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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh.
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the opening segment of G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting, in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Global tensions stymie India’s G-20 leadership

    The G-20 foreign ministers’ conference, that was held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi on...

    4 March 2023 12:27 AM IST

    Pakistans Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (C) speaks during a press conference in Islamabad on February 10, 2023. - An IMF team left Pakistan on February 10 having failed to reach a deal on financial aid that would help the country avoid economic collapse. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India

    Pakistan is the fifth most populous nation in the world and one of eight nations with declared nuclear weapons. But in...

    21 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

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    From commando to Prez: The Musharraf era led to turmoil & ill-will in...

    Pakistan’s former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who died in Dubai on February 5, was living as an exile in the...

    6 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

    Earlier, India and China held 11 rounds of talks at the Corps Commander level to reach the arrangement to disengage from the Pangong lake area. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    KC Singh | Rising India’s challenge: Tackling China, Pakistan

    The year 2023 opened with interesting developments involving Pakistan and China and their impact on India’s...

    24 Jan 2023 12:31 AM IST

    n early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the US Capitol Building in Washington Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, one day before the midterm election will determine the control of the US Congress. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Dems defy midterms’ rout: Ties with India won’t be...

    The midterm elections to both Houses of the US Congress and for the governorships of several states were held on...

    10 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    K.C. Singh | As world is realigning, India sits on the fence

    November opens with geopolitics being complicated by ideology and the self-interest of nations. The protracted war in...

    1 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020.(AP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | China’s hard talk: Sign of Xi’s confidence or worry?

    It was also a personal affront for President Xi Jinping as the post-2008 Chinese assertiveness has his imprint on it

    7 July 2021 12:10 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting with various political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, in Delhi, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | After J&K olive branch, will Pak ties normalise

    The PM’s session with the Kashmiri political leaders is a recognition that the government’s Kashmir policy has...

    29 Jun 2021 7:20 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in the first Outreach Session of the G7 Summit virtually.(Photo: Twitter/@PiyushGoyal)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Challenges will rise for India at home, abroad

    The G-7 communique captures the main themes under six headings

    21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Critical COVID-19 patients receive free oxygen at a Sikh Gurudwara, amid the rise in coronavirus cases across the country, at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Heal at home first, then try to be a global leader

    Mr Jaishankar, even when overseas, has become a flag-bearer for the current Hindutva model, precursor to the RSS' Hindu...

    8 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Whether people and voters will see through the BJPs cynical use of diplomacy for electoral gain or lap it up as realpolitik will be known only on May 2. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | National interests hurt if politics, diplomacy mixed

    India-Bangladesh relations get impacted by the BJP's divisive and majoritarian politics, over illegal immigrants and...

    27 March 2021 4:24 AM IST

    Will the BJP government finally realise, as foreign parliaments debate whether democracy is degrading in India, that denial and anger is not the answer. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | To fulfil Quad promise, will India self-correct'?

    Self-correction is the answer. Otherwise, the Quad will merely be a limping Triad-plus

    15 March 2021 12:00 AM IST

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