The summit probably fulfilled the expectations on both sides, but the bar of expectations was intentionally kept low, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Fearful of losing strategic advantage, the only option for Pakistan is to rattle its nuclear sabre!' 'Pakistan thereby hopes to play on the worldwide fear of an outbreak of nuclear war in South Asia,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
The two major parties offer the United States choices that are basically unacceptable and the bench strength, such as it is, is not entirely capable of winning popular acclaim, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong has said peace and tranquility in the border areas with India is important but it is not the "whole story" of the bilateral relations and that the current status of the ties is obviously not in the fundamental interest of either side, remarks that came amid the Ladakh military standoff.
History of electronics indicates that no company, nor any nation for that matter, has been able to cement pole position and maintain it through several cycles. he death of its iconic promoter, Lee Kun-hee, raises questions over how long the chaebol can maintain its gigantic footprint in the global electronics industry, says Devangshu Datta.
United States President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Monday signed a landmark deal in Moscow committing the two Cold War rivals to a new, legally binding arms-control treaty and resume military cooperation, as they promised to "reset" their damaged bilateral ties.
The heart of the matter is that the Indo-US nuclear deal, unless it is closed now right now and on American terms, will soon need to be harmonised with the new Russian-American format and the international regime emanating out of it
'My brave JCO managed to get to the gun, sit on top of the dead man and fired away at the attacking aircraft till they melted away into the darkness.'
If our international institutions are not dealing successfully with the challenges of today, one reason is the fact that they no longer reflect current or emerging realities of power
An influential American senator has said there is a need to bring India into a regional alliance with Pakistan, given that Islamabad is not able to come out with its cold-war mentality as it still considers New Delhi as a primary adversary.
She has slammed the Opposition for disrupting Parliament.
'It would be a huge mistake to think that Gorbachev's reforms did not achieve anything.' 'We all live in the world, which is in many respects a result of Glasnost and Perestroika.'
Similarly, in the class 10 syllabus, the topic 'impact of globalisation on agriculture' from a chapter on 'Food Security' has been dropped.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the upcoming moratorium does not stipulate permanent withdrawal from the CFE Treaty, adding that Russia will resume its obligations as soon as NATO countries ratify the adapted version.
'He will consolidate the Russian hold over the Eastern Russian majority provinces in Ukraine and quickly withdraw from the rest of Ukraine.' 'At all costs, the Russians should avoid attacking and capturing urban areas, else they risk getting into a quagmire,' cautions Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'I don't think the Indo-US relationship can be built on the principle that India is going to be, essentially, a piece of American strategy involving China,' feels foreign policy expert Rajan Menon.
'America's latest post-Cold War tryst with neo-con global political evangelism in Iraq is nearing the end of the trail.'
'Our family philosophy is to build a bridge between India and Britain.'
In an apparent snub to India, a Russian ground forces contingent on Friday arrived in Pakistan to participate in the first-ever joint military exercises starting from Saturday.
An average married couple has two arguments a week, which result in the "silent treatment" for two hours and 14 minutes each time, a new UK poll has shown.
On Wednesday night, Bachchan visited SRK at his home, Mannat, in Mumbai's suburban Bandra. Shah Rukh had undergone a surgery on Monday, and was discharged the next day.
'Hinduism meshed with his sense that the world was paradoxical and puzzling.'
The new warhead, due to be operational in five years' time, will be used to replace Trident missiles on submarines.
The successful test -- a first -- has alarmed America.
The American-born chess ace, who settled in Iceland in 2005 and was later granted Icelandic citizenship, died of an unspecified illness at the age of 64.
Bonds funds enjoy lower tax vis--vis the Bank FDs (and no hassles of TDS too) and hence can be a better option for people in the higher tax-brackets.
'Even China and Russia would not challenge the technology apartheid unless India was able to enhance its relationship with the United States.'
A general in-charge of Russia's ballistic arsenal has said that the military could target the bases in Poland and the Czech Republic which will host the missile-interceptor shield if America insists on building them, The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
He will be remembered not only as a writer but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Baru, who has held top editorial positions in several dailies, said trade creates greater security through interdependence and prosperity is a necessary condition for power.
Russia would remain militarily strong thanks to new technology and modern weapons, and not the number of its soldiers, said Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov.
India must be prepared to deal with climate disasters, geopolitical confrontations, and social strife linked to global events, asserts Jayant Sinha, chairman of Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance.
Bill Clinton was speaking to over 3,000 Indian-American Telugus, who had gathered in the cavernous ballroom of the Washington Convention Center and who gave him a sustained standing ovation at the beginning and end of his remarks.
'The Modi visit will prove to be the watershed where India and the United States commenced technology trade and transfer.'
The problem, according to Kobzey, was that the Canadian Security and Intelligence Services (CSIS) just did not have enough people to trail everyone that investigators wanted to follow.
