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Nirupama Subramanian
Nirupama Subramanian is National Editor (Strategic Affairs). She writes on India’s foreign policy and national security issues.
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Imran Khan disqualified: how to read the continuing political churn in PakistanSubscriber Only
October 22, 2022 04:23 IST
Five years after Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification, Imran Khan himself has been disqualified. What happens now?
Sun, Oct 23, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war and the crises in EuropeSubscriber Only
October 21, 2022 06:30 IST
European economies are hurting badly. The Western coalition is fighting stresses. The war appears to be stalemated — but apparently not badly enough to force the warring sides to the negotiating table.
Fri, Oct 21, 2022
Biden on Pak nukes: lack of ‘cohesion’ may be about political, security chaosSubscriber Only
October 17, 2022 04:35 IST
Biden was speaking at a Democratic party event ahead of the November mid-term elections. He made the remarks about Pakistan almost in passing, while speaking about the new threats the world faces, and how “the world is looking to us to figure out how we figure this out”.
Mon, Oct 17, 2022
Eye on China Party CongressSubscriber Only
October 07, 2022 04:08 IST
The Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress beginning October 16 is expected to extend Xi Jinping's paramount leadership of China. The session comes at a critical time for China and the world. Here's what to watch out for.
Fri, Oct 07, 2022
Kabul school bombing: For Afghanistan, an end to its tragedy is not in sightSubscriber Only
October 01, 2022 15:06 IST
The repeated bombings and killings since the Taliban takeover last August challenge the regime’s claim of having restored peace and security in the country
Sat, Oct 01, 2022
Why India has lashed out at the US over its F-16 package to PakistanSubscriber Only
September 27, 2022 11:05 IST
Why has the Biden Administration reversed Trump's freeze on military ties with Islamabad with a $450 million package for a lifetime upgrade of Pakistan's F-16 fleet? What is the deal, and why is Delhi unhappy?
Tue, Sep 27, 2022
Adani’s global footprint and India’s infrastructure diplomacySubscriber Only
September 24, 2022 04:08 IST
Nirupama Subramanian writes: From mines to ports and logistics, the Adani conglomerate has been expanding across sectors, regions. This has gone hand in hand with India's diplomatic and strategic outreach
Sat, Sep 24, 2022
Question at heart of Pak political turmoil: Who appoints next army chief?Subscriber Only
September 22, 2022 15:28 IST
Imran’s “western conspiracy” cry has mined the anti-American vein running through the conservative new middle class of Pakistan, including in the army, which sees itself as a true middle-class institution.
Mon, Sep 26, 2022
In the US’s F-16 package to Pakistan, India’s concernsSubscriber Only
September 16, 2022 04:19 IST
Why has the Biden Administration broken Trump’s freeze on military ties with Islamabad with a $450 million package for a lifetime upgrade of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet? What is the view like from New Delhi? We explain.
Mon, Sep 19, 2022
Bimal Patel: Architect of Modi govt’s grand projects prepares for biggest challenge yet — Parliament HouseSubscriber Only
September 11, 2022 04:14 IST
The inauguration of the redesigned Central Vista avenue by PM Modi was a triumphant moment for Bimal Patel, with even his harshest critics acknowledging his work. Leena Misra in Ahmedabad and Nirupama Subramanian in Delhi on the man steering most of Modi govt’s pet projects, past the divided political landscape, trying for consensus.
Sun, Sep 11, 2022
On Rohingya, Bangladesh asks India to lean on MyanmarSubscriber Only
September 07, 2022 04:00 IST
Bangladesh, which hosts over a million Rohingya refugees, however, has made clear on several occasions that India must use its influence with the Myanmar junta to take them back.
Wed, Sep 07, 2022
Explained Books | An eminent cardiac surgeon’s account of his work, and of KashmirSubscriber Only
September 03, 2022 04:14 IST
Upendra Kaul, a Kashmiri Pandit, grew up in Delhi as his parents had moved to the capital in 1947, in the wake of the first India-Pakistan war. Through the Delhi school year, he looked forward to the summer holiday when the family would go back home to Kashmir.
Sat, Sep 03, 2022
IMF bailout and Sri Lanka’s long, difficult road to recoverySubscriber Only
September 01, 2022 20:36 IST
Wickremesinghe has announced restructuring steps and a belt-tightening budget. But the desired all-party government remains elusive, and Colombo worries about an India-China tussle in the Indian Ocean.
