'Xi had already ordered Galwan when he met Modi in Chennai'

'My understanding is that by the time President Xi Jinping came for the Chennai summit [2019], he had already instructed his army to undertake the action in Galwan in the summer of 2020.' IMAGE:......

Lessons For The World From 2023

One looks upon the coming new year with foreboding as current wars in Ukraine and Gaza spill over and escalate and new ones erupt in incipient fault lines across the world, notes former foreign......

Can India, China Embrace Each Other On Economic Front?

An improvement in political relations, anchored in a restoration of peace and tranquillity at the border, could open up opportunities for expanded economic and commercial relations between them,......

A Lot At Stake For India In US' Indo-Pacific Strategy

India is increasingly a willing participant in the evolving US' Indo-Pacific strategy.While these developments are related to the perception of a growing Chinese security challenge, their......

Why Xi Jinping 'fixed' Jack Ma

Alibaba's pervasive economic and social influence in China is seen as a threat to the authority of the Chinese Communist party, notes Shyam Saran. IMAGE: Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman,......

Digital currency race: China leads. India must catch up

India should not be left behind.It should join the seven central banks which are engaged in studying feasibility and safeguards necessary to eliminate risks, particularly from hacking, advises......

At G20 meet, PM will sell India as a hot investment destination

The G20 chair has suggested three areas for the talks in Argentina - the future of work, infrastructure for development and a sustainable food future, areas where India has a lot at stake. The G20......

Why India's telecom secretary feels like a chess player

'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com She says......

On Planet Nihalani, reality is defamation

'The most unusual howls of protest from Bollywood have shown that even people known for party drugs draw the line somewhere,' says Mitali Saran. When I was sixteen, Aldous Huxley's The Doors of......