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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a clarion call that no civilized society can afford to ignore: stand with Israel, or stand with terror. In a message that cuts through the fog of hypocritical diplomacy and moral cowardice, Netanyahu has reminded the world that Israel is not merely fighting Hamas or Hezbollah—it is confronting…
India’s firm stand exposes the US double play After years of projecting himself as the global peacemaker, US President Donald Trump has dropped all pretenses. Following a 35-minute phone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi—just before his scheduled meeting with Pakistan’s new Army Chief General Asim Munir—Trump appears to have pivoted from peacemaker to…
Once again, the Congress party has scored a spectacular self-goal—this time by mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada for the G7 summit. In its desperation to criticise the man it loves to hate, the so-called principal opposition has ended up exposing not only its ignorance of international diplomacy but also its increasing irrelevance…
There’s something deeply revealing about the Indian Opposition’s reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving yet another international honour — this time, the highest civilian award from Cyprus. Instead of celebrating the growing stature of India on the global stage, the usual suspects from the Congress and its allies, besides the Left have once again…
Two southern Chief Ministers—Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu’s M.K. Stalin—have crossed a constitutional red line by issuing public statements on India’s foreign policy. In a federal democracy like India, foreign affairs are exclusively a matter for the Union Government. While state leaders may privately express disagreement, going public with condemnations—especially on sensitive international matters—is…
By all available measures, former President Donald Trump’s troubles—both on the home front and across volatile global theatres—are not just growing, they’re compounding at a pace that even his loyalist base can no longer ignore. The latest U.S. decision to evacuate non-essential diplomats and military families from multiple locations in the Middle East is a…
By appointing Pakistan—a state long accused of nurturing, sheltering, and glorifying terrorism—as the Vice-Chair of its Counter-Terrorism Committee, the United Nations has once again shown why its credibility is in tatters. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, never known to mince words, rightfully called out this grotesque contradiction for what it is: “Asking a cat to…
Rahul Gandhi has once again thrown mud at India’s democratic institutions, hoping some of it sticks. This time, the target is the Election Commission of India (ECI), a constitutional body respected across the world for its impartiality and administrative robustness. His repetition of his earlier allegation—that a staggering 41 lakh voters were mysteriously added in…
The bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has finally short-circuited. What began as a transactional flirtation between the world’s richest disruptor and the Republican powerhouse has now blown up into a very public, very personal feud — one that could shake the foundations of the Grand Old Party (GOP) in a critical election cycle….
Can a district collector file a report against the very government that appointed him? Can an officer of the state investigate his political masters and bring them to justice? The answer is obvious to anyone who understands the basics of governance. Yet, in an insult to public intelligence, the Karnataka government has asked the Bengaluru…
