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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on defence, headed by Major General B.C. Khanduri (Retd.), recently recommended five years of compulsory military training for state and central government job aspirants.

State of the Union: The locust years of our defence preparedness

The defence expenditure at 1.6 per cent of GDP in 2017-18 was the lowest since 1962 when the India-China war was fought.

19 Aug 2018 1:09 AM IST

There are concerns about the process of identifying citizens that perhaps certain religious and linguistic minorities may not have been properly accounted for.

NRC: What will happen to those left out?

Despite best of intentions there ostensibly were operational difficulties in complying with the directions of the...

5 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to the media after their meeting in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (Photo: AP)

Trump & the great global reset

The approach to international relations in America can broadly be classified into four schools of thought.

22 July 2018 1:03 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to the media after their meeting in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (Photo: AP)

Trump & the great global reset

The approach to international relations in America can broadly be classified into four schools of thought.

22 July 2018 1:03 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Erdogan's victory: A lesson for Indian Oppn

Even the majority community that the BJP hopes to consolidate by accentuating social schisms has seen through the game.

8 July 2018 1:38 AM IST

PDP President Mehbooba Mufti with BJP President Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: J&K - The tragedy just does not end

The purported purpose of the alliance was to seek a national reconciliation on J&K.

24 Jun 2018 1:00 AM IST

State of the Union: What if N Korea didn't have nuclear weapons?

Despite signing the NPT in 1985, North Korea commenced work on two large reactors.

10 Jun 2018 12:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally at Baliyatra field in Cuttack on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: Is this what we voted for in 2014?

The NDA/BJP government has enjoyed an unprecedented four years of very low crude oil prices.

27 May 2018 2:29 AM IST

Aligarh Muslim University (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: Why dwell in the past? It won't take us anywhere

Jinnah is as much part of undivided India's past as anyone else.

13 May 2018 1:19 AM IST

Ballot: Ten Episodes that Have Shaped Indias Democracyby Rasheed Kidwai Hachette India, Rs 399.

Book review: Unravelling the charisma of Indian democracy

Rasheed has attempted to look at Indian democracy through the prism of personalities from Nehru to a bit of Sardar...

9 May 2018 12:38 AM IST

Ballot: Ten Episodes that Have Shaped Indias Democracy, by Rasheed Kidwai Hachette India, Rs 399

Unravelling the charisma of Indian democracy

Rasheed has attempted to look at Indian democracy through the prism of personalities from Nehru to a bit of Sardar...

6 May 2018 4:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting, in Wuhan, China on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: Time to bite the bullet, not chant bhai-bhai

The Sino-India relationship does not require a bhai-bhai chant. It requires India to create ballast on its side. It is...

29 April 2018 7:38 AM IST