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Europe Must Evolve with Changing Realities

Harsh V. Pant Speaking at the GLOBSEC Forum in Slovakia’s Bratislava, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar argued that Europe has to grow out of the mindset that its problems are the world’s problems but the world’s problems are not Europe’s.…

India Must Chase Glory, not Past Sins

T K Arun Violent protests against remarks against the Prophet, illegal, authoritarian retribution by the state by way of demolition of protesters’ residences, India’s condemnation in the Muslim world, ruling party spokespersons being dubbed fringe elements and disciplined by the…

Calming West Asia

Anil Trigunayat Words must be chosen carefully, especially when one is in a position of authority or responsibility. Once spoken, they are like arrows that are difficult to retract. The controversy of disrespecting Prophet Mohammed and Islam, which has gone…

India is Not the Fastest-Growing Economy

Arun KumarThe Provisional Estimates of Annual National Income in 2021-22 just released show that GDP grew 8.7% in real terms and 19.5% in nominal terms (including inflation). It makes India the fastest-growing major economy in the world. Further, the real…

Tango or Tangle? The BRICS challenge

Harsh V. Pant At the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting held virtually last month and chaired by China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted that “BRICS has repeatedly affirmed respect for sovereign equality, territorial integrity and international law” and it “must…

मुद्रा स्फ़ीति और रिजर्व बैंक की नीतियाँ

अरुण कुमार भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था इन दिनों बाहरी व अंदरूनी, दोनों तरह की चुनौतियों से जूझ रही है। थोक महंगाई दर पिछले एक साल से 10 फीसदी के ऊपर बनी हुई है, तो खुदरा महंगाई दर भी बीते पांच माह से…

Civil Services on Pedestal

 Dhiraj Nayyar India has a complicated, love-hate relationship with its bureaucracy. Recently, two babus of the elite IAS were the subject of widespread public derision when an investigation by this newspaper revealed that one of them had ordered that a government stadium…

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