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Modi–Xi Talks: China Calls for Long-Term View of Ties, India Thanks Beijing for BRICS Support
Modi–Xi Talks: China Calls for Long-Term View of Ties, India Thanks Beijing for BRICS Support
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Meeting in New Delhi, Xi Jinping urged India and China to build on each other’s strengths and deepen cooperation. Modi welcomed Beijing’s support during India’s BRICS chairship as the summit endorsed ...
Stargazer: Elnaaz Norouzi, Shaunak Sen and Mauli Singh
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From Elnaaz Norouzi landing her biggest Hollywood role yet alongside Liam Neeson, to Shaunak Sen’s new TIFF-bound short film and Mauli Singh stepping into the spotlight with a Hansal Mehta-backed Punj ...
Ahimsa Pays
10 min read
Investors who screen out animal cruelty, addictive products and other forms of harm now have indices, funds and wealth platforms built around the principle
The Big Live-In Question
12 min read
As court judgments and state laws give living together legal recognition, unmarried couples are learning to navigate their new status
The Identity Project
12 min read
The push against illegal immigration from the High-Level Committee on Demographic Change is in step with the government’s mission led by Amit Shah for tech-driven border security and sacrosanct citize ...
The Act of One: Power has only added to the performance of Vijay
7 min read
When the chief minister is not regaling the Assembly with dialogues like “After Anna, MGR and NTR, it is Vijay,” he is selectively reading out the past to enlighten his young voters
The Inevitable Failure of Radical Islam
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9/11 changed for ever how nations behave when fear was added to the glossary of geopolitics. And America under George W Bush gave it a Biblical flavour by declaring war on evil.
The Mother of All Mega-Dams: India can no longer ignore the water bomb on its frontier
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The Medog project poses a challenge whose consequences could reach millions across Assam and Bangladesh. The strongest case against it is coming from China’s state-linked scientists. Instead of a dam ...
BRICS Must Play Peacemaker in West Asia, Says Xi as Bloc Adopts Delhi Declaration
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China will work with BRICS partners to promote peace, Xi Jinping said, warning that the war serves no common international interest. The unanimously adopted New Delhi Declaration backed dialogue to re ...