West. But it senses failure.
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A new disorder: Global economic multilateralism at an inflection point
French president Emmanuel Macron tried to manage the contradictions, but nothing of substance was achieved in Biarritz.
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Houston showed that for Modi, the US relationship is strategic, not ideological
Much more than of two global politicians, ‘Howdy, Modi! was a celebration of the Indian community in the US.
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Drone Attack on the Saudi Installation and Tensions in the Gulf
The attack on Saudi oil field in Khurais and refinery in Abqaiq on Sunday has knocked out 5.7 million barrel per day of oil supplies. This is half of Saudi daily oil production; it amounts to 5 percent of global oil supply. There have been attacks on the shipping and oil pipe-lines in the recent past in the Gulf. But in terms of scale, this is vastly different. This has the potential of triggering a major conflagration.
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Dangers of optimism: India needs to guard against turning complacent
An unshakable optimism about the long-term destiny of India's economy is counter-productive at moments of crisis.
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Seven plus one: India at the G7
The latest G7 summit is further evidence that the traditional guarantors of the international liberal order no longer possess the vision or will to sustain it. The divisions among the group’s members runs deep, on issues ranging from trade to climate change to tensions with China, Iran, and Russia. That two successive summits have ended without a joint communiqué suggests that while the G7 remains a gathering of similar, economically consequential states, the group’s politics is deeply fragmented.
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