Decoding Robert Mugabe’s victory
On July 2013, Robert Mugabe, 89, one of the oldest African leaders who has led Zimbabwe since he helped end white-minority rule in 1980, won another (seventh) term by defeating …
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GSAT-7: India’s first dedicated military satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just launched GSAT-7, India’s first dedicated military satellite. The satellite was launched into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from French Guiana using the …
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Destination Moon: China to launch lunar rover
China loves dreaming big, and making it all come true. The emerging power has set its eyes firmly on conquering the next frontier: the Moon. This new-age lunar quest of …
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Reassessing the US Pivot to Asia
As the US continues its ‘pivot’ back to Asia, three important points need to be reiterated. First, is there really a ‘pivot’? Did the US really leave Asia to pivot …
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Fall from Grace: The three mistakes of Bo Xilai’s Life
The last few days, beginning August 22, 2013, have been unlike any other for the Intermediate People’s Court in Jinan, China. For starters, this ordinary grey building now has yellow …
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Mining truths: Fair growth, fair business
Village councils in the Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha have last week voted decisively against mining in their area and decided the fate of billions of dollars in investment. With this, …
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India-China relations: Old ties, new model?
It is fashionable in China today to speak of a ’new model’ of great power relations, indeed of international relations as a whole. In Chinese terminology, this approach is based …
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Mujib’s world vision and India
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is popularly known as Bangabandhu or Friend of Bengal. He became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1972. He was a close friend of Prime Minister Indira …
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China-EU solar panel duel: Between a rock and a hard place
On July 27 this year, the European Union (EU) and China struck a deal to regulate Chinese solar panel imports – an issue that had been at the heart of …
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Turning a fresh page? Free up India-Pakistan ties from curse of terror
It’s time to emancipate India-Pakistan ties from the scourge of cross-border terror and violence. This was the overarching message of India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the day India celebrated its …
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