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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry

India felt the sleight of Mr Trumps recent rant when he tweeted: When they (Harley Davidson) send a motorcycle to India, as an example, they have to pay 100 per cent tax 100 per cent. Now, the Prime Minister, who I think is a fantastic man, called me the other day and said we are lowering it to 50 per cent. I said okay, but so far were getting nothing. So we get nothing. He gets 50 (per cent) and they think were doing like theyre doing us a favour. Thats not a favour.

Trump & Harleys: It may be more bark than bite

Donald Trump stated that the EU was taking the US for fools with its tariff arrangements.

15 March 2018 3:59 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Sinosphere' growing, threat to India rising

India's foreign policy and diplomacy vis- -vis China will be severely tested beyond the obvious flashpoints like...

1 March 2018 7:26 AM IST

Immediately after release, JuD chief Hafiz Saeed launched his anti-India rhetoric and vowed to mobilise people for the cause of Kashmir. (Photo: AFP)

Terror tag' threat puts Islamabad under siege

Pakistan was put in the gray list in February 2012 and remained there for the next three years.

20 Feb 2018 4:12 AM IST

2,021 Taliban militants were arrested in the past 10 months and 365 Taliban commanders were killed. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Kabul under siege: Will Pak have to pay a price?

The US security aid to Pakistan is already under suspension given its established misuse and duplicitousness.

10 Feb 2018 12:28 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

India-Israel ties are all set to touch new highs

Today, Israel is the second biggest foreign military supplier for India, poised to pip the US over the long term.

10 Jan 2018 1:01 AM IST

Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe

Africa's strongmen: A vanishing tribe

Mr Mugabe had forced himself and his country into a rotten borough.

27 Nov 2017 12:38 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AFP)

The warring lovechildren of Cold War era

Forty years is a long time for covert intrigues and conspiracies to successfully hide the murky truths of the past.

11 Nov 2017 1:38 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and freshly re-elected European Union President Donald Tusk in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Move closer to Japan, but respect the past

The politics of sovereign apologies and reconciliation are contentious, difficult and complex.

7 Oct 2017 12:38 AM IST

The Indian Army had last month made its first-ever military intervention of sorts on behalf of Bhutan by physically blocking Chinese troops from constructing a road in the Bhutanese Doklam area border territory near Indian border defences. (Representational image) .

China's realpolitik is losing its sheen

Mr Trump called China's bluff on North Korea with straight accusations of duplicitousness.

20 Sept 2017 12:43 AM IST

File photo of former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi who was announced as the Oppositions Vice-Presidential candidate on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Democracy survives: When loss' isn't defeat'

Jaswant Singh's book on Mohammed Ali Jinnah was ostensibly his undoing the first time.

17 Aug 2017 1:00 AM IST

Islamic State fighters (Photo: AFP)

Rise of Shia crescent' leaves Mideast rattled

The fact that Iran is working with the Russians in the Syrian theatre further pushes Iran away from the sensibilities of...

4 Aug 2017 12:28 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AP)

N. Korea's game of dare

With tempers running high in the restive Korean peninsula, negotiations seem unlikely.

26 July 2017 12:13 AM IST