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India opted to buy 36 of the Rafale French-made fighter aircraft. The deal is now mired in a massive controversy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Arnaud Gaillard
Posted inFrance, India, South Asia, World

Hollande drops a Rafale bomb on India

by Saikat Datta September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A new revelation by former French president Francois Hollande on the India-France deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets has sparked off a fresh round of allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The deal to buy the jets from the French aviation major Dassault Aviation has led to a massive controversy that has mired […]

Goa. known for its pristine beaches, could see a ban on iron ore mining lifted. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

BJP bids to revive Goa iron mining, bypass Supreme Court ban

by Nihar Gokhale June 27, 2018February 18, 2020
The Indian Army's Special Forces deployed in counterinsurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inChina, India, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

No Indian government has the gumption to reform defense

by Prakash Katoch April 30, 2018April 30, 2018
Indian soldiers on alert near the Line of Control in Jammu. Photo: PTI
Posted inIndia, Nepal, South Asia

Modi govt’s cap on scholarships to soldiers’ kids a blow to morale

by Prakash Katoch January 8, 2018
Indian soldiers participate in a war exercise during a two-day 'Know Your Army' exhibition in Ahmedabad on August 19, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Amit Dave
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Indian Army continues to battle an indecisive government

by Vijay Oberoi January 2, 2018
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Photo: NDTV
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Goa’s government takes action to curb plastic waste problem

by Asia Times staff May 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit New Delhi this week to sign a wide variety of deals with India. But the deals — about 30 in all — may not be enough to rein in China's mounting sphere of influence in Bangladesh. Photo: Wikipedia/R.D. Ward
Posted inBangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

India and Bangladesh: Doing deals to ward off the dragon

by Sudha Ramachandran April 4, 2017

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