Chinese government in an attempt to de-legitimise the Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, has even gone to the extent of changing the region’s name to Xizang

As leaders of the group gather for a summit, the absence of China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin shifts the spotlight to India’s Modi and Brazil’s Lula

The US must treat Iran’s nuclear programme separately from its regional activities and Iran must pair its calls for sovereignty with genuine transparency and restraint

Robust economic objectives can be achieved not just by spouting numbers but when growth is equitable

Digitalisation of government services is creating inequalities in delivery of schemes to the marginalised

New Delhi must deal cautiously but firmly with the Muhammad Yunus-led regime’s creeping authoritarianism

Despite optimistic claims of poverty elimination in India, significant changes in survey methodology over the years and the persistence of outdated poverty lines render such conclusions dubious

Existing laws can do little to protect the rights of migrant labour, especially during a crisis. Revisiting labour laws can remedy this

The Bharatiya Janata Party has successfully positioned itself as the chief custodian of Indian nationalism, but that is unlikely to help it electorally in Bihar

India has to be wary of US interests drowning its own. The US has always been a predatory power which embeds itself in regional conflicts to gain from them