Fri, Sep 02, 2022
Why Rajiv Gandhi hailed Mikhail Gorbachev as a ‘crusader of peace’Subscriber Only
September 01, 2022 04:15 IST
The relationship between Mikhail Gorbachev and Rajiv Gandhi, two leaders whose fortunes rose and fell almost in tandem, inaugurated a five-year waltz between India and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Fri, Sep 02, 2022
Year later, Afghan media struggles to survive: ‘no law, only restrictions’Subscriber Only
August 27, 2022 04:15 IST
According to a report by the International Federation of Journalists which partners with the Afghan National Journalists Union, in the immediate aftermath of the Taliban takeover, of 400 media organisations, over 160 have had to shut down, of which nearly 100 are radio stations.
Mon, Jan 02, 2023
Explained: One year of Taliban 2.0Subscriber Only
August 26, 2022 04:01 IST
A year after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul, The Indian Express travelled to Afghanistan to report on what has changed on the ground since the time they were last in power, what’s on their minds and that of the Afghan people, and where India and China stand in the country today — and for the foreseeable future
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
‘Will I be illiterate?’: In Taliban’s Afghanistan, girls fight back — attend secret classes, refuse to disappearSubscriber Only
August 21, 2022 03:55 IST
Women and girls were among the first sections of the Afghan population to be directly impacted as the Taliban returned to rule the country on August 15 last year as they issued a series of diktats.
Sun, Sep 04, 2022
Hamid Karzai: ‘After Taliban takeover, I told Indian envoy not to leave… glad they coming back’Subscriber Only
August 19, 2022 03:55 IST
Karzai, who studied in India from 1979-1983, said Delhi must, “on priority”, reissue visas to Afghan students who were studying in India, and have not been able to return to their studies, and issue visas to those who wish to study in India.
Sat, Aug 20, 2022
With fund & engineers, Taliban help rebuild gurdwara hit by Islamic StateSubscriber Only
August 18, 2022 04:20 IST
At the site in Karte Parwan, The Indian Express came across Afghan workers painting walls, cutting marble panels, laying floor tiles and giving finishing touches to the centrepiece in the main congregation hall -- the takht -- where the Guru Granth Sahib will be placed.
Thu, Aug 18, 2022
In Kabul, Taliban celebrates 1 year in power but few civilians, no womenSubscriber Only
August 16, 2022 02:21 IST
The Taliban regime marked the occasion with sedate victory speeches by senior leaders inside a state-media auditorium in the high-security Green Zone, close to the Indian Embassy. But few civilians, either on the streets or indoors, took part in the celebrations — and no women at all.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Taliban: Asked India to complete its development projects in AfghanistanSubscriber Only
August 15, 2022 04:45 IST
August 15 has been declared a holiday but celebrations by the Taliban regime will be low-key, restricted to an official media event. The main events may take place on September 1, the day the last foreign troops left Afghanistan last year.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
In Kabul, Afghan students wait for passage to India: Don’t shut us outSubscriber Only
August 14, 2022 04:00 IST
Over 2,500 Afghans, who were students in India until last year, are in the same boat as Sahar. Many had returned home to Afghanistan for the summer break. Some were hoping to obtain visas for the admissions they had secured in colleges across the country.
Sun, Aug 14, 2022
In Babur’s garden too, Taliban draw a line — men & women, even if family, cannot mingleSubscriber Only
August 13, 2022 04:04 IST
For Kabul residents, the garden, with its chinar and walnut trees and flower beds, is one of the few open spaces in the city, a green oasis that has provided a sense of peace and solace through the violence, turmoil and uncertainty that has constantly battered their country.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022
On flight to Kabul, homecoming stories a year after the takeoverSubscriber Only
August 12, 2022 04:20 IST
A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the plane to Kabul offered a small glimpse into New Delhi’s tentative efforts to build a relationship with the Taliban, without recognising the regime.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022
Lanka defers arrival of China ship, go-ahead given hours before Gota fledSubscriber Only
August 07, 2022 04:04 IST
Clearances for the Yuan Wang-class vessel to berth at Hambantota port were given by the Foreign Ministry on July 12, a day before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was driven out of office by a people’s movement, was expected to resign as he had announced.
Sun, Aug 07, 2022Journalism of Courage
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