India's friendly steps towards Pak face this 'unique challenge'

India’s efforts to have ‘closer and broader’ cooperation in South Asia often faced roadblocks due to ‘unique challenge’ from Pakistan which tends to use terrorism as......

Why the Iran nuclear deal will be useful for India

'If the Iran nuke deal holds, Iran becomes a gateway to Afghanistan, and a better one than Pakistan because the route is not so mountainous. Correspondingly, I imagine Pakistan's value to the US......

Is stopping Modi the West's new priority?

'The West has always preferred a timid, half intelligent and a dependent India rather than a decisively independent and self-reliant one. A pliable Indian leadership suits the West best,' says......

North Korea tests may hit India-US N-deal

North Korea stunned the world by conducting its first-ever nuclear test early Monday, October 9, morning. As the international community grapples with the implications of the test, former Indian......

Tokyo governor expects spectators at Olympics

IMAGE: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday that the best case scenario for the 2020 Olympics postponed until next year is to......

Tokyo 2020 logo satire pulled after furore

A media association has withdrawn its coronavirus-themed parody of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo after the local organising committee called it offensive and a violation of copyright. The Foreign......

Why Tokyo Olympics next July will be 'uniquely risky'

'When we talk about bringing sports back with packed stadiums, I really think that is something we are going to have to wait for a vaccine to be able to do.' IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 is set to run from......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......