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Experts see US nod to India closing missile gap with China -
S Rajagopalan, Pioneer
The US’s muted comment on India’s recent Agni-V missile test is being viewed by some American experts as a quiet endorsement by Washington of New Delhi’s need to close the missile gap with China. “The lack of US condemnation of India’s latest missile test demonstrates that the US is comfortable with Indian progress in the nuclear and missile fields and appreciates India’s need to meet the emerging strategic challenge posed by rising China,” say Lisa Curtis and Baker Spring of the Washington-based Heritage Foundation.
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Manmohan extends Japan trip, sends a strong message to China -
Sachin Parashar, ToI
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Pakistan: Make-or-break time -
Sonya Fatah, Times of India
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In Malaysia, a historic chance for reform -
John Pang, NYT
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Unemployment in Europe is expected to worsen -
NYT
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Shadow on the line -
Ajai Shukla & Sonia Trikha Shukla, Business Standard
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How Shinzo Abe has revived Japan -
Merryn Somerset Webb, Deccan Chronicle
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Pakistan: Tripping on its own feet -
Anirudh Bhattacharyya, Hindustan Times
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Pakistan’s prosecutor in Mumbai attacks, Benazir assassination cases shot dead -
Anita Joshua, Hindu
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No yuan for growth -
Minxin Pei, Indian Express
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Withdrawing from Afghanistan: The big retrograde -
Economist
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Borderline personality disorder -
Srinath Raghavan, Asian Age
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Musharraf held for killing of Baloch leader Bugti -
PTI
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Chinese incursion violates 2005 pact -
Indrani Bagchi, Times of India
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China refuses to confirm Khurshid's visit -
Saibal Dasgupta, Times of India
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Indian wedding row in South Africa escalates, diplomat suspended -
Times of India
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China’s Ladakh incursion is war minus the shooting -
Venky Vembu, FirstPost
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From the fringes to the centrestage -
Suhasini Haidar, Hindustan Times
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Obama: A presidential bystander -
Dana Milbank, WashingtonPost
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Whither Singapore? -
Devjyot Ghoshal, Business Standard
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Uproar in S Africa as UP ministers land at air base to attend wedding -
Shubhajit Roy, Indian Express
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India misreads Chinese incursion, ties itself in knots -
Indrani Bagchi, ToI
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Why the China dream might be a mirage -
William Pesek, Mint
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Pakistan: Liberal parties under siege -
Asma Jehangir, Times of India
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An acne which can disfigure the face -
Ashok K Mehta, Pioneer
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Postcard to Mr Khurshid -
Ajai Shukla, Business Standard
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 The UPA 2 government was conceived in corruption – and never really recovered from that taint. Right from the day the election results came in, the back-channel negotiations began for the reappointment of A Raja as Telecom Minister to advance the interests of certain telecom majors (in return for illegal gratification). It was an enterprise which set the stage for India’s biggest corruption scandal and virtually set the political tone for the rest of the four years. As subsequent exposes have established, Manmohan Singh and other key Ministers knew full well that mischief was afoot, but pointedly looked the other way. That was the beginning of the slide, and the UPA government in general – and Manmohan Singh in particular – was mortally wounded from that episode. But rather than press ahead with remedial action, the government slid further into the cesspool of corruption.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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