DEMOCRACIES VS DICTATORSHIPS
US & India can achieve headway in defence, technologies & economic prosperity in Modi 3.0: Garcetti
US Envoy Eric Garcetti highlights Modi 3.0 as an opportunity for "ambitious India" and "ambitious America" to achieve progress in defense partnerships, critical technologies, and economic prosperity. Congratulating PM Modi on his third term, Garcetti emphasizes enhancing bilateral relations to benefit global democracies and the Indo-Pacific. Reflecting on past achievements, including over 150 agreements, Garcetti underscores resilience during elections, affirming continuous US-India collaboration. He praises India's development and global role, citing advancements in healthcare and global security efforts, and celebrates the country's transformative journey towards prosperity and international influence.
Biden and Trump are poised for a potential rematch that could shake American politics
Meanwhile, there is a sense of deep uncertainty on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Republican presidential candidates in particular have been showering primary voters with attention for much of the last year. Rodney Martell, a 65-year-old Republican from Loudon, New Hampshire, said he's ready for the voting to begin. He's supporting Haley's primary bid, but said he'd support Trump in the general election if he had no other choice - even if Trump is a convicted felon.
It's 'Modi vs INDIA' for 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Who proposed the name of opposition alliance—INDIA?
After the meeting of Opposition parties in Bengaluru, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked whether the National Democratic Alliance would be able to challenge the newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or I.N.D.I.A.
China 2008 vs 2022: Richer, stronger, more confrontational
As President Xi Jinping's government prepares for February's Winter Olympics, it has greater leverage to exert influence abroad and resist complaints from the United States and other governments over trade, technology theft and its treatment of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China's Muslim minorities.
Lithuania vs. China: A Baltic minnow defies a rising superpower
In the battlefield of geopolitics, Lithuania versus China is hardly a fair fight — a tiny Baltic nation with fewer than 3 million people against a rising superpower with 1.4 billion. Lithuania’s military has no tanks or fighter jets, and its economy is 270 times smaller than China’s.
View: Why India needs to champion the return of democracy in Myanmar
It is time to shed the bloodless truisms of diplomacy, and to stand with the people of Myanmar, and not with the junta that has refused to recognise the outcome of the most recent national elections, slapped spurious charges on the victor, Aung San Suu Kyi, and suspended democracy with a promise to hold fresh elections in a year’s time.
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LS polls a fight between dictatorship, democracy: Congress on PM 'majboor-vs-majboot-sarkar' remark
Addressing a press conference at the party office here, senior Congress leader Manish Tewari said, "The fight for Lok Sabha polls will be between dictatorship and democracy."
By cancelling Dolkun Isa's visa, India has unwittingly sanctified the Chinese definition of who is a terrorist
By cancelling Isa's visa, India has unwittingly accepted and sanctified the Chinese definition of who a "terrorist" is and what constitutes "terrorism".
Aam Aadmi Party: Will lack of centralised leadership be a problem for it?
But the pro-people party’s lack of a centralized leadership and a vision that extends beyond corruption may hamper its progress.
Nothing wrong in bringing political parties under RTI: Shashi Tharoor
Tharoor sought to know why Left leaders were opposed to political parties being brought under the purview of RTI when they claimed that all their activities were transparent.
Yusuf Raza Gilani: Quiet man standing
Yusuf Raza Gilani is on the verge of becoming Pakistan’s only democratically-elected head of government to complete full five years.
West Bengal-Bangladesh divide: Mamata may have had reasons for opposing Teesta treaty
The fact is the two Bengals have never had a love affair, never mind the romantics on two sides.
We believe that the PM cannot be held responsible for things he is not directly responsible: Aruna Roya
She is not a new face in the civil society- A member of the National Advisory Council formed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Aruna Roya has led many a campaign.
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