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Manish Tewari
About the AuthorManish Tewari
Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari
    Indian foreign policy has to move beyond self-congratulatory event management exercises in the rarefied salons of Delhi and actually start doing some heavy lifting for India. (Representational Image/AFP)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Can India ever outdo China diplomatically?

    Seven years ago, in the winter of 2016, news broke of Saudi Arabia having executed 47 prisoners. One of those beheaded...

    26 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

    File photo of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Were India, Pak close to a nuke war after Pulwama?

    Mike Pompeo, the seventieth secretary of state of the United States of America and the twenty-fourth director of...

    12 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Has Putin shot himself in the foot over Ukraine?

    February 24 marked the first anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Gen. Mark Millay, chairperson of the US...

    26 Feb 2023 1:34 AM IST

    In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | What did the balloon tell China about US?

    Last week, on the fourth of February, fighter jets of the United States Air Force shot down a Chinese balloon that had...

    12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

    The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Who should appoint judges?

    An independent judiciary, credible media, autonomous election commission, unshackled Parliament and enlightened...

    29 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Peace or ‘permacrisis’: What’s the 2023 mantra?

    How will the world look like next year? Will we see a world more destabilised, with more conflicts, threats of war,...

    1 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Parliament building. (ANI)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Should Parliament codify basic structure doctrine?

    The recent stand-off between the judiciary and the executive on judicial appointments and the law minister’s...

    18 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Parliament building. (ANI)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | What ails Parliament?

    On December 7, 2022, would commence the Indian Parliament’s Winter Session. Effectively participating in...

    3 Dec 2022 11:48 PM IST

    Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?

    The Supreme Court's judgment in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India upheld the One Hundred and Third Amendment to the...

    20 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    It is a known fact that many leaders have taken a head start and are using social media to prepare the ground for the next elections. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Behind all social media ills: Not privacy, but...

    The Internet or the World Wide Web was the most impudent tryout in anarchy and it succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of...

    6 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Dragon desperate in wake of Xi’s congress

    Ever wondered why a once-in-five-year opaque jamboree called the National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)...

    23 Oct 2022 12:03 AM IST

    US economy entered recession in February. (AP Photo)Opinion
    Manish Tewari | Is the world heading into another recession?

    In September 2008, Wall Street collapsed and triggered a full blown financial crisis. It marked the beginning of a...

    9 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

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