Asim Munir's Power Surge Splits Pakistan Military

Creating a powerful new chief of defence forces has split the Pakistan military into four competing factions, points out Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W. IMAGE: Pakistani Army......

How India must counter the China-Pakistan nuclear axis

Indian policy makers would be well advised to disabuse themselves of the notion of a Sino-Indian convergence in managing Pakistan. China doesn't do sentimentality in foreign policy, India should......

Why China Shield's Pakistan's Terror Agenda

'It is typical of China's strategic deception of making virtue out of necessity,' observes Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Security personnel carry out a search operation in the Baisaran area in Pahalgam,......

Indira Gandhi Or Modi: Who's India's Strongest PM?

Mrs Gandhi's power ebbed and peaked with the times. Mr Modi's has almost been constant, barring the few months of hard dip after the 240 seats of 2024, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime......

Can China, Greece woes trip global equity markets?

Analysts agree China, Greece and US Fed developments need careful monitoring but India should gain, over time, from relative rise of the dollar and fall in commodity prices. Developments at the......

India to pay Iran $900 mn in oil dues

India will pay Iran $900 million in two tranches beginning next week to clear part of the past dues for crude oil it buys from the Persian Gulf nation. This payment will be on top of $1.65......

India asks refiners to buy dollars, euros to settle Iran oil dues

India has asked refiners that owe about $6.5 billion to Iran for oil imports to build up dollar and euro balances to avoid downward pressure on the rupee if six world powers and Tehran reach a......

India's oil imports from Iran jumped sharply in 2014

India's Iran imports rise to 276,800 bpd vs 195,600 bpd in 2013 India shipped in 1.4 pct less crude overall in 2014 vs 2013 India's total Dec oil imports up 9.4 pct from a year ago India imported......