Foreign Policy
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Why India’s ties with Turkey are worse than ever before
India is strengthening relations with Turkey’s adversaries in return for Ankara supporting Pakistan on Kashmir.
Nachiket Deuskar
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Why Indian diplomats are now raising Hindutva issues across the world
India’s foreign policy under Modi is increasingly speaking on behalf of Hindus from around the world, even if they are not Indian citizens.
Nachiket Deuskar
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How the long-term China challenge has put India in a diplomatic sweet spot amid the Ukraine crisis
The West’s principal competition is with Beijing – not with Moscow.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Trending
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US charges Indian man for alleged plot to murder Sikh separatist in New York
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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Anand Patwardhan: Breaking the shackles of the Military Industrial Complex
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J&K: NIT Srinagar student booked for alleged derogatory post about Prophet Muhammad
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Here’s what to read on India’s Russia dilemma – plus a wayward missile
A round-up of articles on New Delhi’s calculations vis-a-vis Putin’s war on Ukraine.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Why healthcare plays a major role in India’s diplomacy in Africa
While catching up with China’s presence in the continent, New Delhi is promoting an alternative model of development.
Dan Banik, The Conversation & Renu Modi, The Conversation
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What India can learn from Britain’s post-Brexit foreign policy roadmap
The new path being forged by the British government has great potential of being mutually beneficial for London and New Delhi.
Ranvijay Singh
Video
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Watch: Journalist-satirist parodies TV newsroom discussions on election results day
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Watch: Australian teacher explains how to master English pronunciation and talk like Shashi Tharoor
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On TV: Reporter crawls through roadside pipe to show how trapped workers were rescued in Uttarakhand
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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The Quad has made a good start with vaccine diplomacy. Now it should avoid the ‘China Trap’
The group should avoid becoming obsessed with Beijing and instead broaden its scope.
Tony Walker, The Conversation
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Joe Biden is unlikely to hold Saudi crown prince accountable for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
In the long term, the US needs Saudi Arabia as an ally in West Asia.
Armida LM van Rij, The Conversation
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‘India’s global standing higher than before’: S Jaishankar counters Rahul Gandhi on foreign policy
Gandhi claimed in a tweet that Modi’s ‘blunders and indiscretions have fundamentally weakened India and left us vulnerable’.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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For Indian diplomacy, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation invitation is a challenge and opportunity
Over the decades, New Delhi has learnt to live with the grouping’s periodic diatribes against India over Kashmir. But things could be changing.
MK Bhadrakumar
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Narendra Modi to attend oath-taking ceremony of Maldives president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
In September, Solih described India as the island nation’s ‘closest ally’ and said the cordial relationship would continue.
Scroll Staff
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What the narrative of Trump-as-Putin’s-puppet hides: US policy on Russia aims for Iran
Intense scrutiny of US policies on Russia could distract from hardline moves against Iran in Syria or Afghanistan.
Nicholas Trickett
The Field
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England tour of India: Shreyanka Patil stars as India A beat England A in first T20I
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal cruise into quarter-finals on day four
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Badminton, Syed Modi International: Unnati Hooda, Priyanshu Rajawat advance; Kidambi Srikanth exits
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Cricket: India head coach Rahul Dravid and other team support staff’s contracts extended by BCCI
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Australia tour of India: Glenn Maxwell century keeps visitors alive in T20I series