Joyeeta Basu

TIME FOR INDIA TO START FORMALISING RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN

Amid unconfirmed reports that India could be pursuing a trade pact with Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has asked New…

5 years ago

Partisan talk by MPs internationally not helping

Members of Parliament, when they are speaking at international platforms, should paint a fair picture of their country to an…

5 years ago

Time to do some plain-speaking on China

The story goes that Sushma Swaraj, soon after she became External Affairs Minister in 2014, told her Chinese counterpart Wang…

5 years ago

Let the celebrations begin, but responsibly

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan must be commended for saying that “extraordinary circumstances” must draw “extraordinary responses” and that no…

5 years ago

India needs to be the catalyst for Quad formalisation

Much is being made of the in-person meeting of the foreign ministers of India, United States, Australia and Japan in…

5 years ago

Hathras: Quality of policing leaves much to be desired

The attempt to cover up the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit girl in Hathras by cremating her dead body in…

5 years ago

Trump and Biden spar in a no-holds barred debate

The Tuesday night—Wednesday morning India time— Presidential debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate, Vice President Joe Biden…

5 years ago

To be in UNSC, India needs to lead

The stern message that the Prime Minister of India delivered at the UN General Assembly’s 75th session on Saturday, that…

5 years ago

Cold War 2.0 is here

The battle lines are drawn. If anyone still believes that the world has not got divided into two blocs and…

5 years ago

Landmark reforms in farm sector

At the outset it must be said that the three farm bills passed by the Rajya Sabha this week mark…

5 years ago

RISE OF THE ARAB MODERATES

US President Donald Trump playing peacemaker in the Middle East, where UAE and Bahrain make peace with long-time foe Israel,…

5 years ago

CLUELESS COMMENTARY ABOUT INDIA

The exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases in India has resulted in a proportionate rise in western media…

5 years ago